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Leisure and Food in Colonial Times! 4.11 and 4.12. 4.11 Leisure . Leisure For Adults “bees” and “frolics” are projects used to make work go faster and be fun at the same time
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4.11 Leisure • Leisure For Adults • “bees” and “frolics” are projects used to make work go faster and be fun at the same time • barn and house raisings- men made the frame of the building in one day and women prepared food, then held a dance on the new floor at the end of the day • adults played “tick-tack”, a game similar to backgammon, “trock”, a game similar to pool, and bowled egg-shaped balls down a bowling green, which almost every town had, at a little white ball called a “jack” • they enjoyed fox hunting with horses and dogs, horse racing, cockfighting, bullbaiting, and card playing, which New England Puritans disapproved of • fairs included: skill contests, art contests, footraces, wrestling matches, dance contests, and scrambles to catch greased pigs or climb greased poles
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4.11 Leisure Leisure for Children -played games like tag, blindman’s bluff, stoolball (cricket) -didn’t have many toys, toys they had were simple dolls, marbles, and tops -enjoyed “coasting” (sledding) down hills on sleds, parents thought it was dangerous, so it was forbidden in some towns -also participated in fairs, and “bees” and “frolics”
4.12 Food in Colonial Times! -At first colonists traded with Indians for corn, then the Indians taught them to grow and cook corn -Had corn in many of their meals -Loved meat, hunted and raised it (hunted deer, rabbits, and birds, raised pigs, cattle, and chickens -There was no refrigeration so they had to salt, pickle, or smoke the meat to keep it from going bad -Old meat was coated with pepper and spices to disguise the bad taste -There was always lots of fruit. In the Southern colonies they had tons of peaches, Middle colonies and New England colonies had apple pie all year round, and there were berries in the spring and summer for the children to collect -Colonists thought that vegetables were unhealthy especially if eaten raw, they were mostly eaten in mushy stews - Iron pots were simmering all day long, the main meal, which was between noon and 3 in the afternoon, was stew and smaller meals consisted mainly of corn mush
Quiz • What are three games adults like to play? • What are four things fairs included? • What happened at the end of barn and house raising? • What was fun for kids but their parents thought it was dangerous? • What kind of toys did kids have? • Apple pies were baked all year round in which colonies? • What was in almost every meal? • How did they disguise bad meat’s taste? • What did they do to meat to keep it from going bad? • What was considered unhealthy, especially if eaten raw?
Answers • tick-tack, trock, and bowling • (varied) skill contests, art contests, dance contests, foot races, wrestling matches, scrambles to catch greased pig or climb greased poles • Dances • Coasting or sledding • Simple toys, dolls, marbles, and tops • New England and Middle Colonies • Corn • By covering it in spices and pepper • Pickled, salted, or smoked it • Eating vegetables
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