"Icehouse" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... being, except the watchmen. Heavy dews sometimes fall after the sun is down, and the nights are then very cold: at other times there are no dews, and the air continues hot all the night through. At this season of the year meat cannot be kept sweet, even for a single day, except in an icehouse or a remarkably cold cellar. Milk generally turns sour in an hour or two; and fish is never brought to market without being covered with lumps of ice. Poultry, intended for dinner, is never killed till about four hours before ...
— Travels in North America, From Modern Writers • William Bingley
... enough for the scionwood as it will be too warm generally. Neither should they be frozen solid, therefore if a good root cellar is not obtainable then these should be put in the Harrington graft box already described or placed under the sawdust in an icehouse and close to the ice. An old-fashioned ice refrigerator will also make a good storage bin, placing them close to the ice at ...
— Growing Nuts in the North • Carl Weschcke
... house they had an ole icehouse. Some boys made out like they had a bear up there to scare every ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Kentucky Narratives • Works Projects Administration |
