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I telled him about the stoop, an' the chairs, an' the ladder for posies to run up on, an' I said somethin' about cubberds and settles, an' other thingembobs that have come into my mind; an' says he: 'Jim, be ye goin' to splice? An' says I: 'If so be I can find a little stick as'll answer, it wouldn't be strange if I did. 'Well, says he, 'now's yer time, if ye're ever goin' to, for the hay-day of your life is a passin' away. An' says I: 'No, ye don't.
The item of cupboard in any inventory was usually accompanied by that of a cupboard cloth. This latter seemed to be the most elegant and luxurious article in the whole house. Cupboard cloths of holland, "laced," "pantado," "cambrick," "kalliko," "green wrought with silk fringe" all are named. Cushions also, "to set upon a cubberds head," are frequently named.
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