The Work of Her that went, 1
The Toil of Fellows done－
In Ovens green our Mother bakes,
By Fires of the Sun.
The Toil of Fellows done－
In Ovens green our Mother bakes,
By Fires of the Sun.
(F.1159/J.1143)
[1] Work, went:: the woman's work started after the harvest.
[2] Toil:: labor, in a tobacco field.
[3] green:: leaves of the tobacco.
[4] Sun:: sunshine, to dry the tobacco leaves.
Samples of tobacco, manufactured out of natural honey-dew, bright sun-cured leaf, the growth of Roanoke county, Virginia. ─ The Virginia Historical Register (1850)
Tobacco for manufacturing purposes should be exposed to the air on scaffolds; and if ripe and sun-cured, it will have that sweet, aromatic flavor so peculiar to good tobacco. ─ Hunt's Merchants' Magazine (1859)