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Excerpt from Autobiography of John Mackellow
I think it was about this time my mother became very ill, and could not work; she having three of her youngest children at home with her. She became again chargeable to the parish, who allowed some weekly pay, but not enough, so that we frequently were without food. I recollect we had half a gallon of potatoes of bad quality on which we fed one day, and the next on the parings.
My sister Ruth was then, I think, about ten years of age, myself between seven and eight, and my brother George six. It was about mid-winter. My sister requested a neighbour to pay attention to our mother while she and I went singing from house to house; we were absent two days and nights, and such was the kindness of those on whom we called, that we brought home about seventeen shillings.
Some time after my father returned, and my parents once more attempted to live together, but not agreeing, they again parted; my father, who then followed charcoaling in the summer and wood-cutting in the winter, taking me with him.
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