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supernatural in Australian Legends

YEAR
1925
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New South Wales
SOURCE
Internet Archive
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supernatural in Australian Legends

sarcasm, and it was hoped that this piece of portrayed scorn would bring some evil to his rival. He would much have preferred to go on with the competition until one or the other had won. He was becoming anxious to secure the wife, and this delay was beginning to annoy him. The newly recognised mag…

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1,909
Year
1,925
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
1909
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
Australian Legends; C. W. Peck
Published
1925
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
supernatural
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
New South Wales (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
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sarcasm, and it was hoped that this piece of portrayed scorn would bring some evil to his rival. He would much have preferred to go on with the competition until one or the other had won. He was becoming anxious to secure the wife, and this delay was beginning to annoy him. The newly recognised magician was out somewhere in communion with the saints or the spirits or whatever it is that such people have found when they come back with tales of supernatural visitations while they are either figuratively or really eating locusts and wild honey. Now the artistry of the young man was good. The girl was really interested. She sat beside.

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