The parish sang to the rafters songs of praise to a God that apparently surrendered His voice to ours.
Since the shed roof sloped from 7 feet down to 5 feet, I kept bumping the 6-foot 3-inch high crown of my head on the oak rafters.
Coconut shells go into a bag hanging from the rafters.
The most characteristic construction features have been cut out and laid bare. The old metal rafters have been painted white, contrasting sharply with the patina of the weathered walls.
There's even a rusty iron girder with spray paint running through one of the boardrooms and wires dangling between the rafters.
First the steeple burned, then the roof; then the blazing rafters collapsed into the nave, and the pews caught fire.
Some of the villagers told me that scouts turned their houses upside down searching under beds and sleeping MATS for weapons and in the rafters for dried meat.
The rafters that jut out rot first.
As to rafters or grass.
