Cecil Sharp Diary 1917

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Document date

Sunday 30th of September 1917

Transcription Notes

Have a very bad night, the worst asthma I have ever had, I think. This is going to be a very trying place for me to stay in I fear. Call on Mrs Haskyns, wife of Tho[mas] Haskyns, barber and — so Mr Byers tells me — fiddler & singer. He is still "barbing" this morning so make app[ointment] to meet him in the "evening" i.e. after noon. Go to lunch with Revd Byers — wife & two children. Miss Byers, head of dormitory in connection with the public school is there. She is a sort of Miss Dame, unimaginative, proud of her power of organization, loves to manage people etc — an American analogue of ‘Evelyn Lamport’. After tea go to Haskyns. He plays the fiddle very indifferently & sings nothing of any worth but is a nice modest man. A Mr Asher clerk of C[ounty] Court comes in. I tell him of our desire to see a Running Set. He says people dance them about here and that he may be able to get one together for us.

Location

USA : Kentucky : Hyden [37.1609254,-83.3732373]

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