Example | Meaning |
Interviewer 2: And he'd be doing what? Speaker: He- he- he'd be standing up at the- at the barn. And the- the bull was running here. And the- they'd be throwing the sheaves off. And- and ah, Felix would be standing there chewing a straw. And you'd think he was asleep. But he was listening to every move of that mill. Interviewer 1: That piston. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
Speaker: And the old thing'd go (makes tractor noises). And when Casey would try to get him going by feeding the mill too fast, and throw- he'd throw two or three sheaves on, and then he'd throw one on crossways. And it was a Goodeson- the Goodeson-Thrashing-Mill was the best mill of the bunch. There was Dyerone thrashers and there was all kinds of thrashers, and this one here was a- a Goodeson. And the reason they were so good- there was a- there was a big drum with spikes on it like that. Ahead of- (clears throat) ahead of the concaves. So when the sheaves went in, it was split and went through the shaker and through the concaves, and it- you got the maximum amount out of it. Well this guy here, he'd overfeed it. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
And you- you'd have the old corn binder. And you cut the corn and put it into sheaves. Went out and loaded them, you had people come to help with that. Bring that in, put it in this cut-box, and it was run with a- he had a fifteen-thirty international. And blow it up into the silo. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
But the hay mow, or a grain mow like what we- when we were doing stuff and he used to bring ah, the- the grain in with sheaves. And there was slings. Interviewer: Slings? Speaker: And you put a- yeah, you put a sling- the sling was a two-part thing. And it went together with a- with a- a bit in the middle. And you hooked it over the end-gates on the wagon. One there and one here. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
And you put a- yeah, you put a sling- the sling was a two-part thing. And it went together with a- with a- a bit in the middle. And you hooked it over the end-gates on the wagon. One there and one here. And you built a row of sheaves. The same as you did with the hay, loose hay. And you put sheaves here. And sheaves here on the wagon. And then you- you- you bound the centre in, but you go this way with one, that way with the other one, and that way with the centre. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
... a hayfork that you just chucked into the hay, but this thing here had to start all on a sling, so you took this end and you hooked a rope on there and on here. And when the thing started to lift, it made a round like that, and all the sheaves were in it. And it'd go up and it'd trip. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
Speaker: This- this here would be back in thirty-six. And this (inc) and my dad, they're- they're drawn in- that's the- that's trying to tell you- Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: About the sheaves. So they're putting sheaves of grain on to the stook. Stook the grain, that's wheat. So the- the- building ah- Interviewer: So the stook is when they tie it round, is that right? Speaker: Mm-hm. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
... and there was a piece on the back that was like that and it come down over and when the- when the thing was ah, whatever size you set you sheaves for, it would trip it and the bill hook would go round like that and it (non-lexical sound) cut the thing off and then there'd be another one and there was ah, a thing you run with your foot ... |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
... it was ah ah, a thing that stuck out the side (inc) like that and when you let it go, it folded back into the thing and that's what you sheave so you- when you sheaves in (inc) when your stooking you wouldn't be running all over the place. You'd have a windrow of sheaves and a windrow of sheaves and then you go out and you stook it all by hand and then go out and load it up and- but see th-- n-- no- nobody- nobody does that anymore. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
Interviewer: And so what's a winrow? Is it just the- the row of sheaves in the field? Speaker: Yeah, well see depending on how heavy the crop was, if it was a light crop, where you'd have maybe a windrow of sheaves like you didn't want to have a whole bunch. You had maybe- by the time you put about four or five sheaves on this thing- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Then you- you just let your foot off it and it tripped and it dropped it in a pile. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
... when you got to the end of that pile when you go round and round and round the field, you'd have a row of sheaves here and a row of sheaves here and a row of sheaves here all into the centre and when you started to- to stook, you can start here and you stooked to the centre ... |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
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Do you remember- remember the night, ah, E-- ah- Ellwood, you dropped, ah, the- ah- sheaf of- of grain on top of her out- head out here at the end of the- at the end of the driveway. (burps) |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
Speaker: Remember- remember that? You were- I was driving the team of horses, and you were standing ahead of the- and you dropped it, she was riding the bicycle up there, and you dropped this sheaf of- of- of grain on her. Speaker 2: Who was this? Trying to get her attention. Speaker: Hit her- hit her right in the top of the head. Hit her right in the top of the head. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
Speaker 2: But they lived on the Scotch-Line, did they? Speaker: Oh yeah, and ah, and I remember you dropped, ah, the sheaf ah, of grain on her. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |
Speaker: Tiffany-Miller, yeah? Speaker 2: Yeah, that could've- it could've been that. Dean d-- Speaker: You dropped the sheaf of l-- Speaker 2: Oh, well I don't remember that, but- Speaker: Well I remember, I w-- I was driving the horses, and you had the she-- and you threw the sh-- she was riding the bicycle up the road, and you threw the sheaf of- ah, and hit her in the top of the head. Speaker 2: I don't remember that one. Speaker 2: I think she was mad at you after. |
One of the large bundles in which it is usual to bind cereal plants after reaping. Also, a similar bundle of the stalks or blooms of other plants. |