| Summary: | give (( JW ?? Would the children be frightened of the Janneys? ??)) Mrs. P. Sometimes. Sometimes the youngsters is frightened. Sometimes (THEY'RE NO(T)??) Some of 'em brave enough (that) they wouldn't be frightened anyway. . I don't (YOU KNOW). WE'D ALL SCRAMBLE ((ABOUT) IT NOW ??) Children's not 'frightened o' Janneys [PT] now, for goodness sake! THERE'S more, I suppose, to see than there was one time. One time THERE WAS likely NOTHIN to see ONLY (A) Janney.[PT] JW. So they used to be frightened of 'em, did they? MrsP. EH? .Some of 'em was. Some WASN'T! I wasn't frightened, I'll give it you (ie I can assure you)! JW. Would anyone threaten _the Janneys_ on childr(en). on the kids when they come. when they came in? Would they say, you know, "You be good or."? Mrs P. Well I mean to say, if a child's frightened of a _Janney_[PT], _the Janney_[PT] didn't meddle with the child, only just stay back clear of 'em, see. [PEOPLE WOULD SAY].They wouldn't hurt 'em. They won't hurt 'em or something like that. . . (They) rigs up some hard shapes sometimes! Now since they got the plastic faces - LORD be praised! What sights! DNE-cit J. WIDDOSON Used I Used I 1 Used I The text in ALL CAPS in the cited quotation is handwritten while the rest is typed.
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