June 1941 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

June, 1941·

-Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

June, 1941

"PHANTASY"

Their farms are small, not like the huge Australian farms; though I have never seen them, I have heard how big they are. They grow mostly Indian maize, sunflowers (from which they make sunflower-seed oil), wheat, rye, vegetable s a nd flowers. They have a cow or two, a horse and a cart, and some chicke ns . Their work really begins in April and ends in Septem- ber. In this time they must do all their work, and make provision for winter, when the ground is covered with snow and all work is stopped. In winter they do .not work in the fields, but they are not idle; they go to the market and sell the ir goods which are dearer than in sum- mer , and at home they make baskets and mats, while the women do their share. The men are generally dressed in white, very long, narrow canvas trousers which they roll up at the cuffs, and a broad embroidered belt. In winter the trousers are of a coarse woollen material; they wear a sheep skin coat very prettily embroidered, all in the national colours, a nd a green or black fe lt hat with a long feather sticking on one side. The women wear a long blouse very prettily embroi- dered, and a long p iece of dark coloured cloth which they tie round them for a skirt, and on their head they have a kind of shawl, very prettily designed, and a flower in their hair . Every village has a different way of dressing, but all more or less alike. I The women are very industrious, they work v~ry hard and make many beautiful things besides workind on the land. They spin their wool and thread, and then weave them into different kinds of materials, some very beautiful. They embroider very much, and make different carpets of all colours, some very precious indeed and very costly. They take their goods in a basket which they carry on their heads, a nd go to the market. They sit on the ground and sell. They always ask ten times the value of the goods, and you must bargain with them. This is about all I can tell about the Roumanian peas- ant and farm . -Pearl Hearsch , III.B.

To-day I walked on London Bridge , And a s I walked, I saw A funny little man Who laughed and scampered on Before . He turned, He laughed, He w inked a t me ; And then He chuckled merrily; He danced and carolled gle efu lly- And then was there no more . · I walked to where I saw him las t And looked about My feet. I looked in vain for That wee man in leath er jerkin Neat, Doublet , Red Cap And shoes of brown And eyes Like jewels from a crown; I looked around and I looked down, But s till he' was not there . I looked across the water , then, Out to the far Blue sea. I looked, and saw a fa iry Boat , a -sailing t:p To me . I jumped Aboard, And at my side Th e little man that I had tried So hard to find on London Bridge , cried " Fa iry -land, Ahoy !"

-MOLLIE BOOTH, VI.

D. WATTS, IV.C.

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