If she wants to pick 'long o' the hearthstone, she is goin' to do that; I'll loosen it up.
"A Son of the Hills"
Harriet T. Comstock
Then, thinking that he had the stranger in his power, he whisked across the hearthstone to strike him with his club, as he had struck his brothers; but the young man was on the outlook, and when he saw him coming he gave a shrill whistle.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson
One important change has happened in this little household since I last sat by its hearthstone.
"Faces and Places"
Henry William Lucy