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Questions

1) What word describes the fields, brooks, bridges and houses in the wives' stories?

2) This sentence was long, but we have 3 questions about it.

"He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft, and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air, which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsy–turvy!"

What is another word for "anecdotes" in this context?

3) The second question is: What does "speculations" mean in this sentence?

"He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft, and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air, which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsy–turvy!"

4) The last question is: What is the "alarming fact" that Ichabod Crane shares?

"He would delight them equally by his anecdotes of witchcraft, and of the direful omens and portentous sights and sounds in the air, which prevailed in the earlier times of Connecticut; and would frighten them woefully with speculations upon comets and shooting stars; and with the alarming fact that the world did absolutely turn round, and that they were half the time topsy–turvy!"

5) Were there any events that weren't clear to you?