August 10, 1934: they said Charles could home tomorrow

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August 10, 1934: they said Charles could home tomorrow

Posted 2010/08/10 by Kirsten Cappy, Curious City in Charles B. Burtless, Crops & Cultivation, Ethel Burtless, Farm Costs, Illness & Injury, Tucker. 1 Comment

ITM 300 ice for Tucker. I raked over 2 grain lots just on rows where skooks (?) set (not much). rained about 1PM so Ethel & I went to see Charles. they said he could home tomorrow. Uncle Fred & Hattie here to night.

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Posted by Jim on 2010/10/26 at 4:01 pm

SKOOKS: I could not find the word in any dictionary I looked in; however, there are multiple websites for the word skook. Not very helpful. Two websites of interest: http://republicanherald.com/news/schuylkill-county-residents-divided-on-term-skook-1.659171?firstComment=60 & http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=skook

However, I think skooks refers to the bundles of grain sitting in the field waiting to be “thrashed”. An entry appears to be connected to the skooks reference: “R set up down bundles of oats & barley.” Then, “I raked over 2 grain lots just on rows where skooks set (not much).” So, I think, the process was as follows: 1. As the grain was cut, it was bundled into skooks. 2. Then the straw where the skooks were not sitting was raked. 3. The bundles or skooks were were taken to the “thrasher”. 4. Finally, when the skooks were removed from the field, Grandpa went back to rake straw where the skooks sat.

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