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Show Peat Still Popular In many places in the British isles peat Is still exclusively used for heat. The custom of cutting the peat and drying it for use during the winter months still persists In the very northernmost north-ernmost part of Scotland, the county vf Caithness. One of the features of a peat fire Is the "lazy hole," so-called because Its contents, the ashes which fall from the fire, need only be removed re-moved once a week. The last member mem-ber of the family to retire at night removes the embers from the hearth to the "lazy hole," where they smolder among the ashes throughout the night. When morning comes, the embers are replaced on the hearth, and in the company of a fresn piece of peat soon break into a cheerful blaee. |