Dear Students,
In the COMMENTS section of this post, please share two things that you learned about Vermont History at the Tunbridge Fair. Use complete sentences, state your first name in your post, and be thoughtful and creative. Thank you!
Mrs Pierce
Monday, September 17, 2012
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Love the Tunbridge
ReplyDeleteThe cider was made on a wooden press and there wasn't a sign on the general store.
ReplyDeleteI learned that it was hard to make rope and that salespeople sold candy for
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What I learned at the tunbridge fair is that back then
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They used giant saws to cut wood.
ReplyDeleteAlso i learned that they used giant contraption to separate cream from milk.
Schools were different in 1840, it had more students in one room. People rode really big bicycles.
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ReplyDeleteThat there are many differences between schools now and back then and only rich people rode horses!!!
i learned that horses used to pull everything!
ReplyDeletei also LEARNED THAT AN OXen IS OnLy AN OXEN IF IT PULLED THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF ITS LIFE.
I learned at the Tunbirdge fair that you had to work hard to make rope a long time ago. that it is also very hard work to have cows and pigs and chicken
ReplyDeleteOne thing I learned is...in the time 1840 they used a huge contraption to make a barrel of cider!
ReplyDeleteNext they used a hand made wooden hand plow.
I learned about the schools in 1840, they would have all the grades in one room. The farm equipment was very different from now.
ReplyDeleteI learned that girls had to wear dresses. (not cool)
ReplyDeleteAnd teachers wore skirts to the breaking point of tight.
And rich guys smoked pipes.
And town peeps went CRAZY for pickles.
ReplyDeleteall the girls had to ware dresses
-LULU
karson-
ReplyDeleteone thing i laernd at the schoolhouse is all the girls had to ware dreeses
if you are bad you get smacked
What I learned at the Tunbridge Fair is in the olden days you could grow big vegetables and you couldn't tie ropes that well.
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