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She eventually became known as Mother Shipton a woman helped many people.
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She eventually became known as Mother Shipton a woman helped many people.
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By what name Mother Shipton was christened, and how her mother went into a monastery.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851
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Besides Mr. Oakhurst, who was known to be a coolly desperate man, and for whose intimidation the armed escort was intended, the expatriated party consisted of a young woman familiarly known as "The Duchess;" another who had won the title of "Mother Shipton;" and "Uncle Billy," a suspected, sluice-robber and confirmed drunkard.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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I am not going to be turned from my purpose at this time of day by anything that Mother Shipton may say or do.
Dr. Wortle's school 2004
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You may be quite sure that I shall not repeat to anyone what you have told me of Mother Shipton.
Dr. Wortle's school 2004
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I think I can trace an acquaintance between him and Mother Shipton.
Dr. Wortle's school 2004
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Mother Shipton had predicted that Ham Hill, one of the great stone quarries of Somerset and a prominent feature in the landscape for many miles, would be swallowed up on Good Friday.
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There are still many believers in the prophecies of Mother Shipton, but none believe more implicitly in her sayings than the labouring classes of Somerset.
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The young woman readjusted her somewhat draggled plumes with a feeble, faded coquetry; Mother Shipton eyed the possessor of "Five Spot" with malevolence, and Uncle Billy included the whole party in one sweeping anathema.
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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