TOOTH Paste was a Luxury

The tooth paste was a luxury and rare item.

at times the finished and thrown one from Brother was ours (me and my sister Indira) used to fold and squeeze . some time hammer to get a bit for us. No brush it was to use on finger.

This was almost till my 9th / 10th grade. I don't remember having a tooth brush. 

our brush was folded mango leaf and coconut leaf stick parted to make sharp and use as tongue cleaner

at times when the paste tube fully finished is not thrown. Kept it and from my brother's paste it is transferred and kept for me to have my OWN tooth paste !
many a times the mix of different paste gave a good smell and taste. May be it is different and a rare item must have given that feel.

Raghavn laterate stone - kallu vettam kuzhi

Raghavan was a clean man
i used to see him cleaning his feet systematic
always during his bath, his major time was on feet
Raghavan was an expert stone cutter. The PANA (stone digging place) was my casual visiting place.
lagter it became my learning place too.
I learned how to cut stone. It is all manual. for me it was a day for a stone.
I decided to make the south-west corner of jnaanam where we had the cow shed (ALA)
I made and I think I got two three stones.

PATHAYA smarankal

Pathayam was an indispensable item at home
nellu
costly brass vessels
items to hide
mulaku (Pepper)
all these are in that kalavara (storage place)

I used to make my pocket money by stealing pepper from the pathayam.
thus pathayam is a bank for me.

at times this was hiding place too.

used to have banana kept inside to get ripe and also to protect from the rats.
i used to get inside the pathayam
the smell inside that with the ripped banana is still in my nose.

setting vayal for the rice replanting is a fun.
the muddy mesh in which we can walk flushing mud
this was a fun for me during my childhood
I enjoyed

NELLU Katta

from the field when it is to be collected - ladies used to have many songs. The field in Vellad when they work, I was a pet and one subject for them.

Though I didn't get head and tail of it.

But when I was in Tagore Vidya nikethan when Bhatathiripad, social teacher spoke of the poem

ariyar nattil pirannoramma.... 

kolathu nadu kinavu kandu..

e kolathu nadumenikku venam...

this was what gave a clue that these ladies make stories..

I when have to pay the Coole (wage) for the ladies had the chance to count the number and for 11 one was the ratio of cooler to be paid .

I had a tough day when I did this for a large number of workers and counting and giving the huge heap of rice bunch (Katta) in the  Kalam was still giving back pain for me.

PARA

Measuring Pepper and rice is with this PARA

When the COOLI (wages) are given as 1 to 7 or 10. After cleaning the rice from the reaped and collected from the field is done by the Kariyashtan (Supervisor) Kunchappa. 

One day I wanted to do this when I was in 6th or 7th grade at vellad, where we had lot of workers. I do remember this. I did this for the whole lot of workers.

When someone asks for rice on loan too - it is measured and given from Naduvil, our home,. Amma used to help people who comes for tit.

NILAM THALLI for KALAM

This was one called NILAM THALLI, i do not know if any other part of the world, this is in use.
Either Rice, with skin, after boiling to be dryer, to make the boiled rice 0 or - araocunut, coconut, pepper (mainly) for this 

to make the Kalam (Flat plane earthen platform) to get ready is used.

I remember during this season all the experts are busy on this and need great skill to make this field. 

exact water to be sprinkled to make the place smooth and damped enough to concrete surface to make.

i used to takeup this with mother's initiative to make the kalam. 

large even, but leaned to make it with small test beds.

i remember making it not in the dome front but in the common place like Keloth parambu too.