| 单词 | haymaking |
| 例句 | “We lost six weeks of sales in our haymaking period,” Jake Bilbro, owner and winemaker at Sonoma County’s Limerick Lane Cellars, said Jan. 19 at the annual Zinfandel Experience conference in San Francisco. We may be drinking less wine, but it’s better wine 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Europeans called it the "Hay Moon" because of haymaking at this time of year. Closest supermoon of the year to appear in sky 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The tax angered Scots-Irish settlers in the backcountry who turned their surplus corn into fiery whiskey that accompanied every male activity from business deals to haymaking. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The alleged plot and subsequent political haymaking have dominated headlines for more than a week in Australia, where anti-Chinese sentiment has risen in recent years amid a chilly economic and diplomatic standoff. An alleged Chinese interference plot stirs fears — and smears — ahead of Australian elections 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z It was August, the height of the haymaking season. My best shot: Rena Effendi on haymaking in Transylvania 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The array of Chinese products that would be affected is lengthy and varied, covering everything from aircraft jets and tyres, to uranium and nuclear reactor parts, poultry incubators, haymaking machines and guns and ammunition. China retaliates to Trump tariffs with new levies on US products 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Visitors could even help with haymaking or shearing sheep. This island is not for sale: how Eigg fought back 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z There are few areas of potential compromise between Obama and the GOP majority in the House and Senate, but plenty of opportunities for political haymaking during the presidential campaign season. Health care repeal vote is House's first order of business, marking partisan start to 2016 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z There are few areas of potential compromise between Obama and the GOP majority in the House and Senate in this election year, but plenty of opportunities for political haymaking during the presidential campaign season. Health care repeal vote to open a political year in Congress 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z And still today, the whole culture revolves around haymaking. My best shot: Rena Effendi on haymaking in Transylvania 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Ducey spokesman Daniel Scarpinato said the governor thought it was important to inform the public of the arrest as soon as possible, and there was no political haymaking involved. Arizona governor draws scrutiny for 'We got him!' tweet on arrest of freeway shooting suspect 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z And that political haymaking is going both ways. Op-Ed Columnist: Minimum Wage, Maximum Outrage 2014-04-16T23:49:57Z The quotes spread in the usual ways, through blogs and the websites of watchdog groups, and the political haymaking commenced. Chick-fil-A: Deep Fried Civil War 2012-08-02T23:05:26Z He went out haymaking alone with the cellaress, and in the evening brought her back behind him, riding on the same lean jade. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Grain crops are inferior and precarious—root crops are not much better—even meadows are untrustworthy, because of the difficulty of haymaking—but Irish pasture is perhaps the best in the world. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Diamond and he had worked together at haymaking some years previously. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z White men occupied in tilling land knew their value, and employed them every season in haymaking and harvesting. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Among the men whom Shane met every day in the capital was Mr. Cassidy, who, by dint of haymaking during the brief time when the sun shone, had materially improved his position in life. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Rush′-bear′ing, a country feast, when the parish church was strewn with rushes, between haymaking and harvest: the day of the festival.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z The haymaking machines, as labour-saving instruments, are not uncommon in England. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z "But tell me, what do you do when you are not haymaking?" The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z Jo talks about the country where we hope to live some time,—the real country, she means, with pigs and chickens, and haymaking. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z He and Mark were a little taken aback, having jumped through the gap so suddenly from savagery into haymaking. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Next, they return down into the vale, where the haymaking has then commenced. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z After a month or two of haymaking and harvesting, they jogged homeward with their earnings, whereunto were often added some small pilferings, for their fingers were as light as their hearts. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z Yes; my old coat has gone out of the barn since last evening—my old coat what the missus won't let me wear except I'm haymaking. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z Not a soul came near the old mill, except at haymaking time to cut the grass. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z In the haymaking, Aspatria and Fenwick made some pretence of assistance; but they both very soon wearied of the real labour. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story Then comes a short space of employment—haymaking in the water-meadows that follow the course of the rivers there, and which are cut very early. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z On one occasion, in haymaking time, as night was approaching, the waggon made its last homeward trip for the day, and the men working in the meadow prepared to go home. The Speech of Monkeys If a prizefighter is supposed to have a haymaking punch in his left hand, the other fellow is going to be constantly looking out for that left. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside Only look upon him as, of all servants in the world, the one least addicted to haymaking, and therefore the most unworthy of good treatment. Lives of Celebrated Women "I used to love haymaking," said Pauline, feeling a little wistful for some of those simple joys that now seemed uncapturable again. Plashers Mead A Novel Harvesting and haymaking are allowed to be carried on on the Sunday, in certain cases; when they are always carried on by provident farmers. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend When haymaking began on the mountain meadows, Bertha would go out and assist in scattering the newly mown grass. Waldfried A Novel A number of matey caps, check and khaki and indigo, then white wideawakes as though for haymaking, and a few pillbox-like creations in crimson and daffodil, made part of the splendour. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday You are aware that haymaking is going forward? Lives of Celebrated Women Tell me how—" "When the time for mowing and haymaking came around, the Korrigans arrived and camped on the crests of the rocks around the valley to watch over the meadow. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres He does not require so much machinery as the great arable farmer, but here are mowing machines, haymaking machines, horse-rakes, chain harrows, chaff-cutters, light carts instead of heavy waggons—every labour-saving appliance. The Hills and the Vale She knocked at the door; the maids being in the field haymaking, Mrs. Jenkins went to open it herself. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales The Moujik blouse and those delightful tableaux of a real nobleman shoemaking and haymaking make his books sell. Ivory Apes and Peacocks So, one evening, in haymaking time, he came home, scolding and swearing, and showing his teeth and making a dust. East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North But she would investigate the haymaking game, investigate it coolly and dispassionately, to find out exactly what it amounted to—aside, of course, from an accumulation of dried grass in barns. The Camerons of Highboro The haymaking season had just begun, and besides his own affairs he was preoccupied by Anna's. The Benefactress But I have this advantage over him—I might make literature out of his haymaking, or might reap his fields after him, and gather a harvest he never dreamed of. Under the Maples All the men were at the sæters, they were told; haymaking was in full swing out there. Love and Lucy Other Hard Jobs.—The next step in the yearly round was haymaking. Rural Life and the Rural School And Elliott did applaud, reinforcing her words with a whole battery of dimples, all the while privately resolving that no contagion of enthusiasm should inoculate her with the haymaking germ. The Camerons of Highboro Have a working knowledge of farm machinery, haymaking, reaping, loading, and stacking. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 I was now pushed aside by a lubberly, haymaking chap, who led her out, but who as much knew how to dance as the captain’s cow. A Sailor of King George At haymaking and at harvesting there is work for women; and again in the hop-gardens, when the picking is over, women are useful at clearing up the bines. Change in the Village The hot sun is burning on—better weather for haymaking could not be—but there is not a rood of grass cut for them to work on. The Toilers of the Field During the haymaking my body, not being used to it, ached all over; sitting on the terrace in the evening, I would suddenly fall asleep and they would all laugh at me. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Philip could have no doubt as to what his mother meant by opportunities in life, and he knew better than any one else that he was prone to waste his haymaking sunshine in timid procrastinations. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York ‘And vex your dear old spirit with steam-ploughs and haymaking machines.’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Any rough grass in flower does for dyeing, and a visit to the fields just before haymaking will supply the amateur with all he wants for this. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. At ordinary seasons the other men leave at six, but in haymaking or harvest time they are expected to remain till the job in hand that day is finished, often till eight or half-past. The Toilers of the Field They did not come to us for the twenty roubles earned by haymaking, but for the half-pail of vodka, though they could buy four pails of vodka for the twenty roubles. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Unless the common rule is broken, and the season is unduly wet, there is no fear of rust, and nothing to interfere with the haymaking. Wheat Growing in Australia Quite small boys and girls manage to do a good day’s haymaking, and they can row a boat or drive a carriole before they have reached their teens. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway No more flowers! no more pleasant sunshine! no more haymaking! Harry's Ladder to Learning In summer she goes out in the afternoon haymaking as an extra hand, but only works a few hours, and it is really only a relaxation. The Toilers of the Field In other words, she had noticed that lawyers sat much in their offices, twiddling with papers, and that they never went haymaking nor stood erect in carts dumping manure on the autumnal fields. The Dew of Their Youth The climate—as a rule fine weather prevails—is favourable to haymaking, and a bright-coloured nutritious hay is produced. Wheat Growing in Australia And nurse's home that she tells us about is like our story-books: it's full of calves, and lambs, and horses, and ducks, and chickens, and haymaking, and pigs!' Odd For several days the colonists were actively employed in haymaking and harvest. The Secret of the Island The day-work in the fields, the haymaking, and such labour as is paid for by the day and not by the piece, cannot do any injury, for it is light, and the hours are short. The Toilers of the Field “Summer” begins with a description of the season, and the rural pursuits of haymaking and sheep-shearing; passes on to the hot noon, when “nature pants, and every stream looks languid.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Immediately a heavy storm broke over the field, destroying the crop; and not only then, but ever afterwards in the same field—possibly to this day—has haymaking been imperilled by a similar storm. Highways and Byways in Sussex When haymaking commenced at Brook Farm the children's delight knew no bounds. Odd Ship-building was interrupted for a week for the harvest, the haymaking, and the gathering in of the different crops on the plateau. The Secret of the Island With the first June rose in the hedge the haymaking commenced—the two usually coincide—and then Cicely fluctuated between the haymakers and the mowers, now watching one and now the other. Round About a Great Estate She trotted peacefully up hill and down, she did her best at ploughing and haymaking and all the odd jobs that the farm supplied. More Jonathan Papers So one evening, in haymaking time, he came home, scolding and swearing, and showing his teeth and making a dust. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 And so they started across the fields, where the grass was already springing faint and green after the haymaking. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers When the haymaking began he was everywhere in request, and entered with much energy into the work of the harvest. By Berwen Banks One of the haymaking girls was very proud because she had not lost a single wooden tooth out of her rake, for it is easy to break or pull them out. Round About a Great Estate Gunnar's death in our Saga may be set down to the fact that all his men were away in the Landisles finishing their haymaking. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga The country itself was fresh and bright after abundant rains, and as haymaking was in progress in many places along the road, the air was laden with the scent of the newly mown grasses. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland For a day's work at haymaking or weeding of corn, for instance, a woman got one penny. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 Give me a nice bit of haymaking weather, God bach. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People Cicely said that once some snow lingered in the fosse of the entrenchment we had left behind till the haymaking. Round About a Great Estate Again, Flosi, before the Burning, bids all his men go home and make an end of their haymaking, and when that is over, to meet and fall on Njal and his sons. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga She thought of all the work ahead of her—sowing and haymaking; spring baking and spring cleaning; weaving and sewing—and wondered how she would ever get through with it all. Jerusalem My chief work at home was haymaking in summer, and in winter being a shepherd. Sword and crozier, drama in five acts The maids being out haymaking, Mrs. Jenkins went to open it herself. Stories for the Young Or, Cheap Repository Tracts: Entertaining, Moral, and Religious. Vol. VI. One poor girl had been subject to fits ever since a stupid fellow, during the haymaking, jokingly picked up a snake and threw it round her neck. Round About a Great Estate About autumn, Gunnar gave out that they would work one week there at home, and the next down in the isles, and so make an end of their haymaking. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga The first gush of green on our getting clear of Clapham was like the big drink after an afternoon's haymaking. Prose Fancies He also assisted his parishioners in haymaking and shearing their flocks,—in which latter art he was eminently dexterous. Thrift During the day we passed several points where haymaking was in progress. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Again there is work in the meadows—the haymaking is about, and the farmers are anxious for men. The Amateur Poacher Next autumn Mord Valgard's son, sent word that Gunnar would be all alone at home, but all his people would be down in the isles to make an end of their haymaking. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga It was haymaking season, and, as ill luck would have it, immediately opposite the cottage was a little alehouse with the sign of the load of hay. Tales of a Traveller At haymaking I ached all over from the unaccustomed labour; in the evening, sitting on the verandah and talking with the others, I suddenly dropped asleep, and they laughed aloud at me. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories I ought to go to the haymaking, but here I sit catching fish. Love Here we have a big house, a big garden, a lot of servants, and a lot going on, so that you don't see the haymaking; here it all passes unnoticed. The Party A stranger was taking the duty in a church, and after service made a few remarks about the weather, asserting that it promised to be a fine day for the haymaking to-morrow. The Parish Clerk “Haymaking” And then! crown of delights! came the haymaking. Milly and Olly It was the custom in our province at haymaking and harvest time for the labourers to come to the manor house in the evening and be regaled with vodka; even young girls drank a glass. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Upon this discourse Clark immediately recollected that all the persons belonging to this man's house must be out haymaking, except the maid, who served his liquors and waited upon guests. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences There are no visitors, no fuss nor hurry either, so that you can't help seeing, feeling, hearing nothing but the haymaking. The Party Yes, there is the haymaking party going home. The First Hundred Thousand There was no want of occupation in the country in the time of haymaking, of the vintage, or of olive-picking. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul I foresee that they will come over, haymaking and hopping, and will recognize their beautiful vagabonds at a glance. Yesterdays with Authors He also assisted his neighbours in haymaking and shearing their flocks, and in the performance of this latter service he was eminently dexterous. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 473, January 29, 1831 Then we waited for a wet day, usually plentiful enough in haymaking time, now long deferred. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 15, 1890 This same "Daft Will Speir" was passing the minister's glebe, where haymaking was in progress. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Nor has haymaking lost all its ancient charm. Hodge and His Masters I have seen him haymaking and reaping, and always the merriest of the party. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Nevertheless, in the Seraphic creature with the haymaking rake, were clearly to be discerned the rudiments of the Patriarch with the list shoes. Little Dorrit Fields were nigh at hand, through which the New River took its winding course, and where there was merry haymaking in the summer time. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Next autumn Mord Valgard's son sent word that Gunnar would be all alone at home, but all his people would be down in the isles to make an end of their haymaking. The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor So much is this the case that even in summer they can scarcely be spared to do a few hours haymaking. Hodge and His Masters Jo talks about the country where we hope to live sometime—the real country, she means, with pigs and chickens and haymaking. Little Women It'll be a sore time for th' haymaking if the meadows are flooded again. Adam Bede Of this operation, and of the forks and rakes and the haymaking there is a very good account. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 This occurred in the middle of the haymaking, and Boldwood contrived to be near Liddy, who was assisting in the fields. Far from the Madding Crowd He could use a prong in the haymaking; he could reap a little, and do good service tying up the cut corn. Hodge and His Masters The happy summer glided by—the season of roses and butterflies, strawberries and cream, haymaking, lawn tennis, picnics, gipsy teas—an idle, joyous life under blue skies. The Golden Calf For several days the colonists were actively at work haymaking and harvesting. The Mysterious Island When haymaking became general the cattle were confined in spring and early summer, and the fields of "mowing grass" appeared, and nourished year by year the plants peculiar to this form of cultivation. The Naturalist on the Thames What a relief to be out again in the sunshine and the light air, to see the Dordogne flashing through meadows where women were haymaking with bare feet! Two Summers in Guyenne Except in the haymaking season, therefore, there is scarcely ever a press for labour. Hodge and His Masters What a lovely day it is for your haymaking! Mary Marston Yet she liked him, she had always liked him since, as a little girl, she had been taken by her stepsisters to a haymaking party at Sales Hall. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing They owe their numbers to the discovery of the art of haymaking. The Naturalist on the Thames In short, this haymaking day was treated as an annual festival. Two Summers in Guyenne Now it is a drain, now hedge-cutting, now hoeing, now haymaking, and now reaping. Hodge and His Masters The air held a faint dry fragrance that came from the haymaking of the deep country in which Nantbrook lay. The Happy End It was a big, square house with honest, square windows, and the drive, shadowed by the elms, ran through the fields where the haymaking was in progress. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing Then I put in a spell of field-work with Nils and was haymaking for some days. Wanderers On the morrow a couple of oxen drew a creaking waggon into the field, and when the angelus sounded from the church-tower in the evening the haymaking was over. Two Summers in Guyenne The busy summer, with its haymaking, reaping, and continuous succession of harvest work, passes too swiftly for reflection both for masters and men. Hodge and His Masters He had been away haymaking when I left Lake Deception, and I regretted not seeing him. A Trip to Manitoba The peasants who were haymaking nearby had left their work and come upon the scene. The Idol of Paris I spent my time between painting and haymaking. Wanderers There was not a horse or cart in the place; probably there was not a man in it who had ever seen a haymaking. A Daughter of Fife Just as in corn districts, machinery has not reduced the actual number of hands employed, but has made the work come in spells or rushes; so in the meadows the haymaking is shortened. Hodge and His Masters People of the easel would not find it easy to depict the half-green, half-made hay floating in the air behind a haymaking machine. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Axel was in the midst of his haymaking, and had to do his mowing by day and haymaking by night, and all by himself—and then came Barbro! Growth of the Soil And isn't the boatful of people coming to the haymaking, nice, with the bright shirts of the men and the women's scarlet aprons? Mother Carey's Chickens We passed the rectory, and there was that idle doctor lolling in the canon's verandah—keeping the poor man from his haymaking. Peter's Mother The effect of machinery has been much the same as on corn lands, with the addition that fewer women are now employed in haymaking. Hodge and His Masters Some were talking already of the 'grit' work and looking forward to it, that is, to mowing and haymaking, which mean better wages. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies He had begun his mowing and haymaking all alone again; Barbro could judge for herself how awkward it was for him now.—Ay, Growth of the Soil By way of a relaxation from haymaking this charming morning, I have been again perusing your affectionate notes, which you were so kind and thoughtful as to forward us by our dear brother and family. Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel For the first week or so of haymaking or reaping the men usually get drunk, delighted with the prospect before them, they then settle down fairly well. The Open Air The reaping, mowing, threshing, haymaking, hoeing, raking, and other machines and implements also often require mending. Hodge and His Masters It is haymaking season, and the children roam abroad with the haymakers,—oh, such happy hours! Memories of Hawthorne The mowing-machine was useful now; and a good thing, too, to have three active women that could take a turn at the haymaking. Growth of the Soil "No, no, Princess; you must always complete what you have commenced," said her governess, and the small haymaker had to conclude her haymaking before she was at liberty to follow another pursuit. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 As soon as haymaking was over, the meadows became common grazingland for horses, cows, and oxen. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III The horse-rake is idle, the elevator is idle, the haymaking machine is idle, and these represent capital, if not to a large amount. Hodge and His Masters I was exceedingly sorry to find, from my son and daughter, that you could not bring your young people to our haymaking on Wednesday. Memories of Hawthorne And now with spring coming again, and all the season's work to do alone; haymaking to come, and what was he to do? Growth of the Soil The stems are laid together with fair evenness, and from start to finish the haymaking of the pika is conducted with admirable system and precision. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations We had often cursed their lengthy visits, but now that they had hired themselves out during the haymaking, we suddenly realized that they had often been entertaining. Seven Icelandic Short Stories He purchased no machinery whilst in this small place—which was chiefly grass land—with the exception of a second-hand haymaking machine. Hodge and His Masters For not only the farm hands but all the servants on the place were at table, this haymaking supper being the annual order of the household. Innocent : her fancy and his fact Now, in the haymaking season, he had tried his hand with the scythe—but he was no master hand at that, no. Growth of the Soil The drought has lasted so long, that for this fortnight I have been foretelling haymaking and winter, which June generally produces; but to-day is sultry, and I am not a prophet worth a straw. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Since that she had become somewhat querulous, and was supposed to be uneasy on that subject of her haymaking. The Small House at Allington In the Romsdal and other parts of Norway, when the haymaking is over, the people say that “the Old Hay-man has been killed.” The Golden Bough It was eighteen years ago this very haymaking time," he went on, with a dreamy retrospective air as though he were talking to himself,—"The last load had been taken in. Innocent : her fancy and his fact But in the little time the haymaking lasted there came a stranger or so, folk wanting to see the mowing-machine. Growth of the Soil The school-room was unusually full, all the haymaking mothers made it serve as an infant school, and though as much window was opened as there could be, the effect was not coolness. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations So they separated; and Crosbie went away with Lily into the field where they had first learned to know each other in those haymaking days. The Small House at Allington In the Vosges Mountains the close of haymaking or harvest is called “catching the cat,” “killing the dog,” or more rarely “catching the hare.” The Golden Bough Glory" roses between his mailed hands which were folded over the cross on his breast, and she had said to the silent effigy: "It is the last day of the haymaking, Sieur Amadis! Innocent : her fancy and his fact See, Axel has already begun haymaking, the grass is cut near the house, and some of the hay already in. Growth of the Soil It was haymaking time and French women and children were tossing the hay on wooden pitchforks during hot days which came between heavy rains. Now It Can Be Told However, our week’s haymaking will do all that for you.” News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance So one evening in haymaking time, he came home, scolding and swearing, and showing his teeth and making a dust. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 Moreover, the season was summer, between the haymaking and the harvest, and in the leisure thus afforded him her husband had been holiday-taking away from home. Wessex Tales They had not been idle; no, they had stolen a day and a night or thereabouts from the haymaking, and had built a boat up on the lake. Growth of the Soil The haymaking season now set in vigorously, and the weir-hatches were all drawn in the meads to drain off the water. The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid She welcomed us and said, smiling: “So you are come up from the water to see the Obstinate Refusers: where are you going haymaking, neighbours?” News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance Guy rose with a growl and a roar, and hunted her over half the field, till she was caught, and came back out of breath and screaming, 'We never had such a haymaking!' The Heir of Redclyffe ‘I’ve lost most of my genteel fair complexion haymaking this hot weather, ’tis true, but I’ll do your business as well as them that look better. Wessex Tales The haymaking is nearly over now, and they have got in a grand lot of hay; almost more than they can find room for. Growth of the Soil The Baron had been told that the haymaking was to be followed by the wedding, and had he gone down the vale to the dairy he would have had evidence to that effect. The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid You needn't be in a tremendous hurry, because papa has only just come in from haymaking. The Prime Minister Pale are the joys of nutting beside those of haymaking, but at least they are something. The Children Shipbuilding was interrupted for a week for the harvest, the haymaking, and the gathering in of the different crops on the plateau. The Mysterious Island For several days the colonists were actively employed in haymaking and the harvest. The Mysterious Island |
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