Dick, Stewart, Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 376
nswered its purpose effectively. But the copperor brass warming-pan superseded the older wagon. Once the kitchen-dresser must have been brightwith pewter, but there is little of that left now, thoughone now and again still comes across a pair of fine brasscandlesticks. The old crockery, too, was… … OLD FARMHOUSES 191 is the rushlight-holder, for in the days before gasand mineral oils, the poorer folks could not affordcandles, and rushlights were their substitutes untilwell on in the nineteenth century. The rushes werepeeled all but a narrow strip of the green rind, whichwas left to hold the…
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