Sharp diary 1917 page 284. Wednesday 3 October 1917 - Hyden
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Wednesday 3rd of October 1917
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Directly after breakfast Maud and I discuss & write out dance. There are 13 figures. We find we know it quite well but there are a few points upon which we have doubts. Have more or less a quiet day, pumping Mrs Eliza Pace again and getting a further instalment of good songs. But at our first visit we are pursued by a lot of lazy gossiping females who come in to see the show! There is no privacy in this country! So we retire and call upon Mrs Linda Walker, a coloured "lady" who sings very beautifully to us. Then to Mrs Pace again who gave me more songs. In the evening young Lewis comes in and I go through all the figures with him and clear up the few remaining doubtful points. He is a clear headed little man, nicely dressed, regular mountain manners and a good specimen of the mountaineer who has gone up a peg in the world.Location
USA : Kentucky : Hyden [37.1609254,-83.3732373]
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