Volume: CBÉ 0221
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0221, Page 0372
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“There was a man and his wife lived in a small house.”
(continued from previous page)him what was his name, and he
said that everybody knew him, that
his name was Jack Winter. "Oh
begor" says the wife "you and the
very man that I want, and she
went over to the fine plates
and she took down the stocking and
gave it to him saying "that is
for you , my husband told me to
collect it for the Winter." So Jack
took the money and went off with
himself. That night when the husband went home, he told the wife
that they needn't work too hard now
for they had a bit of money
saved up for the Winter. "begor"
says the wife "Winter was here today , and I have him all the money"
The husband looked in the corner
and he found that the money was
gone. He called the wife all the
names that he could think off , and
then he said that he wouldn't stay
in the house any longer that he(continues on next page)