A CONTRIBUTION TO

NEW ENGLAND FOLK-LORE

BY ALICE J. JONES

"A man may go back to the place of his birth
He cannot go back to his youth."

1906:

THE MILNE PRINTERY
NEWPORT, R. I.

To My Friends

GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ARE DUE TO

MR. FRANK SMITH OF DEDHAM, THE PUBLISH

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