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large/8677/old_coast_road_1402_librivox_64kb_mp3/oldcoastroad_09_edwards_64kb
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The more ingenious, perhaps, are fashioning buckets or powdering tubs, or weaving skeps, baskets or snowshoes. THE MORE INGENUOUS PERHAPS ARE FASHIONING BUCKETS OR POWDERING TUBS OR WEAVING SKS BASKETS OR SNOW SHOES
 to the long-drawn thread of wool or tow. The continuous buzz of the flax wheels, harmonizing with the spasmodic hum of the big wheel, shows that the girls are preparing a stock of linen against their wedding day. Less active and more fitful rattled 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 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. RNS FOR A FINAL TWIST TO THE LONG DRAWN THREAD OF WOOL OR TOE THE CONTINUOUS BUZZ OF THE FLACK WHEELS HARMONIZING WITH THE SPASMODIC HUM OF THE BIG WHEEL SHOWS THAT THE GIRLS ARE PREPARING A STOCK OF LINEN AGAINST THEIR WEDDING DAY LESS ACTIVE AND MORE FITFUL RATTLED 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
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