Gleaners

What does it take in these brave new days to keep word or pattern alive? You need but use it where gleaners can find it.

Men whistled at the plough; [gleaners and haymakers were seen in quiet groups at work;] sheep and oxen pastured; boys whooped and called, in fields, to scare away the birds.

Farmers may get frustrated when gleaners damage or treat carelessly the fruits of their labor which they have chosen to donate.