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It was true, as they confessed, when argued with, that the smell of the cooking used to linger too long. IT WAS TRUE AS THEY CONFESSED WHEN ARGUED WITH THAT THE SMELL OF THE COOKING USED TO LINGER TOO LONG
ecame the wealthiest man in the district. His children all grew up to be fine looking men and women. His grandsons were famous engineers and introduced paving and drainage in the towns so that to-day, for both man and beast, Wales is one of the healthiest of countries. XXII THE RED BANDITS OF MONTGOMERY When chimneys were first added to houses in Wales, and the style of house-building changed, from round to square, many old people found fault with the new fashion of letting the smoke out. They declared they caught colds and sneezed oftener, than in the times gone by. The chimneys, they said, cost too much money, and were useless extravagances. They got along well enough, in the good old days, when the smoke had its own way of getting out. Then, it took plenty of time to pass through the doors and windholes, for no one person or thing was in a hurry, when they were young. Moreover, when the fireplace was in the middle of the floor, the whole family sat around it and had a sociable time.  CHAPTER TWENTY TWO OF WELSH FAIRY TALES THIS IS A LIBER BOX RECORDING ALL LIBER FOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LABOUR FOX TOD ORG RECORDING THE CATHOLINE WELSH FAIRY TALES BY WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFITH THE RED BANDITS OF MONTGOMERY WHEN CHIMNEYS WERE FIRST ADDED TO HOUSES AND WALES AND THE STYLE OF HOUSE BUILDING CHANGED FROM ROUND TO SQUARE MANY OLD PEOPLE FOUND FAULT WITH THE NEW FASHION OF LETTING THE SMOKE OUT THEY DECLARED THEY CAUGHT COLDS AND SNEEZED OFTENER THAN IN THE TIMES GONE BY THE CHIMNEYS THEY SAID COST TOO MUCH MONEY AND WERE USELESS EXTRAVAGANCES THEY GOT ALONG WELL ENOUGH IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN THE SMOKE HAD ITS OWN WAY OF GETTING OUT THEN IT TOOK PLENTY OF TIME TO PASS THROUGH THE DOORS AND WIND HOLES FOR NO ONE PERSON OR THING WAS IN A HURRY WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG MOREOVER WHEN THE FIREPLACE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR THE WHOLE FAMILY SAT AROUND IT AND HAD A SOCIABLE TIME
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