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Page 118
I was to the poor woman's house last night , and she was fair out ' n her mind , poor thing . The cup got broke the same as my Aunt Rodi said it would — she's a tachi chovakanon you jin — and no the poor woman's trash'd to death as it ...
I was to the poor woman's house last night , and she was fair out ' n her mind , poor thing . The cup got broke the same as my Aunt Rodi said it would — she's a tachi chovakanon you jin — and no the poor woman's trash'd to death as it ...
Page 206
O listen to the words of the poor woman who is come from a distant country ; she is of a wise people , though it has pleased the God of the sky to punish them for their sins by sending them to wander through the world .
O listen to the words of the poor woman who is come from a distant country ; she is of a wise people , though it has pleased the God of the sky to punish them for their sins by sending them to wander through the world .
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You lie , brother , you saw no such thing ; but I see how it is , you wish to affront the poor person's child . I shall go to my house . ' ' Keep still , and don't be angry ; see , I have eaten the piece which I offered the dog .
You lie , brother , you saw no such thing ; but I see how it is , you wish to affront the poor person's child . I shall go to my house . ' ' Keep still , and don't be angry ; see , I have eaten the piece which I offered the dog .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Wind on the Heath: A Gypsy Anthology |
| Editor | John Sampson |
| Compiled by | John Sampson |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1930 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 362 pages |
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