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P
Pa, see also Ingalls, Charles
Pacific Ocean
paddle
Paddle Your Own Canoe
Padlock, Mr.
padlock
pail
dinner pail / dinner-pail / lunch-pail
milk pail / milk-pail
tin
water pail / water-pail
palaver
pancake
blanket cake
buckwheat
frying / making
pancake man
stacked pancakes
Mrs. Wilder's pancake rule
pannikin
pansy
panther
"The Story of Grandpa and the Panther"
scream
stories
tracks
pantry
paper doll
papoose
parasol
parboil
parlor
blacking brush ruins parlor wall-paper
parlor organ
parse
parsnip
fried
partition
pasteboard
pasteboard box
pasture
patch
patch box / patch-box
patchwork, see also quilt, nine-patch
patent
homestead
school desk
Patty Cake
patty-pan
"Paul Revere's Ride", see also blog 19 April 2007
paymaster
hanging the paymaster
pea
Canada
creamed
green
seeds
"pea under a shell" game
peach
canned peaches
peaked
pearl, see also mother-of-pearl, oyster
buttons
garnet and pearl engagement ring, see also garnet
pearly
Pearson's livery barn, see Pierson, John
pebble
picking up at Lake Pepin
peck
peck-measure
peddle
cart / wagon
tin-peddler
peg
husking-peg
shoe-pegs
pelican
pen, see also mother-of-pearl
pearl-handled
little red pen
pen-point
pen wiper
pendulum
penny
Christmas
"flipped that penny yet?"
Mary spends her penny for slate pencil
"not a penny going out till spring"
saving every penny to send Mary to college
"a penny for your thoughts"
red cent
Pepin, Wisconsin, see also Lake Pepin
peppermint
candy / balls
pepper
black
green
pepper-plants
pepper sauce
pepper-shaker
red
strung on string
use in chicken feed
Perry family
Delos
Clyde
Perry boys
Perry's claim
Perry School
Perry schoolhouse
Pete
man
ox
Peterson family
Mr.
Mrs.
petrified wood
petticoat
petticoat waist / petticoat-waist
under-petticoat
phoebe-bird
pickerel
pick
picket
fence
picket line / picket-line
picket pin / picket-pin
picket-pin gopher, see gopher
picket rope / picket-rope
pickle
beet
cucumber
green tomato / green-tomato
pork-pickle, see blog 10 September 2006
sour
sweet
watermelon-rind, see blog 3 August 2005
picnic
box / basket
Fourth of July
grounds
pie
apple
apple pie with cheese
berry / dried berry
blackbird
cherry
chicken pie / chicken-pie
cream
custard
dried apple / dried-apple
fruit
green pumpkin
huckleberry
mince
piecrust
pie pan / pie-pan
pieplant
pumpkin
raisin
syrupy smell of
vinegar
pieplant
pie
Pierre
Pierre, Fort - see fort
Pierson, John D.
pigeon
wood-pigeons
pigeon wing, see blog 14 April 2007
pigeonhole
pig
bear kills pig
Berkshire
bladder
Chester white
cuts of meat
Lucy
"mustn't be a pig"
pig pen / pigpen
pig-snout
pig's tail
"The story of Grandpa's Sled and the Pig"
sucking pig
teeth stick together with candy
Pilgrim
Fathers
Mothers
pilgrim way, see also Lend a Helping Hand
song, see also Good Old Way, The
pillow
goose-feather / feather
pillow case / pillow-case
pillow sham / pillow-sham
plumping
pine
pine-board
pine color
pine-juice
pine-scented
piny
yellow-pine
pinked
pinnacle
pin, see also picket, peg
bow-pin
breast-pin / gold breast-pin
"bright as new pins"
brooch
cameo
Charley punished for getting up off a pin in his seat
Clarence jabs Charles' arm with a pin
gift from Almanzo to Laura
gold / gold bar pin
gun part
hairpin
knife used to pin Martha's braid to desk
pearl-shell pin
pin-prick
shawl-pin
punished for getting up off one
square gold pin / brooch with strawberry in it
used in sewing / pinning
wax rose
pioneer
Pioneer Girl manuscript
Pioneer Press
pipe, smoking
homelike scent of Pa's pipe
piping
pistol
pitch, caulking
pitch, musical - see also tuning fork
pitcher
bowl and pitcher
"little pitchers have big ears"
pitchfork
pity
for pity's sake(s)
piteously
placid
placidly
plaid
plait, see also braid
plane
plow
breaking plow / breaking-plow
"breaking their hearts on a plow"
plowed, on foot
plow land
plowmen
point
snowplow, see snowplow
plow-share / plowshare
plumb
line
plumb
plumb starved to death
Plum Creek
On the Banks of Plum Creek
plum
blue
dried
frost / frosted / purple
green
plumpit
preserves
red
stewed / stewed dried
thicket
yellow
plush
pocketbook
pointer
pokeberry
poke bonnet / poke-bonnet
poker, game
poker, tool
Polar and Tropical Worlds, The - Pa's big green animal book
political
political economy
political speeches
politics
going in for politics
"if'n there's any worst pest than grasshoppers it surely is politicians"
politicians
polka
poll (cow horn), see blog 11 April 2007
Polly Put
the Kettle On
Polly Wolly
Doodle
pollywog
polonaise
pony
Indian pony
saddle ponies
pool
poor man's fertilizer, see blog March 24, 2005
popcorn
balls
corn-popper
and milk
strings
"like corn popping"
Pop! Goes the Weasel
poplin
pork
cold boiled
drippings
fat pork / fat-pork / pork fat
fried salt pork / fried pork
pork-gravy
pork-pickle, see blog 10 September 2006
pork rind / pork-rind
roast pork
salt meat / salt pork / salt-pork
spareribs
posse
post office / post-office
posy
sweet as a posy / posies
potato
baked potato / baked-potato
boiled
"common taters on the Ac's"
digging / potato-digging / picking
"don't leave so many eyes they can see to jump out of the pot"
exploding potato burns Almanzo
eyes
fried
fried mashed potato-cake
hashed / hashed brown / brown hashed
marker
mashed
new
planting
potato-buyers
potato-starch mill
potato tops / potato-tops
potato-train
raw-fried
roasted
seed potato / potato seed
sod potato
steamed
used in candle-making
pot-liquor
pouch
bullet pouch / bullet-pouch
tobaco-pouch
poultice
Poverty Flat
powder
powder horn / powder-horn
powdery
powder, medicine
Power family
Thomas, see also Tay Pay Pryor
Eliza
Mary
Charles
Power's Tailor Shop
pow-wow
prairie
chimney
fire
grasses
High Prairie / high prairie
Little House on the Prairie
Little Town on the Prairie
roses
swells
wind
prairie chicken / prairie hen / prairie-hen
broth
chicks
drumstick
hash
"hiding like a prairie chicken"
prairie-hen gravy
roast
prairie cure / prairie-climate cure, see consumption
prayer
prayer meeting
"Lord, we thank Thee for all Thy bounty"
"Now I lay me down to sleep..."
saying bedtime prayers
preach
preaching
preacher
in Malone
Reverend Brown, see Brown, Edward
Reverend Alden, see Alden, Edwin
when Grandpa was a boy
Presbyterian
preserves
ground-cherry
husk-tomato
plum
strawberry
tomato / red tomato
watermelon-rind, see blog 3 August 2005
President, of the United States
Adams, John
Adams, John Quincy
Harrison, Benjamin
Hayes, Rutherford B.
Jackson, Andrew
Jefferson, Thomas
Lincoln, Abraham
Madison, James
Monroe, James
Washington, George
Preston, Dakota Territory
primer
primer class
Prince
princess style
prison
prisoner
State's prison
Providence / Divine Providence
Providential / providential
"we must not tempt Providence"
provisions
Pryor, Tay Pay, see also Power, Thomas
Psalm / psalm
twenty-third Psalm
pshaw
pullet
Pull for the
Shore
Pull for the shore, sailor, pull for the shore, see
Pull for the
Shore
pulpit
puncheon
pump
handcar
handle
organ
pump-house / pumphouse
town pump
pumpkin
Almanzo's pumpkin wins blue ribbon
green pumpkin pie
milk-fed
pie
planting
seeds
stewed
pun
punish
beating / hitting with a ruler
ear being pulled
expelled from school
knocking heads together
licking
tanned jackets / hide
spanking
standing in the corner
take to the woodshed
thrashing
whale the hide off you
whipping
whipping with whip
pussy-in-the-corner
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