Heavy cast-iron woodburning stoves were in the kitchens, used for cooking food for large families. Fact or fiction (who knows but my mother). She was constantly late for school, and one morning when she was late the teacher said to her, "Alright, Marie, why are you late this morning"? Said Marie, "Well, teacher, my mom lost a cap off the stove, and I had to sit over the hole while she fried eggs for breakfast! She had to sit in the floor until lunchtime. Knowing my mother, I'm just about sure she told the teacher that excuse. Sorry, Mr. Howard. If this isn't acceptable, I promise to keep to geneology from now on. Ruth