118....with a HOOGH the pigs scattered off.
W. O. Mitchell, Who Has Seen the Wind, Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1947, p. 221.
PLACE: Saskatchewan Prairies
TIME: 20th century
While Sean relaxed, big and silent in his chair with the spit gurgling in the heel of his pipe...
W. O. Mitchell, Who Has Seen the Wind, Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1947, p. 221.
PLACE: Saskatchewan Prairies
TIME: 20th century
...he heard the train whoop far-off to the prairie stillness.
His shrill whistle carried a note of excitement too.
...up by the engine the train let two tinging sighs from beneath itself.
W. O. Mitchell, Who Has Seen the Wind, Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1947, p. 228.
PLACE: Saskatchewan Prairies
TIME: 20th century
...he heard the singsonging of milk into the pail...
...the milk continued to hum SOME-FUN, SOME-FUN.
...FUN -FUN -FUN, said the milk as he stripped Noreen...
...the milk took up its drumming again.
W. O. Mitchell, Who Has Seen the Wind, Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1947, p. 229.
PLACE: Saskatchewan Prairies
TIME: 20th century
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