knicknackeries

Updated: June 20, 2025

He makes stands with wires to put flowers in for the farmers' parlours, and strings the dry oak-apples on wire, which he twists into baskets, to hold knicknackeries. He is witty, and has his jest for everybody. He can do something of everything turn his hand any way a perfect treasure on the farm. In the old days there was another character in most villages; this was the rhymer.

Richard Jefferies - The Toilers of the Field