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Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine

CHAPTER XXII
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Aw never were so done o'er i' my life, wi' one thing an' another.

So we co'de a- seein' Ann here; an' hoo made us a rare good baggin'-- th' lass did.
See yo; aw wur fit to drop o'th flags afore aw geet that saup o' warm tay into mo--aw wur for sure! An' neaw, hoo's come'd a gate wi' us hitherto, an' hoo would have us to have a glass o' warm ale a- piece at yon heawse lower deawn a bit; an' aw dar say it'll do mo good, aw getten sich a cowd; but, eh dear, it's made mo as mazy as a tup; an' neaw, hoo wants us to have another afore we starten off whoam.

But it's no use; we mun' be gooin' on.

Aw'm noan used to it, an' aw connot ston it.

Aw'm as wake as a kittlin' this minute." Ann, who had befriended them in this manner, was the handsome young woman who seemed to be in work; and now, the poor woman who had been telling the story, laid her hand upon her friend's shoulder and said, "Ann, thae's behaved very weel to us o' roads; an' neaw, lass, go thi ways whoam, an' dunnut fret abeawt us, mon.


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