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G
gable
Gaily now our boat is sailing
gaiter
gallagher
"Let 'er go Gallagher!"
gallop
galluses, see also blog 11 August 2005
galumphing
gambling / betting
bet Uncle Sam against 160 acres of land
"everything's more or less a gamble"
gambler
horse race
"I wouldn't bet about a lady"
"never bet your money on another man's game"
pea under a shell game
"you get a run for your money"
game
gang
shovel gangs
gangling
Garland family
Margaret
Florence
Oscar Edmund "Cap"
Garland's house
Cap Garland would "fight his weight in wildcats"
garnet
garter snake
gas in the well
"Gather ye roses while ye may," see blog 12 August 2006
gaunt
bony-gaunt
gee
geezer
gelding
gelatine
gent
Gentle Words and Loving Smiles
geography
George (Grandpa's brother)
geranium
German
German-silver
giddap
Gilbert, family of Silliman N., see blog 21 February 2007
David
Fred
Stella, composite Nellie Oleson character
gilt / gild
ginger
"full of ginger"
gingerbread, see blog 13 December 2005 / blog 3 December 2005
gingerly
ginger tea
ginger-water
"has its ginger up"
take the ginger out of the horses
Girl I Left
Behind Me, The
Git out the way for Old Dan Tucker, see Old Dan Tucker
glass
glass box
gnat
"by the width of a gnat's eyebrow"
goad
God
"God that doesn't forget the sparrows..."
"God hates a coward"
God's will
Godey's Lady's Book
gold
bar pin with etched house and lake
engagement ring
"gates of gold"
gold-laced aristocrats
"good as gold"
"heart of gold"
locket
looking for
mines
"not for a million dollars in gold"
pin / breast-pin / brooch
golden
"golden hair is prettier than brown"
golden years...
Mary's golden curls
Mary's golden hair
oval of ring
the sun, a golden ball...
goldenrod
Golden Years
Are Passing By
Golden years are passing by, happy, golden years, see
Golden Years
Are Passing By
Good Old Way, The
Good Shepherd
goods
canned
Clancy's drygoods store, see Clayson, Chauncey
dress goods / dress-goods
dry
dry-goods-box
Loftus' Groceries, Dry Goods, and General Merchandise / Dry Goods and Groceries, see Loftus, Daniel
white
yard
gopher
"gopher my way to the stable"
"one for a gopher, two for a gopher..."
gores
goose
goose-feather / feathers
"goosie!"
Mother Goose, see Mother Goose
roast
stewed
wild
wild-goose chase
"you are a goose!"
gosh, see blog 4 May 2006
"by gosh"
"gosh dang"
"gosh all hemlock!"
Government / government
government experts
governor
Governor of Orleans, Almanzo's Morgan stallion
grade / railroad grade / grading
graders' camp
grade-stakes
graduate
grain
elevator, see elevator
grain sack / grain-sack / sack
sowing / planting
wheat-grains
graining, see also maple syrup
grammar / English grammar
grandfather
Grandma, see also Ingalls, Laura Colby
beats Uncle George at jigging
dance at grandma's
grandmother
looked like grandmothers at the young ones
"our grandmothers would turn in their graves"
Grandpa, see also Ingalls, Lansford
"The Story of Grandpa and the Panther"
"The Story of Grandpa's Sled and the Pig"
dance at Grandpa's
"Grand right and left"
grand-stand
grape
frosted
jelly
wild grapes
wild grapevines
grass flower / grassflower
grasshopper
arrive at Plum Creek
fly away
grasshopper weather
"if'n there's any worst pest than grasshoppers it surely is politicians"
lay eggs
walk west
gravy
blackbird
brown
"by gravy!"
chicken pie
codfish
ham-gravy
Ma's receipt for gravy
milk
pork-gravy
prairie-hen
sausage / red-brown
graybeard
grease
axle
bear grease
black
brown-and-amber
greased-lightning
greased-paper window
greasing / oiling
Great American Desert
Great Britian
British
British Crown
British regulars
Great Horn Spoon
Great is the
Lord
Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, see
Great is the
Lord
Grecian
Green Grows
the Laurel
greenhorn
Green Mountain Boys
greeny
griddle
grind
coffee grinder, see mill
meat grinder
grindstone
grippe (influenza), see blog 22 May 2005 / see blog 29 October 2005
ground-cherry
preserves
grove
grub, animal
grub, working the soil
grubbing hoe
grubby
gruel
gulch
gull
gully
gum
"by gum!"
chewing
Gum-Tree
Canoe, The
gum-tree
gun
cleaning
"great big guns"
"great guns!"
gunshot
gunstock
"never go out again without a gun"
pan
gunny sack
gunpowder
Gypsy King,
The
Gypsy’s Warning, The
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