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They had also a loft, in which to keep odds and ends. They hung up the bacon and hams, and strings of onions, and made a mantle piece over the fireplace. They even began to decorate the walls with pictures and to set pewter dishes, china cats, and Dresden shepherds in rows on the shelves for ornaments. THEY HAD ALSO A LOFT IN WHICH TO KEEP ODDS AND ENDS THEY HUNG UP THE BACON AND HAMS AND STRINGS OF ONIONS AND MADE A MANTELPIECE OVER THE FIREPLACE THEY EVEN BEGAN TO DECORATE THE WALLS WITH PITCHERS AND TO SET PEWTER DISHES CHINA CATS AND DRESDEN SHEPHERDS IN ROWS ON THE SHELVES FOR ORNAMENTS
t hung from the roof or rafters. These, when the wind blew, or the fire was lively, would swing or dance or whirl, and often fall on the heads, or into the food, while the folks were eating. When the children cried, or made wry faces at the black stuff, their daddy only laughed, and said it was healthy, or was for good luck. But by and by, the carpenters and masons made much improvement, especially when, instead of flint hatchets, they had iron axes and tools. Then they hewed down trees, that had thick cross branches and set up columns in the center, and made timber walls and rafters. Then the house was square or oblong. In other words, the Cymric folks squared the circle. Now they began to have lattices, and, much later, even glass windows. They removed the fireplace from the middle of the floor and set it at the end of the house, opposite the door, and built chimneys. Then they set the beds at the side, and made sleeping rooms. This was done by stretching curtains between partitions. APE OF LONG FESTOONS OF SOOT THAT HUNG FROM THE ROOF OR RAFTERS THESE WHEN THE WIND BLEW OR THE FIRE WAS LIVELY WOULD SWING OR DANCE OR WHIRL AND OFTEN FALL ON THE HEADS OR INTO THE FOOD WHILE THE FOLKS WERE EATING WHEN THE CHILDREN CRIED OR MADE WIRE FACES AT THE BLACK STUFF THEIR DADDY ONLY LAUGHED AND SAID IT WAS HEALTHY OR WAS FOR GOOD LUCK BUT BY AND BY THE CARPENTERS AND MASONS MADE MUCH IMPROVEMENT ESPECIALLY WHEN INSTEAD OF FLINT HATCHETS THEY HAD IRON AXES AND TOOLS THEN THEY HEWED DOWN TREES THAT HAD THICK CROSS BRANCHES AND SET UP COLUMNS IN THE CENTRE AND MADE TIMBER WALLS AND RAFTERS THEN THE HOUSE WAS SQUARE OR OBLONG IN OTHER WORDS THE KIMRICK FOLKS SQUARED THE CIRCLE NOW THEY BEGAN TO HAVE LATTICES AND MUCH LATER EVEN GLASS WINDOWS THEY REMOVED THE FIREPLACE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR AND SET IT AT THE END OF THE HOUSE OPPOSITE THE DOOR AND BUILT CHIMNEYS THEN THEY SET THE BEDS AT THE SIDE AND MADE SLEEPING ROOMS THIS WAS DONE BY STRETCHING CURTAINS BETWEEN PARTITIONS
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