See [134] and the first two witticisms.
17. Falconer, Simeon, aged 47. He was an intelligent and resourceful man, a church member but nevertheless a frequenter of wakes, where he learned his stories. He dictated his stories to me at his home, without audience, and on various visits. His little sitting-room held a mahogany table set against the wall, at each end two mahogany chairs, in which we sat, and a curiously carved chair which a friend had brought him from Africa.
See [10a], [16], [17a], [50], [62], [64].
18. Findley, Sarah, “over 50.” She was mother to one of the house-girls at Bethlehem, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, an old-time woman and quite illiterate.
See [146].
19. Forbes, William, over 75. He came from Dry River and was one of my best story-tellers. He had been song-leader and “Tea-meeting chairman” for his district and was much respected for his intelligence and sense of order. He came at several different times and sang or told stories with equal ease and with a freshness and delight which was contagious, never failing to bring a small gift from his garden and never arguing over the pay. He had a very long-shaped head and beaming eyes.
See [2a], [3], [7], [8], [11b], [24], [25b], [46], [70], [85b], [86a], [101], [140], [141], [142].
20. Ford, May, a young girl. She was of the better class, daughter of the lodging-house keeper at Newmarket, in Westmoreland.
See [44].
21. Foster, Alexander, aged 40, one of the Maroon story-tellers.