| A | B |
|---|
| cornhusk doll | doll made with leaves of corn |
| dame school | early grades to learn reading held in a woman's home |
| ducking stool | punishment that dunked a person in water |
| dunce cap | tall pointed hat for school children to wear as punishment |
| flax | a plant used to make linen thread |
| hornbook | a piece of wood with printed pages on front and back |
| jack-bed | a short bed high enough for a small bed to fit under |
| keeping room | only room in an early colonial house |
| meetinghouse | a colonial church |
| New England Primer | only schoolbook colonial children used |
| pod | a sleigh pulled by one horse |
| porridge | like oatmeal; soft food made by boiling grains or beans in water or milk |
| pudding | soft pillow around a baby's middle to protect if from falls |
| pung | a sleigh pulled by two horses |
| quill pen | pen made from a feather; it was dipped in ink |
| saltbox | a style of house with one roof longer than the other |
| sampler | piece of cloth with handsewn letters or pictures |
| spinning wheel | machine that made thread from wool or flax |
| stocks | wooden frame that held people's legs for punishment |
| training day | a fun day once a month |
| trencher | plate made of wood |
| trundle bed | a child's bed that fit under the parents' bed |
| whispering sticks | wooden sticks put in a student's mouth as punishnent for whispering in class |
