1711. Reference : MM-1-18-7
Pan Kun Kin (food sharing).
| January 29, 1961. Saeng often shared items such as food, fish, vegetables and so on to his relatives and neighbors. | Punch card
Personal Collection
Total : 34,872 item
1712. Reference : MM-1-18-8
Authorities.
| January 29, 1961. In the past, the police treated people badly. Villagers often used to capture wild animals as gifts for them. Sometimes they purchased things from the villagers at a low price. Nonetheless the police planned to trap the villagers making mistakes in order to make arrests and call for bribes. | Punch card
1713. Reference : MM-1-18-9
Conditions outside the village
| January 29, 1961. Normally in the winter people could claim a blanket from the district authorities. In Ban Phaed, in general, only the most poor people would do so. | Punch card
1714. Reference : MM-1-18-10
Royalty and their privileges
| January 30, 1961. Every year, each house would pay 50 stang (Thai smallest currency unit – translator) to the representative of Chiang Kham district to present to the ruler in Nan. Sometimes the villagers were recruited as labor for planting or harvesting. February 1, 1961. Representatives of the ruler met the village headman twice a month. They would ask for assistance to help working in the fields of the ruler. | Punch card
1715. Reference : MM-1-18-11
Novice
| February 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 17, 1961 and March 11, 1961. Moerman observed the monastic life at the temple. Novices were generally behaving like children, and still liked playing. Even though they were only novices, adults also paid respect when they walked by. | Punch card
1716. Reference : MM-1-18-12
Christianity and foreigners (Western).
| February 13, 1960. At the temple, carpenters from Ban Don asked Moerman about Christianity, and about the differences between Christianity and Buddhism. | Punch card
1717. Reference : MM-1-18-13
phaed options
| February 25, 1960. The headman said that in Ban Phaed the villagers had stayed in unity, more than those in Ban Chiang Ban and Ban Van. In Ban Van people had a problem with money for the monastery. In Ban Chiang Ban the headman and villagers were often in disagreement with each other. | Punch card
1718. Reference : MM-1-18-14
Phaed
| February 22, 1960. Kae Muang (the caretaker of local irrigation - translator) told Moerman that he paid 350 baht as a bribe for officials because he cut wood to build a new house for his son. In the old days people were afraid to deal with the authorities. He had to hide the timber to avoid taxes, but not now. | Punch card
1719. Reference : MM-1-18-15
Naming a newborn baby
| Febuary 1, 1960. When there was a newborn child, villagers would ask Thammachai for the name because he was the elder in the village. | Punch card
1720. Reference : MM-1-18-16
Meeting at the temple
| February 6, 1960. There was meeting at the temple for a new sanctuary and to search for someone to set an offering on the altar. Boonsri asked for the return of the remaining money from the lottery sale of the village headman. She wanted to donate the money to the temple, but the headman had spent the money. Most people were not happy about the conduct of the headman. Thammachai blamed the headman; and he would be a ghost guardian of the monastery if he cound not repay the money. | Punch card
