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The aforementioned goose bench was separated into seven or eight compartments where geese would sit on their eggs hatching their goslings. Once every day they were let out in order to give them food and water which they received on the floor of the living room. As each goose finished its business they were lead back into their respective compartment and the next one was allowed to come out. In the corner behind the table there was a corner cabinet where father kept his money, important papers, the moonshine, tobacco etc. He used to put his red cap on top of the grandfather clock, and between the bed and the clock is where he used to keep his whip and his walking stick, while the shoehorn always could be found under the table.

The kitchen was the same size as the previously mentioned living room, but here you'd find the chimney which was 6X6 feet and had a door which could be opened. There was also an open fireplace, as it was called, which was where the pots and kettles stood when they weren't hanging over the fire and being used. On the other side there was a door which lead to the brewing kettle. This kettle could hold about twenty buckets of water and in the oven you could bake one and a half barrels of flour at one time, which was equal to about 336 lbs. of flour

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 This would correspond to about 30 loafs of bread that in turn weighed 16 lbs. each. Next there was the staircase which lead to the attic, as well as a table which was 10-12 feet in overall length. Then came a sink, a window and finally a door which opened out to the garden. Beyond said door there was a well which supplied water to the people who lived there, while the well in the courtyard was used to give water to the animals. It should be mentioned that everything was in bad shape and that the signs of poverty were visible all over the place. The field was practically littered with marsh pits and otherwise covered in thick heather. Arable land was a scarcity not that it really mattered since the six horses that we had didn't possess the combined strength to pull the plough anyway. Even when it was placed at only a depth of a mere three inches below the surface. It was very seldom that the plough actually went that deep since there were a lot of large rocks in the ground that made the plough jump out of the soil and drag on the ground for a ways before going back in. Even when the going was smooth it still took a considerable amount of time for the driver to grab the reins and go; "Prrr."Furthermore, there was no way to move the horses backwards because the ground was always wet and soft. Trying to do so would have knocked all of the horses over and then you'd need to gather all of the townsfolk in order to rectify the situation.