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Now people wore shoes and the floor, instead of being muddy, or dusty, with pools and puddles of water in the time of rainy weather and with the pigs and chickens running in and out, was of clay, beaten down flat and hard, and neatly whitewashed at the edges. NOW PEOPLE WORE SHOES AND THE FLOOR INSTEAD OF BEING MUDDY OR DUSTY WITH POOLS AND PUDDLES OF WATER IN THE TIME OF RAINY WEATHER AND WITH THE PIGS AND CHICKENS RUNNING IN AND OUT WAS OF CLAY BEATEN DOWN FLAT AND HARD AND NEATLY WHITEWASHED AT THE EDGES
 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. 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. AUGHED 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 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
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