Sentences with phrase «village oxen»

Visitors can take a turn at plowing behind the Village oxen, watch a plowing match and oxen trials, learn to winnow and thresh grain, and shell corn the old - fashioned way.

Visitors can try their hands at plowing behind the Village oxen, watch a plowing match...

Not exact matches

Old Sturbridge Village Curator Tom Kelleher notes that snow in early New England was actually welcomed by travelers, saying, «Instead of plowing roads clear after a storm as we do today, in the 1800s teams of horses and oxen were driven out to trample the snow down, leaving a hard packed surface for sleighs.

Here you'll be sharing the dirt roads with oxen, chickens and the occasional motorbike to the village of Ban Nakham, popular for sugar cane and Kaolam, a local delicacy of sticky rice and beans served in bamboo.