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many is the time

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Speaker: You see, that was another use for the sheep, you see, to make the tallow candles. Interviewer: Mm-hm. And you'd make your own? Speaker: Oh yes. I could- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Many is the time that I helped, ah, to make candles in the wintertime. Interviewer: Yes. Speaker: A dozen at a time. Set them out in the cold. When they got chilled well bring them into the heat and as soon as the tin wear got a little warm you could pull the candles ...
"There were many times where…"
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Speaker: They get- they get to know you a little in a decent byre, though. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Yeah. Speaker: Many is the time I worked with, a people milked out in the byre- out of the byre and then out at the barnyard we called it. And these- (inc) is still there.
"There were many times where…"