tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3440647521988362335..comments2024-03-18T21:26:34.716-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): One-room schoolhouse, 1921Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-40091166665977503602020-02-17T14:10:24.664-06:002020-02-17T14:10:24.664-06:00I love the old one-room schoolhouses!I love the old one-room schoolhouses!Timothy Benefieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666250876947801196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-56622270318248188952020-02-11T12:04:04.428-06:002020-02-11T12:04:04.428-06:00My mother's family didn't fare so well in ...My mother's family didn't fare so well in the 30's. My mother has <i>never</i> been willing to talk about it. Snippets I received from other family members suggest they were starving and my mom was sold as a child bride (somewhere between 6th-8th grade, I've never gotten an exact time) to a much older man to feed the family. Not great times.TheReaperDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376490778078199724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-49949921545299465442020-02-09T13:19:10.084-06:002020-02-09T13:19:10.084-06:00They grew all their own food - cows for milk, catt...They grew all their own food - cows for milk, cattle for beef, hogs, goats, chickens and turkeys, all the veggies, grapes for wine ("for church"), a fallow pasture for grazing. Maybe soybeans - I don't know. They took the milk cans to the creamery in town to have the cream separated for butter to get cash for clothes etc. The diversity allowed them to survive the 30s without any hunger, and they were able to offer food to tramps in exchange for labor. Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31916305697925339462020-02-09T12:18:21.584-06:002020-02-09T12:18:21.584-06:00monoculture farming - what did your family grow ba...monoculture farming - what did your family grow back then, pre-monoculture? how varied was it?<br /><br />I-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-61636696076392002702020-02-09T12:17:03.372-06:002020-02-09T12:17:03.372-06:00where did the teacher live in the 'off season&...where did the teacher live in the 'off season'?<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-74376817110895098882020-02-09T07:20:37.707-06:002020-02-09T07:20:37.707-06:00Fascinating! Thank you for sharing this personal c...Fascinating! Thank you for sharing this personal connection to the past.John Farrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12071863229591899452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-28987139186606125722020-02-09T05:59:01.902-06:002020-02-09T05:59:01.902-06:00My mother tells about attending a two-room schoolh...My mother tells about attending a two-room schoolhouse, although it didn't really work that way. There was a room for grades 1-4, and another for grades 4-8. However, the older kids spent half their time teaching or supervising the younger kids, and then found themselves at a disadvantage compared to the "townies" once they got to high school. Miss Cellaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056319889765739429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-24563799893787144932012-04-17T09:28:04.095-05:002012-04-17T09:28:04.095-05:00that was torture >:(that was torture >:(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com