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An aransing case of rural ignorance is reported from Barnet, England. An old labourer was applying to the guardians for relief, and in the course of the chairman's verbal investigation into old Hodge's circumstances, it came out that the applicant had a married daughter. Then followed this amusing colloquy : — ' The Chairman : What is your son-in-law's name 1 ? — Hodge (after ruminating for so.ne time) : Jim. The Chairman : But I want to know his surname. — Hodge : 1 dun'no. The Chairman : Well, now, what ia your daughter's name — Hodge : Polly. The Chairman : But her surmane 1 — I dun'no. We all us calls Jim Jim and Polly Polly. A Guardian : Where were they married I—At1 — At Maister Collyer's. The Guardian : What, Holy Trinity 1 — I dun'no the name. I knows it's Maister Collyer's church. Another guardian: And how long ago were they married '? — Oh, 'taint so long ago. Jim wanted Polly and Polly •wanted Jim, so they went and got married. I The guardians tried for a long time ! to get some information as to Jim and Polly, but Jim remained Jim and Polly Polly to the end. The old fellow was all ' I dun'no/ and, finally, in despair the chairman gave the applicant half-a-crown a week.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1034, 18 May 1894, Page 3
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