T

 

tableland

taffy

Take care, dear girl, he’s a-fooling you, see Beware!

tailboard

tallow

"skin a flea for its hide and tallow"

Tan, Dr., see Tann, George

Tann, George

tap, see also rap

tar

Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-de-ay

tardy / tardiness

tariff

tarnation

tartar, cream of, see cream of tartar

task

taskmistress

tassel

bridle

corn

horse's tail

yarn

tawny

tax

collector

"nothing is certain / sure but death and taxes"

"tax the lining out'n a man's pockets"

tea

cambric tea

drinking tea out of the saucer

"down cellar in a teacup"

ginger tea

teacup

"tea is man's drink in cold weather"

tea kettle / tea-kettle / teakettle

teapot, on jewel box

tea towel

teach

certificate

desk / platform / table

examinations

Laura teaches first "school" in De Smet

laws

Ma as teacher

teacher / school teacher / school-teacher / schoolteacher

teacher's pet

thrashing the teacher

teal

teamster

telegraph / electric telegraph

insulators

office

operator

poles

wire

tenderfeet

Ten Little Indians

Tennessee

Tennyson's Poems

tenor

tent

office

tent-poles

Texas

longhorns

Thanksgiving

thatched

The birds were singing in the morning, see Kitty Wells

The Campbells are coming, Hurrah! Hurrah! see The Campbells are Coming

The heavens declare the glory of God , see The Heavens Declare the Glory

The old gray mare she ain’t what she used to be, see Down in Alabam’

Then let the hurricane roar! It will the sooner be o’er, see The Evergreen Shore

Then meet me, oh meet me, when you hear the first whip-poor-will call, see Whip-Poor-Will’s Song

Then what is the use of repining, see Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

There is a boarding house not far away, see There is a Happy Land

There is a Happy Land

There is a happy land, far, far away, see There is a Happy Land

There’s a land that is fairer than day, see Sweet By and By

There’s No Place Like Home

There was an old darkey and his name was Uncle Ned, see Uncle Ned

There were ninety and nine that safely lay in the shelter of the fold, see The Ninety and Nine

thermometer

These Happy Golden Years, see also Golden Years Are Passing By

The stars are rolling in the sky, see The Treadmill Song

The sun may warm the grass to life, see Gentle Words and Loving Smiles

The sweet little girl, the pretty little girl, see The Girl I Left Behind Me

This life is a difficult riddle, see Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

thimble

German-silver thimble present for Ma

Hide the Thimble

making pictures with

thimble flower

Third Street

"this is something like"

thistle

Thompson, Mr.

Though loudly they roar, see Pull for the Shore

thrash

thrashing

Three Blind Mice

Three blind mice, see how they run, see Three Blind Mice

Three blind mice! Three blind mice! see Three Blind Mice

thresh

threshing-floor

threshing machine / threshing-machine

threshers

threshold

thrush

thunder-pump

ticket

"that's the ticket"

train

window

tiger

in Noah's ark toy

tiger-striped

tiger lily

"tight as a drum"

tight-fisted

till, trunk's

timber

cross-timber

timber lot

timbers

time

time-book

time-checks

timekeeper

timid / timidity

timothy

tin

animals

basin

bread-pan / bread-baking tin

cake-pan

can

candle-mold

colander

cup

dinner-horn

dinner pail / dinner-pail

dipper

dishpan

grater

horn

lantern / lamp

milk-pan

"not on your tintype"

pan

pail

patch box

patty-pan

pie-pan

plate

pots

prairie chimney stovepipe cover

reflector

saucepan

skimmer

soldiers

steamer

strainer

stove

stovepipe

tin-peddler

tinware

toy dishes

trunk covering

washbasin

whistle

Tinkham family

Charles H.

Adeline

Tinkham's Furniture Store

‘Tis the Good Old Way by our fathers trod, see The Good Old Way

title, see also patent

tobacco

"as blue as tobacco smoke"

tobacco juice / tobacco-juice

tobacco-pouch

smoke

To those who are faint and weary, see Lend a Helping Hand

tomahawk, see also hatchet

tomato

husk-tomatoes, see husk-tomato

green tomato / green-tomato pickle

preserves

tomboy

tongs

ice-tongs

tow

sack

string

towel

dish

roller towel / roller-towel

tea

Tower family

Amasa

Julia

town

county-seat towns

downtown

little / Little Town on the Prairie

townfolks

town boys / girls

townspeople

town pump

town school

townsite

working in town

toy

dolls

jumping-jack

little wooden men

Noah's ark

soldiers

tin animals

tin dishes

velocipede

whistle

traces

track, see also race track

bare feet

bear

bear's-track quilt, see quilt

bird

boot

bobsled / sled runner

buggy wheel

buffalo wolf

cottontail rabbit

deer

dog / Jack

field mouse

fox

horse

human / shoe

"if I know anything about animal tracks..."

"keep track of"

"making / make tracks for..."

moccasin

panther

rabbit

race track

railroad / steel / train

road

shoe

sled

sled-track, hand

snowbirds

"stopped in my tracks"

tracked in

"trackless sea / waves" of snow

wagon / wheel / wheel-track

wolf

Tracy, Minnesota

Tracy cut / big Tracy cut

train

freight train

Laura rides on the train

Mary rides home on the train

potato-train

train stops running during Hard Winter

Uncle Tom leaves on the train

work train / work-train

trap

bear trap

fish-trap

trap line / trap-line

trap door / trap-door / trapdoor

treadle

Treadmill Song, The

treble

treble clef

tree claim

laws

treed

tree, see also bee tree

apple

ash

balsam

bass

beech

box elders

butternut

cedar

changing the climate

cherry

choke-cherry

Christmas

cottonwood

elm

gum-tree

hazelnut

hemlock

hickory

"in this country, trees mean water"

ironwood

Lone Tree

maples

moosewood

oak

pine

plum

spruce

sycamore

walnut

willow

tremolo

tribe

troops

trooping / trooped

trot

"it'll never be noticed on a trotting horse!"

trotting-horses

trouble song, The Big Sunflower

trough

watering-trough

trousies

trout

fried

Trout River

cutting ice on Trout River

trundle bed

packing box used as

trunk

trunk, of tree

maple-trunks

Christmas tree

tub

butter-tub

washtub

"Tubal Cain"

tuck

tumbleweed

tumbling rod

tuning fork / tuning-fork

turkey

Christmas

drumstick

roasted

Thanksgiving

wild

turkey red, see also bandana, calico

turnip

boiled

creamed

mashed

raw

seeds

sow turnips the 25th of July, wet or dry

turnip-pile

turntable

Twas a calm still night, see Lilly Dale

twilight

twine

Twin Lakes / twin lakes

two-faced

 

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