Sharp diary 1917 page 269. Tuesday 18 September 1917 - Hindman Settlement School, Kentucky
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Tuesday 18th of September 1917
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Maud and I go off with Bradley to collect and make for Mrs Stamper who lives about 4 or 5 miles off. Bradley tries to find a short cut but as usual lands us in difficulties. We get tied up first of all in a dense wood and then in a thick cornfield on the side of a hill and when we get to our destination we have gone nearly as far as the long way round and have taken rather longer time. Don’t get many songs but a few very average ones. In the evening go to a dance, walking 2 miles along a very muddy road. All the men indulged in whiskey by way of a preliminary and danced badly — as badly as the half-dozen girls there. We didn’t learn much about the Running Set, but we got something. It was a queer business because in these parts a party is always a public affair and we were crowded out with loafers who didn’t dance but took up the space on the floor. Returned about midnight.Location
USA : Kentucky : Hindman [37.3359313,-82.9804414]
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