| Show He owned pair of oxen Zeke and Jim That heavy piece of wood with inset pegs Was part of the old they wore oxen yoke The wagon tongue would fit into the yoke There were no reigns to guide no bridles for their heads Only grandpavoice geeing or hawing them They minded better than the children grandpa said Wedrive them to the Danish field for hay d tromp and get to ride back on the load Lying flat so as not to get thrown When we went through the ditchd lie there and Took up into off that crossed the sky the road Smelling the clover hay and watching the clouds drift by Knowing that Zeke and Jim would take us home okay That ischeese press in the corner there Grandma made cheese back in the old country She learned to make it when she wasgirl Before Of all In she the joined cheese eighteen the church ve eaten seventy-nine or and came out West herwas best thereabouts The neighbors started bringing milk to here And she would make what was called temple cheese Which sold real well The proceeds helped to build The Lordhouse on the hill often watched her use these cards to make Into batts for quilts or rolls for yarn The yarn was spun on that small spinning see one spoke is gone wool wheel There is her knitting just as she laid it down The last time she took sick The sock half done Has lain there in the basket since she said guess 11 restspell before The sock and she are resting still start the man was in to see me yesterday An antique dealer from up north somewhere He was well-dressed and drovefancy car Said he would pay top price for things like It took me quite That folks Source while to make heel these him see like us doncare to sell their memories Adapted from true incidents in the lives Maria Christina Mickelson as remembered Andrew Mickelson of Peter by their and son |
