Black Creek Pioneer ψiĿĿaģe Part 1

Today, we went to Black Creek Pioneer Village for a field trip. We had to go all the way on the school bus to Steels. When we arrived in the main building, the staff gave each group a map. First, we went to Sam’s Lodge. That was the person who built the pioneer house we were visiting. Each family usually had about 8 children. The people in the family had to do chores, even children. The mother always had to hang up a sign that said “Waste not Want not”. That means they need to eat all the food in their rice bowl. So if they hunted animals to eat, they would do a prayer and kill what they need only. They taught us that the oven had to run even if it was hot.

                                                                          Oven



They need to use their hands to try the temperature and count the seconds. If it hurt their hands, they would take their hands back. The teachers showed us how to turn cow milk into butter. They would have a pot to put the milk in and a lid. The lid has a hole in the middle and you put a stick in the hole. You pull the stick up and down. Up and down until it was done. They taught us how to make apple pies, too. They asked Yameen, my classmate, to cut the apples into small pieces. They asked Danielle to smoothen the butter. The teachers taught me that the people had to do the soap washing, water washing, and drying the dishes. They would dust the floor and dust the furniture. Then, we went upstairs. It was cool upstairs. The room was surrounded by lots of chairs and a spinningwheel.

                                                                     Spinning wheel



They taught us that they would shave wool from the sheep and wash it. If they didn’t wash the wool, there would be mud, pee, and poo. The children had to use brushes and make wool into long pieces. The mother put wool in the spinning wheel and they put the feet on the front step. And notice that you can feel the string turning around and around. The bulb gets filled with wool. Early in the morning, children went out of their house and got buckets to fill water in. The children pumped water and carried it back. The mother would soon wake up and use the water.
Next, we went into the storage room like the garage room but without any light. The mother would go into the garage room and use a machine to finally stitch a clothing. There were two foot pedals. There were also have strings and a bar. They didn’t waste things. So, they rip long pieces of worn out clothing. They made a stick and they put the long pieces of ripped worn out clothing between the strings. They pushed the bar up and down 2 times. Then, they didn’t make any loops and they switched the other pedal. They sang this song to remember how to do these steps. “Beep, Beep, switch your feet”.
Later, we scraped wood off with a stick. And we finished 2 scrapers. And we used the old fashioned driller. We drilled holes in the wood. Before we had lunch, the ladies gave me a oatmeal cookie, and an apple cake with butter on the top. I swallowed everything they gave us. They were so delicious. Next, we had lunch. I had one and a half hot dogs and a bottle of water.


To be continued..... go to Part 2