NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS 115 



FOR THE PUPIL 



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end of the outdoors : The fall plowing, even the digging of the 

 ditches — all the work in the soil is about over by Thanksgiving 

 when the ground begins to freeze. 



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crib-house : Where the writer lived as a boy the corn was husked 

 and left in the ear and stored in long, narrow houses built of bev- 

 eled slats spaced about half an inch apart to allow the wind free 

 play, but like the thin slats of a shutter so arranged that the rain 

 ran down and, except in a driving wind, did not wet the grain. 

 " spring-house " •- Spring-houses took the place of modern ice- 

 chests, being little cupboard-like houses well ventilated and 

 screened, built near the farmhouse and usually over a spring of 

 water that kept the milk and other contents cool. 

 battened: Is this a " land " term or a " sea " term ? What does it 

 mean ? Look it up and report. 



the swallows : These were the barn swallows — the beautiful swal- 

 lows with the long, finely-forked tail. You will always know 

 them on the wing by the brown breast and„/fn« forked tail. 

 worm-fence : A worm-fence is built of rails laid one on top of the 

 other, running zigzag, each corner held together by two upright 

 stakes, set in the ground and crossed just above the next-to-the- 

 top rail. The top rail is laid in the crotch of the two stakes. 

 turn-o'-lane : name of a very excellent old-fashioned apple that 

 got its name from the fact that the original tree of the kind grew 

 at a turn of the lane — the writer does not know whose lane. 



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double-hived : It is customary to cover beehives with newspapers, 

 then slip an outside box down over papers and all to keep the 

 swarm from the cutting cold winds of winter. Bees are frequently 

 brought into the cellar for the winter in northern latitudes. 

 put on an extra coat, and turned their collars up about their ears : 

 What does the writer mean ? 



changed their roost from the ridge-pole : Turkeys roost high ; but 

 the ridge-pole of the crib-house used to be too cold in the dead of 

 winter, so they would change to the more protected apple-tree, 

 still roosting high, however. 



