| Summary: | nailbag "Nailie" or "Nailbag": ghost-figure. (UNCLE TOMHEWLETT??).now that was before my day; that.this is what I heard about "_Nailie_" _[PT]_ (NOW FOLLOWS A LENGTHY ACCOUNT OF A man-(YOUNGY BURTON) who goes courting a girl -(JENNY) on _Stag Island_ and is told he is liable to see _the Devil_ before he gets back one night.He is deliberately tripped by a man,and he thinks that the man who tripped him was wearing a"_nailbag garnsey_" - and from this the story spread. Here are some extracts: ) (FAR OUT??) .and he shuffed some birch-rind in this. in the stick,you know;now that was a light,that was his lantern for to light hisself down.But when he.when he.in this dark chasm,see,in this cliff,Uncle Tom ,he was there,and he lived one side tight over to the cliff ,see? He lived tight over to the cliff. And when Youngy was comin' through with this birch- rind tassie (??) he shuffed out his foot and tripped Youngy,and/out Youngy goes head-foremost, you know,in this mud,and sticks and everything! And he seen Uncle Tom,you know,when Uncle Tom dashed out o' this hole,see,and he appeared to he like.he was _a man wi' a nailbag_ _garnsey_ on,see;and now that's what "_Nailie_" [PT] sprung from: that's what he (thought??) was comin', (yes ??),-_a nailbag_! And he was forever seen there;everybody as goes round.to (Stag Island ??) was feared o' "Nailbag" [PT],see? And that's what it (COME FROMED)come from.Well,Uncle Tom,hisself,he used to tell stories about un,for all he knew 'twas hisself! See?But he wouldn't letten out.he mustn't letten off the trick,see.He wouldn't let that out! So.well Youngy.he scratched his face to pieces,you know,with the sticks as he fell,see,(because ??).COME UNAWARES TO UN.THAT QUICK THAT HE . .and 'twas a pretty slippery place/and downhill too,through a gulch,you know.He went out through the air, and the GULCH,SEE, all SPRAWLING.And he was pretty feared too,you know,he was much feared (i.e. afraid) because at that time the people _was_ feared of those ghosts [PT] ,see. They dread that more than ...
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