a hole in heaven's gable

[malk]

what is the meaning of "a hole in heaven's gable"? I suppose there is a general feeling behind this idiom, something quickly understood by native speakers.
Thanks for any help.
Malk

[Anglika]

Welcome to the forums.

When asking this kind of question, it helps to have the context.

I take it you have been reading Patrick Kavanagh's "A Christmas Childhood".

If so, then it is a poetic phrase meaning that to a child, the light gleaming through the cracks in the barn look like little glimpses of Heaven's light streaming out of a hole in its gable [A gable is the end wall of a house under the roof - ]gable end - Google Image Search