[6] They go to the barnyard, and pull each, at three different times, a stalk of oats. If the third stalk wants the 'top-pickle,'that is, the grain at the top of the stalk, the party in question will come to the marriage-bed anything but a maid.—R.B.
[7] When the corn is in a doubtful state, by being too green or wet, the stack-builder, by means of old timber, etc., makes a large apartment in his stack, with an opening in the side which is fairest exposed to the wind: this he calls a 'fause-house.'—R.B.