Identifier: forfardirectoryy1900unse (find matches)
Title: The Forfar Directory and Yearbook 1900
Year: 1899 (1890s)
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Publisher: W. Shepherd, Castle St, Forfar
Contributing Library: Angus Council
Digitizing Sponsor: National Library of Scotland

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THE MONTH. i\I .I.Y of the labours of last month, such as trans-pLmting, altering, and laying down lav/ns, maybe continued this month if the weather be open.. Ii:i the kitchen a few peas and beans maj be somu.Turn up the ground thoroughly for exposure to the frost and snow. If the weather be mild at-tend to the operation of pruning. The roots oftender trees, such as the apricot and peach, shouldbe mulched over, as they are often so far affectedby frost as to be barren during the ensuing year. Inspect the fruit in the store room at regular andfrequent intervals, and remove whatever is foundto be in a state of decay. Collect dead leavesand rubbish. Old shrubberies should be clearedand top-dressed and duff. Tea-roses that are inexposed situations should be taken up and placedsafely out of the reach of frost. In frosty weathersprinkle a little litter, by way of protection,over any choice things which may happen to bein open beds. 12th Month.) Hunger makes hard bones sweei bectns. (31 DSVS.
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Notes by a Traveller in Siam. •^fe^DD numbers are lucky. There are three,^^ five, seven, etc., rungs of the ladder (whichdoes duty for a staircase) of the house. Housesare built on an odd number of piles, and insidean odd number of windows will be found. Babes are supposed to have supernaturalpowers. A relative leaving the house on ajourney without having spoken a word or two to the babe—sleeping or awake—will meet withmisfortune on the journey. If the child criesinordinately during his absence, the misfortuneis of a serious kind, and the household is put intoa state of unrest till his return. No woman may pass a male member of thefamily or a visitor without making a low obei-sance. Neither may a woman ascend or descendthe house ladder without first asking the permis-sion of men or elderly people near by. If shortly after the arrival of a visitor, betelnut were not brought out and offered, or ifhe were not informed that the stock of betelnut had run out, it would amount to a seri

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