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4. House and yard. 
The peasant’s home is very simple. There is the principal 
living room, and a chamber, probably used for storage 1 , and 
located directly under the roof. A cellar is mentioned 2 . In 
the living room is a large stove 3 , which provides the most 
comfortable sleeping place when it is furnished with bolster 
and pillow 4 ; also>. a table 5 and a bench 6 . There is a bed 7 ; 
linen sheets are unknown 8 , so a newly-washed shirt is laid on 
the bed 9 for the benefit of the returned! prodigal. 
For preparing food, several utensils are used—a spit 10 (judg¬ 
ing from this, the stove must have had an open fire-place), a 
pan 11 , a pot (for boiling the chicken mentioned above), dishes 12 , 
beakers 13 , spoons 14 . 
For storing valuables, the peasant has stronlg iron boxes 15 . 
Candles are known 16 , but it is not stated that peasants use them 
in the home. 
Around! the house and barn is a fence 17 ; the gate is locked 18 . 
5. Products. 
The farmer raises grain—wheat, rye, and oats, as is shown 
by the varieties of bread that are in use (see above). The 
grain is threshed by means of flails 19 . The crops are at times 
injured by strangers who ride through the fields. 20 . Stock is 
1 Ll. 853, 837. 
2 L. 1847. 
3 Ll. 856, 1616. 
4 L. 854.v 
e L-. 1560. 
6 L. 1617. 
7 L. 1046. 
8 L. 1043. 
9 L. 1044. 
10 L. 874. 
11 L. 1398. 
12 L. 1554. 
13 L. 1555. 
14 L. 671. 
15 Ll. 837, 1205. 
16 L. 581. 
17 L. 648. 
18 Ll. 1213, 1792. 
19 L. 317. 
29 L. 1132 
