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large/8677/old_coast_road_1402_librivox_64kb_mp3/oldcoastroad_09_edwards_64kb
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"There are no lamps or candles, but the red light from the burning pine knots on the hearth glows over all, repeating, in fantastic pantomime on the brown walls and closed shutters, the varied activities around it. THERE ARE NO LAMPS OR CANDLES BUT THE RED LIGHT FROM THE BURNING PINE KNOTS ON THE HEARTH GLOWS OVER ALL REPEATING IN A FANTASTIC PANTOMIME ON THE BROWN WALLS AND CLOSE SHUTTERS THE VARIED ACTIVITIES AROUND IT
he younger children are filling quills for the morrow's weaving. "Craftsmen are still scarce, and the yeoman must depend largely on his own skill and resources. The grandsire, and the goodman, his son, in blue woolen frocks, buckskin breeches, long stockings, and clouted brogans with pewter buckles, and the older boys in shirts of brown tow, waistcoat and breeches of butternut-colored woolen homespun, surrounded by piles of white hickory shavings, are whittling out with keen Barlow jack-knives implements for home use: ox-bows and bow-pins, axe-helves, rakestales, forkstales, handles for spades and billhooks, wooden shovels, flail staff and swingle, swingling knives, or pokes and hog yokes for unruly cattle and swine. The more ingenious, perhaps, are fashioning buckets or powdering tubs, or weaving skeps, baskets or snowshoes. Some, it may be, sit astride the wooden shovel, shelling corn on its iron-shod edge, while others are pounding it into samp or hoiminy in the great wooden mortar. TTLED THE QUILL WHEEL WHERE THE YOUNGER CHILDREN ARE FILLING QUILLS FOR THE MORROW'S WEAVING CRAFTSMEN ARE STILL SCARCE AND THE YEOMAN MUST DEPEND LARGELY ON HIS OWN SKILL AND RESOURCES THE GRANDSIRE AND THE GOOD MAN HIS SON IN THE BLUE WOOLLEN FROCKS BUCKSKIN BREECHES LONG STOCKINGS AND CLOUDED BROGANS WITH PEWTER BUCKLES AND THE OLDER BOYS IN SHIRTS OF BROWN TOW WAISTCOAT AND BREECHES OF BUTTERNUT COLORED WOOLLEN HOMESPUN SURROUNDED BY PILES OF WHITE HICKORY SHAVINGS ARE WHITTLING OUT WITH KEEN BARLOW JACK KNIVES IMPLEMENTS FOR HOME USE OX BOWS AND BOWPINS AXE HELVES RAKESTAILS FORKSTAILS HANDLES FOR SPADES AND BILL HOOKS WOODEN SHOVELS FLAIL STAFF AND SWINGLE SWINGLING KNIVES OR POKES AND HOG YOKES FOR UNRULY CATTLE AND SWINE THE MORE INGENUOUS PERHAPS ARE FASHIONING BUCKETS OR POWDERING TUBS OR WEAVING SKS BASKETS OR SNOW SHOES SOME IT MAY BE SET ASTRIDE THE WOODEN SHOVEL SHELLING CORN ON ITS IRON SHOD EDGE WHILE OTHERS ARE POUNDING IT INTO SAMP OR HOMINY IN THE GREAT WOODEN MORTAR
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