The Golek". A hexagonal roll, with a row of teeth, about six inches long, abstruding from each of the sides of the hexagon; or a serrated board in place of the teeth. This implement is used in some districts instead of the plough or “chankol.”

Our milkman is a jovial character, but not one given to yodelling at the customers on his round. Only the resounding clonk of bottles advises us that a couple of pints have been left on the doorstep.

He lunched on grilled cheese in Toronto and sashimi in Tokyo and had the chance to stick his finger in a true-to-life Dutch dike in Almere, Holland.

Coordinate term: tempera