ABSTRACT

Well once upon a time in olden times _ there was a feller uh. ..his name was Jack see. An' uh...he was a poor man an' his uh...father was a poor man. But he had good education. He had good education _ wonderful education. Well he went uh...to see could he get any work. An' uh...no _ I'm before me story. [Teller's wife: Ah! I thought so.] His father an' mother died. And while he was off on the strand he had nowhere to go see. An’ the king uh...king was livin in the...uh...close 'longside. An' his daughter _ king's daughter was comin from school one day _ an' she seen this little feller _ young feller he was about uh.. .twelve or fourteen year old. An' uh...she spoke to un. An' she ask un uh...his father's [and] mother's name.