ONIONS, PIGS AND HICKORY-NUTS One feature of the countryside in which from time to time we found innocent amusement was the blackboards placed outside farmhouses, on which are written, that is, "annunciated," the various products the farmer has for sale, such as apples, potatoes, honey, and so forth.

On one occasion we read: "Get your horses' teeth floated here." There was no one to ask about what this mysterious proclamation meant.

No doubt it was clear as daylight to the neighbours, but to us it still remains a mystery.

Perhaps the reader knows what it meant.

Then on another occasion we read: "Onions and Pigs For Sale." Why this curious collocation of onions and pigs?
Colin suggested that, of course, the onions were to stuff the pigs with.
"And here's an idea," he continued.