Wild Card #1
The name of the boy who was the leader of the Hardscrabble boys.
Big Bill Ritchie
This was thrown onto the parlor wall by Almanzo.
What is a blackening brush?
The names of the French Joe and Lazy John's sons.
Who are Pierre and Louis?
What are pumpkins and carrots?
The special ingredient that Almanzo fed his pumpkin.
What is milk?
The number of days the Wilders attended the county fair.
Almanzo receives these two gifts for his 9th birthday.
A small yoke for his calves and a sled.
The price of a half a bushel of potatoes.
What is a half a dollar?
What animal did Almanzo see when he was picking berries?
What is candy?
The name of the berry that is harvested in the winter.
What are wintergreen berries?
This is what Mother trades with the tin-peddler instead of money.
What are clean, soft rags from her rag-bag?
What did Father call the snow the fell before the ground froze?
What is poor man's fertilizer
This is how much corn was lost due to the late spring frost.
What is a quarter of an acre?
Mother makes these for breakfast on Sunday mornings.
What are pancakes?
The distance from the Wilder's house to Uncle Andrew's house?
What is 10 miles away?
The name of the machine used to brush and clean short fibers of wool.
What is a carding machine?
Three items does mother make using the harvested ice.
What is egg nog, lemonade, and ice cream?
Almanzo calls this the feeling of clean skin and clean clothes.
What is the Saturday-night feeling?
This is a dressy fabric made of silk and cotton.
What is a bombazine?