Long Ago Stories Osburga And The Seven Days
The
A fire of peat was burning on "Keep your thoughts to your- a great flat stone, and Osburga," self," said the old woman.
little Saxon girl, and her grand-"Which is the next day 7" mother, an old Saxon woman, Osburga thought hurt, as she were sitting over it. They were bit her little finger, to remember wild, strange people. Their an-where she was, There were no cestors had come from the North books in those days, and allj many years before, and taken learning was kept in the headst "England and made it their own. of the old people.
THE CHINA MAIL.
WENDY HUT
THE ELFIN THIEVES,
| WENDY'S LITTLE DRESSMAKERS.
A Crawling Rug For Baby Brother.
Their footsteps were gentle as
light falling snow; Their voices were softer than
winds whisp'ring low; The main part of the crawling Their garments were gaudy,rug is made from an old grey or
green, crimson "and gold; Their eyes were, like diamonds,
flashing and bold.
Over their backs were slung
empty bags. And one of them carried a bundle
They
of rags;
were thieves. and those
cerc
Over their backs slung-empty bags, and onc of them, carried a bundle of ragu.
rags were intended le place
the line where they knew hung the finest of lace.
Osburga did not know that "Thor, (Thursday), is thunder proud Romails and cultured Briand all the air belongs to him," ions had once lived there.
sighed Osburga. "He makes the storms I hope he won't blow our house down as he did price. Frea, (Friday) I love Frea On and her day! She is the queen of the sky, and she sends as littleNow listen, my brothers," lambs and babies, and perhaps she'll make me beautiful like her-The line is pure silver
Green Willow Elf, - self when I'm big.".
it myself
There were no schools now, because the Saxons were always fighting against one another, and there were many kings in the land. But that night Osburga's grandmother taught the little girl the names of the days of
A fire of peat was burning.... and Osburya and her grandmother were sitting over it?
blanket, get some quite cheap brown blanket. If your have no
flannel material in brown or grey
you will want a piece about one yard squar. Bind all the edges, with wool tape, which you can get in various bright colours for a penny the yard. You'll need a few inches over four yards, and I think orange is the prettiest colour to use. The corners of the rug are decorated with quaint ap plique designs, which you must ub out of bits of gay" material. There are prim green trees in) two of the corners, a little red- roofed house in another corner, and a very qucer-looking puppy in the other! If you can man- age to cut scraps front, old fell thats, they'll be splendid for these decorations, as the felt doesn't fray at the edges, and you can inst cut out the shapes and stitch them down without any more ado.
The tree is six-and-a-half-inches inches and the trunk three-and- high. the foliage being three
SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1932.
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THE BILLY BOYS WORKSHOP.
TINK'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
Making A Table Lamp Standard.
Ordinary deal can be used to make this useful table standard for an electric lamp.
For the pedestal, A, cut two pieces of wood, twelve inches. ong, one and a half inches wide nd half-inch thick, and careful
plane to the exact sizes. Two more pieces, the same length
and half an inch square, must be glued and nailed between the first two, to forin a square pedes- tal with a half-inch hole down the centre, as shown in diagram B.Sink the holes for the nails, as shown, and, when these are driven in, glue in littlewood
Woes Pluss
If you would like to make
table lamp standard like this, read Carpenter's ins structions and study. the diagrams.
out the felt for the foliage and levelled with a chisel.
-half. Shee Diagram, A Cutings, the tops of which can be
Solution to last week's puzzle ; -----
Across
1. Dog. that rounds up sheep
7. Short for "father
8. Pronoun
(Sheepdog). (Pa).
(Her)
9. Associate of the Royal Academy (abb.) (A.R.A.)
11. Riding ponies.
(Nags)
12, To tear...
(Rend).
13. Kind of fairy
(Peri).
15. Musical instrument
(Oboe).
17. A Japanese coin
(Sen).
18. Kingly name for a boy
(Rex)...
20. Meaning "for example" 21. Favourite dogs
(E.G.).
(Spaniels).
Down.
Checky little birds
(Sparrows),
2.
Cousin to the rabbit
(Hare).
3.
Exclamation, of enquiry
(Eh)*
4.
Small enclosure for animals
(Pen)..
5.
Swimming birds:
(Drakes).
6. Young geese "...
(Goslings).
(Angora).
(Reel).
(E'en)
19.
Roman numeral for eleven
(XI).
And here's a nice easy one this week.
10. Name given to some rabbits
14. What cotton is wound on
16. Poet's way of saying "even"
said
saw
on
a
over stitches, then draw in the D from wood five-eighths of an sew it down with tiny over-and- "Cot the two base parts C and
of brown wool stem-stitching, and felly on both sides and edges. trunk, work this with two rows nch thick, and plane these care-
little house has a red roof; four do the base in satin-stitch. The and-a-half inches wide along the
MIKE SETS AN EXAMPLE:
Mike was horrified. He had
Her grandmother gave Usburga"When I rode by at night a good slap on the side of her little moon-beam- head to remind her that she was And the clothes pegged upon it learning a lesson, and Osburga's
are sweet as a dream.
voice was meek as she continued.They are whiter than snow, and
"Soetere (Saturday), belongs
finer than dusk,
W/
to Soetere, or Saturn, the god of "And scented with violets, mint,
hate, and I must do nothing to displease him or he'll punish me hard."
rose and musk."
So they hurried, these elf-thieves, through blades of field grass,
Then, seeing that her grand- mother was going to sleep, Os-And the daisies awoke and saw burga whispered: "I don't like. them all pass.
sun up on high
Soetere. He ate up all his chil- So young was the morn that the dren except three, and I'm glad he's in the sky and can't get me. What's the good of all these gods having days of their own?"
All the same, Osburga taught her own children the names and legends of the seven days, and by degrees they have come to
us.
We find the days very use the week, and Osburga repeated ful now, though we seldom think her leason several times as she how clever it was of the ancient counted the days on her fingers. people to name them and mea.
"The day of the Sun" (Sun-sure them out so carefully. day) said Osburga.
"The day
of the Moon, (Monday). These
are the two lights of the skies,"
and I bow to them, and pray And left it unguarded for their
them to make their days good.
Tew, (Tuesday), is the day of the
.god who makes darkness
joy and pleasure.
and Then out came the sun like blossom of gold,
war Woden. (Wednesday) the
a
day of the all-wise god who And Magpies and rats!" scream- ed those thieves brave and bold
drank water from a fountain. This water gave him wisdom, but he had to pay for it by giving
the fountain one of his eyes; the
There on the barbed wire hung one eye, which he has left is now wool from the sheep, the sun. It's a very large eye, Who'd all scratched their backs and I think
EVANS" Antisept Throat PASTILLASS
care: good – for > your Thrast Doctors - all “over the world niocen 'mand then, knowing the efficient way, in which they rollawa colds, coughs, catarr, infamed and septic thsgate
before going to sleep!
Posies BEAU
GED DEMANUS
I'LL BET I CATCH COLD. SITTING AROUND IN MY UNDERWEAR:
Was only just thinking of
op'ning his eye.
**
Now some had brought swords Which grew, said Green Willow,
to cut down the line,
like thick silver vine. And they, thought of the bells, They'd make for their cousins and the buckles and rings
the fairies with wings. Then they saw the bright line with the rare washing
swinging
And 'twas all they could do not
to burst out a-singing.
Said little Ten Toes, with his eyes
screwed up tight, "It's odd to leave washing like,
that out all night."
"
Then all bending forward they
went creepy-creep ---- There was nothing about but they couldn't imagine who own
few. sleepy-sheep
-
ed all this treasure, (Continued at foot of preceding
(colums.)
This sketch shows you how to trim the crawling rug for baby brother.
"
Clues:-
Across
1. Girl's name.
3. Not many,
5. Den of a wild beast.
8. Little yellow flower.
'you'
12. Not young.
14. This may be a flower, or
vegetable in a pod.
16. Pretty blue flower.
with
17. What you sec with. 18. Every one.
18. A Journey from place to place. Down.
snare hole just to fit the bottom it was to sleep in a bed which 11. Old-fashioned way of saying in the centre of part C, cut a just heard what a terrible thing end of the pedestal. Screw the had not been "made," and when two base parts together from he thought of the weeks and underneath as shown in diagram months he had slept in his little E, so that no screw holes show on tree hollow without shaking up top. The four square feet, cut the leaves he was shocked. Sad- from wood half-inch thick, are
ly he walked back to the jungle screwed on under the four cor--1 ners of the base, so that each and began to make his bed.
"Whatever projects half an inch on two
are you doing?"! sides, as indicated in diagram E. asked Prim the parrot.
Make a three-eighths-inch hole plied Mike. "It's a disgraceful "I am making my bed," re- through the centre of part D, then glue the bottom end of the thing not to make your bed every pedestal in place, and drive in morning. If you don't, it shows four screws from underneath, as have na nice feelings at all. Al- that you are lazy, untidy, and shown in the diagrams.
1. What you breathe. 24
Babe.
S. To and 4. Tiny,
8. Girl's name.
7. Anger.
9. Bring together again.
10. Found on the sea-shore. 12. To be obedient.
13. "Composition for two perform?
era.
14. Fruit. 15. A friend.
The cap, F, which is two and together, you're a nasty little a quarter inches square, can be boy I mean creature. Sonny's cut from half-inch wood, and fix mother said all that to him, and ed by two screws, the holes for he's going to make his bed every which should be countersunk and morning, because now he's eight, bottom, and three inches along plugged. Make a hole in the and a big boy ready to help saw him get straight out of bed C, you'll see just how to draw it enough to allow the end of a lamp Prim. "I haven't made mine night, all the jungle folk gather- the top. If you look at Diagram centre of the
mother." cap just large
and go off for the day. Oh my tail feathers!" gasped When Mike came home that Work the sides, windows, and holder to be screwed in tightly, door with bright-coloured wool Before this is done, however, a since spring!
Med round and pointed at him. "item-stitching.. Puppy doesn't suitable length of electric light, "I thought you were looking "You can see by his face that untidy lazy," began he has no nice feelings! they
need much explaining.
to-day t
Mike drew himself up very
11.
made of brown or grey felt, and the pedestal, and the bared ends Mike But Prim, flew out of cried. "He hasn't made his bed
He is flex must be threaded through nasty
Diagram D gives you the shape attached to the little terminal hearing.
nd measurements.
Now all the jungle folk follow- screws inside the lamp holder. ions there are groups of pretty can be attached to the other end were
In between the corner decora. A wall plug or bayonet fitting ed Mike's example, because they proudly.
afraid of looking as "I made my bed twice yester vool flowers, worked like Dia of the flex.
if they had no nice feel day, in order to get off early to- aram B. The tops are done in You can now give your handi-ings, bed-making went on day," he answered...
ours, the stems are single green in any desired shade and be liked doing it, and Mike found day, they now make their beds. utton-hole-stitch in various co-work two coats of varnish stain space in the mornings. Nobody They did feel small! On a wet wool stitches, and the leaves are proud of the smart and useful it a fearful bore, but he never three or four times green lazy-daisy loops.
said so. Then one morning Prim that gives them a nice little rest The Hat Carpenter (Continued at foot of next Column) for a time!
THAT'S A FINE THING YOU DID-
PAWNING MY SUIT-NOWI
CANT CALL ON ROSIE
AND HOW AM.)
GOIN TO GET
TO WORK?,
WHAT DID
THE BOSS SAY AND HOW ABO
ROSIE?
Wendy's Dressmaker
table lamp you have made
LEAVE IT TO ME- ROOM-MATE-1 GOT YOU IN FEI'LL GET YOU OUT OF IT. 'LL GO RIGHT: YOUR OFFICE":
OW-ILL SEE YOUR BOSS
I'LL TELL HIM YOU ARE FILL AN ILL PHONE
GET BACK SOON.
ROSIEFAN TELL
HER THE SAME- LEAVE IT TO ME-
BOSS SAD
O-U
and
EVANS