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Image: There came to this country a short time ago, A poor Irish widow from the County Mayo. She had but one son, his age it was eight, And the boss gave him work picking slate. The first day at the breaker the boys all did stare, For poor little Mike was the youngest lad there. They asked him his age; said he, I'm just eight. So they nicknamed him Mickey Pick-Slate.

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DATE ADDED: 2010-07-29 11:31:19

COLLECTION: Molly Maguires, 1967

ITEM TYPE: Still Image

CITATION: George Harvan, in Miner's Son, Miners' Photographer:, Item #277, https://chnm.gmu.edu/harvan/items/show/277 (accessed February 1, 2022).

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Publisher
Creator
George Harvan
Source
Subject
Mollie Maguires
Format
black & white
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