 Mrs. Sullivan was the wife of a wealthy farmer, and niece to the Rev. Felix O'Rourke; her kitchen was consequently large comfortable, and warm. Over where she sat jutted out the "brace" well lined with bacon; to the right hung a well-scoured salt-box,...  Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry - Page 75by William Carleton - 1854Full view - About this book
 | William Carleton - 1864 - 476 pages
...salt-box, and to the left was the jamb, with its little gothic panelees window to admit the light. With!} it hung several ash rungs, seasoning for flail-sooples,...several stripes of horse-skin, as hangings for them. The drosser was a " parfit white," and well furnished with the usual appurtenances. Over the door and on... | |
 | William Carleton - 1877 - 438 pages
..."brace," well lined with bacon ; to the right hung a well-scoured salt-box, and to the left was the jamb, with its little Gothic paneless window to admit the...hung several ash rungs, seasoning for flailsooples, a dozen of eel-skins, and several stripes of horse-skin, as hangings for them. The dresser was a "parfit... | |
 | William Carleton - Irish fiction - 1881 - 836 pages
...to admit the light. Within it hung sever.il ash rungs, seasoning for fluil-sooples, or boulteetiH, a dozen of eelskins, and several stripes of horse-skin,...been found by accident, ' In a little " hole " in the wall, beneath the : salt -box, lay a bottle of holy water to keep ! the place purified ; and against... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 494 pages
...brace" well lined with bacon ; to the right hung a well-scoured salt-box, and to the left was the jamb, with its little gothic paneless window to admit the...horse-skin, as hangings for them. The dresser was a, " parflt white," and well furnished with the usual appurtenances. Over the door and on the "threshel,"... | |
 | 1892 - 562 pages
..."brace" well lined with bacon; to the right hung a well-scoured salt-box, and to the left was the jamb, with its little Gothic paneless window to admit the...had been found by accident. In a little " hole " in the wall, beneath the salt-box, lay a bottle of holy water to keep the place purified; and against... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 468 pages
..."brace," well lined with bacon; to the right hung a wellscoured salt-box, and to the left was the jamb, with its little Gothic paneless window to admit the...hung several ash rungs, seasoning for flail-sooples, a dozen of eel-skins, and several stripes of horse-skin, as hangings for them. The dresser was a "parfit... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1903 - 552 pages
..."brace," well lined with bacon ; to the right hung a well-scoured salt-box, and to the left was the jamb, with its little Gothic, paneless window to admit the...had been found by accident. In a little "hole" in the wall, beneath the salt-box, lay a bottle of holy water, to keep the place purified ; and against... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - Ghost stories - 1921 - 412 pages
...with bacon ; to the right hung a well-scoured salt-box, and to the left was the jamb, with its little paneless window to admit the light. Within it hung...had been found by accident. In a little " hole " in the wall, beneath the salt-box, lay a bottle of holy water to keep the place purified ; and against... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 538 pages
..."brace," well lined with bacon ; to the right hung a well-scoured salt-box, and to the left was the jamb, with its little Gothic, paneless window to admit the...had been found by accident. In a little " hole " in the wall, beneath the salt-box, lay a bottle of holy water, to keep the place purified ; and against... | |
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