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ghost in While the Billy Boils

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1896
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ghost in While the Billy Boils

ning in a chair, with all the girls boo-hoo-ing round her for company. The old man was sitting in the back kitchen crying to himself.” He put his hat down on the ground, dinted in the crown, and poured some water into the hollow for his cattle-pup. “The girls came rushing down. Mother was so pumped…

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2,530
Year
1,896
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Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2530
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
While the Billy Boils; Henry Lawson
Published
1896; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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ning in a chair, with all the girls boo-hoo-ing round her for company. The old man was sitting in the back kitchen crying to himself.” He put his hat down on the ground, dinted in the crown, and poured some water into the hollow for his cattle-pup. “The girls came rushing down. Mother was so pumped out that she couldn't get up. They thought at first I was a ghost, and then they all tried to get holt of me at once--nearly smothered me. Look at that pup! You want to carry a tank of water on a dry stretch when you've got a pup that drinks as much as two men.” He poured a drop more water into the top of his hat. “Well, mother screamed.

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