Sharp diary 1918 page 264. Wednesday 18 September 1918 - Burnsville
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Wednesday 18th of September 1918
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After two hard days, we thought we would take a quiet day off. So after breakfast wrote up our books and Maud wrote to Miss Whitworth about the Cleveland business in November. Then we went out to see Mrs Virginia Bennett again and after a little pressing and manoeuvring managed to squeeze out 4 more songs from her. After tea we went up to Mitchell town but found Effie Mitchell had gone to the Circus — a travelling company of a very feeble primitive character. But we had a long talk with her sister who was washing and found that she knew some songs. But she wouldn’t sing them then — she couldn’t very well as her movements were too violent! — but promised to sing if we called on her on Sunday afternoon next. Then back home again, wrote up my books and after dinner sat on porch. Then Maud taught the little boy the Bacca Pipes Jig much to his delight, his sister trying to join in but moving very clumsily. Weather much colder. Rained last night and part of the morning but cleared afterwards.Location
USA : North Carolina : Burnsville [35.9173357,-82.300961]
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