clabber - a curdled (also soured or thickened) milk product, i.e. yogurt. According to freedictionary.com: Chiefly Southern, Midland, & Western U.S.
Dear Abby - an advice column begun in 1956 by Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips and currently written by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips. Both have used the pen name Abigail Van Buren in responding to queries in their column.
Autoharp - real name, "chorded zither." Likely German in origin. See Wikipedia.
redbud tree - one US variety of the genus Cercis which is apparently a subfamily of the pea family, hence the awesome pods and brilliant pea-flowerlike, er, flowers (did i say pink? yes, pink.)
An assitant pig-keeper - apparently a reference to a Lloyd Alexander book series in which one character, Taran, works as assistant pig-keeper in Caer Dallben among other locations. It seems there are many books in which this character appears (Prydain Chronicles?) and Prydain seems to be a domain similar to Narina, which Paterson also references when talking about Terabithia.
foundling - apparently Moses was one. In the book, if i recall correctly, Jess threatens to tell his baby sister that she was a foundling. How mean.
Also i made note of a few songs which Paterson either mentions or writes excerpts from. i hope to download or otherwise obtain them. They are:
Sing! Sing a Song
Oh Lord, what a morning
Ah, lovely meadows
Free to be you & me
My Beautiful Ballon
Blowing in the Wind
3 comments:
ac!
june carter cash played the autoharp. and, as a matter of fact, i do too. it kind of sounds like halloween.
mary beth.
There's a little-seen Disney animated movie based on the Prydain Chronicles called The Black Cauldron. It's got Taran the pig-keeper in it, although it came out AFTER Bridge to Terabithia did (about 1985, I believe), so the characters must be referring to the books, not the movie.
Also, "Free to Be You and Me" was not just a song, but also a television special for hippie children, I believe. I have very fond memories of it, and I remember thinking that it was something that EVERYONE had watched. Did you see it? You must have.
Finally, I have a version of Blowing in the Wind by Stevie Wonder if you are interested ...
Wow, thanks Mary! Can i hear you play sometime? And welcome to my blog! Have you ever been here before? It's nice to see a "new" "face." Ok, the internet is weird.
Aro: i knew you'd pull through for me. i've been waiting to talk w/you about Terabithia, actually. Hopefully soon.
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