1876.] V. A. Smith— Popular Songs of the Hamirpur District. No. II. 285 



The heated iron being placed on the anvil, on it fall the sledge-ham- 

 mer blows ; 



Khurpd* Tchurpi, sickle, spindle, baking-plate, phdord, Jcuddri, are 

 made, 



Also tongs, knife, boiling pan, hammer, forceps, and razor and axe, 



Drill, nail, chain, hasp, ox-goad, ploughshare, share of bdkharf plough 

 are constructed ; 



Also the saw, well made and closely toothed, which severs the root of 

 the tamarind tree ; 



TlientM,X jMnjM, plummet, iron-ladle, clasp-knife, iron-claw, battle- 

 axe and dagger. 



III. 

 The Barhai"s (Carpenter's) Song. 



^TfrT ^ % H& 3?lTcrT 3?^TT%T*I^TTT 



The Barhai is a good worker in wood, 



Sdkhu,§ Shishcm, and teak timber lie splits and cleaves, 



Well made door-step, lintel, door-posts and doors he makes, 



Having prepared side-pieces, head and foot pieces, and turned feet he 



constructs a bed-stead, 



Chairs, and thrones fit for Kalandar Shah, and block stools onj| which 



you could stretch your legs, 



* Khurpd, khurpi, phdord, Jcuddri — the well known tools which supply the place 

 of the English hoe, spade, and pickaxe. 



Y The bdkhar is an instrument peculiar to, or at least chiefly used in Bundel- 

 khand. It is employed to take the hard surface crust off fields, and to clear away 

 surface weeds. 



X Thenthd is an instrument with a flat blade and long handle, used in cooking, to 

 press down cakes, etc., on the pan. Jhdnjhd is a perforated ladle, 



§ Sdkhu, a forest tree : sMsham or sir sad = Dalbergia Sissoo {Roxburgh). 



I! This seems to be the meaning of the words pdnw pasdrd. 



