yockin'-chair

Updated: May 5, 2025

Ethel played and sang and danced about her, quite oblivious of the heat, till, tired out, she threw herself into Ruth's arms. "Sing by-low now," she demanded sleepily; "pay it's night, and you and me's in a yockin'-chair goin' to by-low land." Ruth realized that the child was weary, and drawing her little head to her bosom, threw off the huge sunbonnet and ruffled up the damp, golden locks.

Emma Wolf - Other Things Being Equal