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1. Hard Times

   

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   There was an ould couple there won time. They had no family. The man was an awful miser. He was very "near" entirely, and the wife had a very had time with him. She used have half enough to eat. Every time the man would get money he used give it to the wife and say, "put that up now for the "hard times". He used say that every time he'd give her any money, "put that up for the "hard times"
   This day, anyway, a poor man came to the door looking alms. He asked her for something. "Oh we have nothing for you" says she
   "God help us ma'm, Hard Times" says the poor man
   "Oh" says she, "and are you "Hard Times" I have been putting this money up for you for the past twenty years so then this for you"; and she

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   History Edit

   Date

   March 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Folktales index

   AT1541: For the Long Winter

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • James Carroll