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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

I mind fine sitting at oor ingle ae Januwar nicht wi' Maister Shaw.

From A Practical Novelist by Davidson, John

Then see him at the ingle side, Wi’ bairnies round him laughin’; Was ever dog sae pleased as he, Sae fond o’ fun and daffin?

From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Stables, Gordon

To the left are a cheerful glowing fire and ingle.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

And Billy-the-Gawk, who sat at the opposite side of the ingle, being kin to Jabez's sick wife, said, "Ay, and quiet like, and solemn extraordinary."

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir