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The wheat stacks were thatching, and in the rickyard, in the carpenter's shop, and in the whist of the woods they talked of love and marriage.

From Esther Waters by Moore, George (George Augustus)

In the stack-yard, behind the lengthy range of stables, two men were thatching.

From Bob, Son of Battle by Ollivant, Alfred

Tuesday, July l4.—We have had a holiday to-day, as the men were thatching the school roof.

From Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Barrow, Katherine Mary