"Ridgepole" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... tell, Nine little niggers in a peanut shell!'" Well, the twins they knew when she said that, Huldy wa' n't talkin' much through her hat. So they worked an' they tugged for more 'n an hour, 'Till they got that windmill off'n the tower; An' they hauled it up to the roof with ropes, Way on the ridgepole, 'tween the slopes. ...
— The Purple Cow! • Gelett Burgess |
