Bidwell Scavenger Hunt!
We
need your help finding several of the items in our museum! Below you’ll find a riddle about each item
organized by which room it is in. Use the clues to help you identify and locate
each item. Good luck!
Keeping
Room (kitchen)
This item was used to cook
meat. It would turn and turn until the
cooking was complete!
This was next to the oven
used to bake breads and plum cake (but not pizza like a restaurant today might
make!)
This was a nice spot to rest
and sew or do another craft. It was
perfect also to keep out the cold wind’s draft!
Whenever colonialists would
take a carriage trip, this was used under skirts and blankets to keep out
winter’s frosty nip!
Dining
Room
These symbols were carved to
show where floorboards would fit.
Colonialists didn’t have pencils to mark things- just imagine it!
This was what Reverend
Bidwell might have looked like, it’s said.
He surely would have had a powdered wig on his head!
The two items were carved
for a wife as a symbol of love. If
you’re having trouble just look a little above!
Parlor
This was used to blow air at
the fire. Don’t go out fire, jump higher
and higher!
When Reverent Bidwell would
entertain, he’d use these with his guests.
They’d hold one in their hand and puff up their chests!
Reverend
Bidwell’s Bedroom
Someone wrote the Reverend a
nice letter, what luck! But to reply there’s something he first must pluck!
At night in bed we have to
close these, or else we’d freeze from winter’s breeze!
This is what the Reverend
would use when he had a sermon to write.
Heavy to lift, it’s certainly not light!
This tool was filled with
coals to warm the blankets of the bed.
If we didn’t have one, we’d just cuddle instead!
Children’s
Bedroom
This was a French game that
was fun to play. Colonial Children
didn’t have many toys, not like today!
This was used to tighten a
rope bed at night. Have you ever heard
the saying “SLEEP TIGHT, don’t let the bed bugs bite?”