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   in the windows. The fire place was in the gable as it is now, on the hearth. There was one door. In the time of war they used sand and tar mixed together because they could not get their mortar.
   Pearl Stewart
   Received from
   John Stewart

   

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2. Houses Long Ago

   

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   The houses long ago were very small. The houses were only one story high. The houses long ago had thatch roofs. They made the thatch from bent weed. The bent weed grows on sandy ground. There was always a bed in the kitchen. There was a half door on every house. The floors long ago were earthen floors. Some of the chimneys were made of stones

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