Cherry Valley WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 3, 1978-88, p. 3

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Stories to be Tuld l have stories, stories to be told. Placed on reserve, in between the accordian tile sflences at my ltle. Left untouched. unseen, unheard, untett tor years. Gathering dust amidst the dog-cared halt complete stanzas that [also may read to you. Someday, Hubert Williams MOTHER- SHIPTON'S PROPHECY A‘ reader sends the followlng. Mother Shipto’n’S' Prophecy, wnwén m Lon- don, Ehgl ,ln the year 1448. “A house ('1 133: shall come-to pass all] England, but: alas} ‘ ar will follow Merl the work In the land'of‘t‘he Pagan m1 Turk: And State and State in fierce strlfe Wlll seeli eeo'h' othE ffllfe‘ But when the Nona shall divide the 'South - 1‘ An Bugle shalli bulld ln the Llo'n's ' mouth. gparrleges without horses shall go, find accidents ftlLthe world wlth woe. llrlmrose Hlll ln London shall be. And in its centre a Blshop‘s See; Around the world thoughts shell fly In the twinkling or an eye‘ a Water shall yet wonder do, 1 Now strange, shall yet be tfi'le: ' The world upside down shall be, 3 And gold found at the root of a tree, 5 Through hllls man shall rlde, ; And n'o horse or ass be pyhts sl‘de; ; Undel- the water shall me ~wmk, -, Shell l-lcle, shall sleep, shall'tallr; l. In the alr shall be seen. ‘r . In whlm, ln black, in greenfl-(“I , mm m the water shall float. ‘ As easy as a wooden boat, Gold shall he found, and found In a land that's not yet known. Fire and water shall more wonders 110, England shall at 18st admlt 'a Jew; The Jew that was held in scorn Shall of u Chrlstlan be born,» . ‘ ”Three tlmes three wltl lovely Frahce , ' Be led to dance a bloody dance l before her people shall be tree; 1 ‘Three tyrant rulers shall she see: Three tlmes the people rulehlone: Three times the people's hope 13 gone: 1 Three rulers in successan see. gulch Sprtnglng from 81‘ different de ""{nasm Englrl'md and France shall be as 03$; Then shall the worser’flght be done.

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