Home Life in Colonial Days

Name: Home Life in Colonial Days
Author: Earle, Alice Morse

Earle, Alice Morse

United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775

Donnison family, fire buckets of, 18.

Door latch, 11, 318.

Dorchester, windmill at, 133;
  corporation, laws in, 392, 394.

Double string-roaster, 64.

Drawing, in weaving, 219.

Drawing a bore, 224.

Dress. See Clothes.

Dresser, 68.

Drinking-cups, 85-96, 98.

Drinks, from curious materials, 163.

Drinking habits, 93-94, 161, 164.

Drinking-horns, 321.

Driver, 198.

Drugget, 250.

Drum, as summons to meeting, 367, 368.

Duck. See Wild fowl.

Duer, Colonel, dinner of, 159.

Dugouts, 326.

Dunfish, 121-122.
  Also see Codfish.

Durability of homespun, 238-239.

Durham, church discipline in, 372.

Dutch mode of serving meals, 106.

Dutch oven, 65.

Dyes, domestic, 155, 193-194, 250-251.

Dye-flower, 251.


Earmarks, 400.

Eastern Stage Company, 351.

Economy of colonists, 42, 185, 321-324;
  of Martha Washington, 237-238.

Eddis, quoted, 118.

Eels, method of catching, 117.

Egypt, flax in, 177-178; linen in, 178.

Embroidery. See Needlework.

Emerson, R. W., appointed hog-reeve, 403.

Endicott, Governor, sun-dial of, 443;
  his introduction of woad-wax, 448.

Entering, in weaving. See Drawing.

Ernst, C. W., quoted, 343, 345.

Etiquette for children, 100-102;
  of carving, 104-105.

Eye, of harness, 218.

Fairbanks, Jacob, house of, 22-23;
  sun-dial of, 443.

Fairs, instituted by Penn, 190;
  encouraged by Franklin, 191.

Faneuil, Miss, dress of, 292.

Fences, different varieties of, 25;
  common building of, 401-402;
  laws about, 401-402.

Fence-viewers, 401.

Ferries, by canoe, 330-331.

Finlay, Hugh, postal report of, 333-335.

Fireback, 54.

Fire-buckets, description, 16;
  use of, 17;
  of Donnison's, 18;
  of Quincy's, 18;
  of Oliver's, 19.

Fire-dogs, 62.

Fire-engine, first in Boston, 19;
  first in Brooklyn, 19.

Fire-hunting, 108-109.

Fire lanes, 16.

Fire laws, 15.

Fireplace of our fathers, 53.

Fire-plate, 54-55.

Fire-room, 7.

Fire-wardens, 15.

Fish, plenty of, 115-125;
  varieties of, in New England waters, 117;
  in Virginia waters, 119;
  in New York waters, 120;
  salted, 124-125;
  as fertilizer, 130;
  poisoned by flax, 169.

Fishing, King James on, 116;
  ill-success in, 117;
  supplies for, 117;
  in Virginia, 119-120;
  encouragement of, 121;
  laws on, 121;
  division of profit, 122, 123.

Fish-weirs, 121.

Flag, as summons to meeting, 368.

Flails, making of, 312; use of, 313-314.

Flannel sheets, 238.

Flax, patch of, 167;
  blossom of, 167;
  growth of, 168;
  weeding of, 168;
  ripening of, 168;
  pulling of, 168;
  spreading of, 168;
  rippling of, 168-169;
  watering of, 169;
  stacking of, 169;
  breaking of, 169-170;
  tenacity of, 171;
  swingling of, 171-172;
  beetling of, 172;
  hetcheling of, 172-173;
  spreading and drawing, 173;
  many manipulations of, 173;
  spinning of, 174;
  in Bible, 177;
  in Egypt, 177-178;
  in New England, 179-181, 186;
  in Pennsylvania, 181;
  in Virginia, 181, 182;
  in South Carolina, 182-183;
  in Ireland, 186;
  in Courtrai, 186;
  in England, 186.

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Home Life in Colonial Days

Earle, Alice Morse

United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775

Donnison family, fire buckets of, 18.

Door latch, 11, 318.

Dorchester, windmill at, 133;
  corporation, laws in, 392, 394.

Double string-roaster, 64.

Drawing, in weaving, 219.

Drawing a bore, 224.

Dress. See Clothes.

Dresser, 68.

Drinking-cups, 85-96, 98.

Drinks, from curious materials, 163.

Drinking habits, 93-94, 161, 164.

Drinking-horns, 321.

Driver, 198.

Drugget, 250.

Drum, as summons to meeting, 367, 368.

Duck. See Wild fowl.

Duer, Colonel, dinner of, 159.

Dugouts, 326.

Dunfish, 121-122.
  Also see Codfish.

Durability of homespun, 238-239.

Durham, church discipline in, 372.

Dutch mode of serving meals, 106.

Dutch oven, 65.

Dyes, domestic, 155, 193-194, 250-251.

Dye-flower, 251.


Earmarks, 400.

Eastern Stage Company, 351.

Economy of colonists, 42, 185, 321-324;
  of Martha Washington, 237-238.

Eddis, quoted, 118.

Eels, method of catching, 117.

Egypt, flax in, 177-178; linen in, 178.

Embroidery. See Needlework.

Emerson, R. W., appointed hog-reeve, 403.

Endicott, Governor, sun-dial of, 443;
  his introduction of woad-wax, 448.

Entering, in weaving. See Drawing.

Ernst, C. W., quoted, 343, 345.

Etiquette for children, 100-102;
  of carving, 104-105.

Eye, of harness, 218.

Fairbanks, Jacob, house of, 22-23;
  sun-dial of, 443.

Fairs, instituted by Penn, 190;
  encouraged by Franklin, 191.

Faneuil, Miss, dress of, 292.

Fences, different varieties of, 25;
  common building of, 401-402;
  laws about, 401-402.

Fence-viewers, 401.

Ferries, by canoe, 330-331.

Finlay, Hugh, postal report of, 333-335.

Fireback, 54.

Fire-buckets, description, 16;
  use of, 17;
  of Donnison's, 18;
  of Quincy's, 18;
  of Oliver's, 19.

Fire-dogs, 62.

Fire-engine, first in Boston, 19;
  first in Brooklyn, 19.

Fire-hunting, 108-109.

Fire lanes, 16.

Fire laws, 15.

Fireplace of our fathers, 53.

Fire-plate, 54-55.

Fire-room, 7.

Fire-wardens, 15.

Fish, plenty of, 115-125;
  varieties of, in New England waters, 117;
  in Virginia waters, 119;
  in New York waters, 120;
  salted, 124-125;
  as fertilizer, 130;
  poisoned by flax, 169.

Fishing, King James on, 116;
  ill-success in, 117;
  supplies for, 117;
  in Virginia, 119-120;
  encouragement of, 121;
  laws on, 121;
  division of profit, 122, 123.

Fish-weirs, 121.

Flag, as summons to meeting, 368.

Flails, making of, 312; use of, 313-314.

Flannel sheets, 238.

Flax, patch of, 167;
  blossom of, 167;
  growth of, 168;
  weeding of, 168;
  ripening of, 168;
  pulling of, 168;
  spreading of, 168;
  rippling of, 168-169;
  watering of, 169;
  stacking of, 169;
  breaking of, 169-170;
  tenacity of, 171;
  swingling of, 171-172;
  beetling of, 172;
  hetcheling of, 172-173;
  spreading and drawing, 173;
  many manipulations of, 173;
  spinning of, 174;
  in Bible, 177;
  in Egypt, 177-178;
  in New England, 179-181, 186;
  in Pennsylvania, 181;
  in Virginia, 181, 182;
  in South Carolina, 182-183;
  in Ireland, 186;
  in Courtrai, 186;
  in England, 186.

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