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There were three separate rooms in the house at Nazareth. 

That of the Mother of God being the largest and most pleasant. 

In it Jesus, Mary, and Joseph met to pray. I very seldom saw them together at other times. They stood at prayer, their hands crossed upon their breast, and they appeared to speak aloud. 

I often saw them praying by a light. They stood under a lamp that had several wicks [wieken], or near a kind of branched [vertakte] candlestick fastened to the wall, and upon which the flame burned. 

They were most of the time alone...

in their respective rooms. 

Joseph working in his. I saw him cutting sticks and laths, planing wood, and carrying up a beam, Jesus helping him. Mary was generally engaged sewing or knitting with little needles, at which she sat on the ground, her feet crossed under her, and a little basket at her side. 

They slept alone, each in a separate room. 

The bed consisted of a cover... 

which in the morning was rolled up.

~bron~