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Paddy says, Fintan, what’s an ingle? and Fintan says it’s just a boy from olden times who sits in a corner, that’s all.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Jacob Whiddon sat in the ingle, with Bertha, his youngest girl, perched on his knee.

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert

Martin stood somewhat shyly near the broad ingle.

From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis

Here around the ingle bleezing, Wha sae happy and sae free; Tho' the northern wind blaws freezing, Frien'ship warms baith you and me.

From The Golden Link of Friendship by Various

See the huge logs, the swinging crane, The Old Man's seat by chimney ingle, The pots and kettles, all the train Of brass and pewter, here they mingle.

From Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown by Colles, Julia Keese