Sharp diary 1918 page 273. Friday 27 September 1918 - Burnsville
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Friday 27th of September 1918
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Wrote up tunes all the morning and a long letter to Peggy Kettlewell. After tea we went round to Mitchell Town first calling on Mrs Hannah Mitchell. Hannah was out but Mrs Doovey who was there received us and poured out her sorrows concerning her cow which had strayed away into the mountains 2 days ago and despite numerous search parties had not yet been discovered. We listened for a long while and commiserated as best we could and then went on to Mrs Effie. After some conversation she sang me 4 or 5 songs — very good ones — and we returned home well satisfied with our plunder. The Mitchells are a wonderful clan, living in a small narrow creek about a mile from the hotel. They are considered a very low-down lot by the richer people here who wonder why we like them & go there so often. Mrs Hannah is the mother and three daughters, Mrs Effie, Mrs Becky and Mrs Dovey. Old Mrs Polly Mitchell is I believe her sister in law.Location
USA : North Carolina : Burnsville [35.9173357,-82.300961]
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