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Donald, Mansfield, Paul and Jim are all members of the Filey Fishermen's Choir. When Neil Foster went to chat with them, the audio clip below really stood out. In it, one of the group tells Neil a story about, bizarrely enough, rabbits and seeing the sun, moon and morning star all at once! It's really funny - so make sure you listen to it!  Listen to the story of the 'Seeing the Sun, Moon and Morning Star' or read the transcript
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Transcript Speaker 1: It me' not be pertinent, but what aboot nick-names? Yer've never known a collection of nick-names like y'get here. Swilly-Billy, Billy Biscuit... Speaker 2: Ths'various stories... Bob Hunter, he wuz a member of the Filey Fishermen's Choir, all'thes chaps knew'em. Mebbe Paul didn't, yes ah believe he did. And er... when he wuz a boy... er... they use t'play in th'church ravine. An' y'very rarely sow a rabbit. Now t'mention a rabbit... if my father was sat here now an' 'ah mentioned a rabbit when ah was a young lad ah'd 'ave been going through that window... me feet wudn't've tuched. An pig wuz even worse... oh yes... pig wuz... y'could call it anythin, but not a pig. And erm... It's very difficult... it's true is this... t'see th'sun, moon an' mornin star alltogether. Me brother's seen'em. Ah've nearly seen'em but when th'sun's come up an' th'mornin star's been tha but tha moon's been going. An' ah haven't quite seen'em. Well, with that in mind... erm... Bob'd bin down church ravine, and his elder brother, he sez 'Go on an tell our Dad tha's seen a rabbit... down ravine. So poor old Bob, in all 'is ignorance sez "Dad we've seen a rabbit down ravine". Tha sez he gev me such a clatter, he sez "Ah sow sun, mon a mornin star all-at-once."
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