The history and comical life of Jean Murphy : Shewing the enterprising scenes she came through when commanding a party of rebels in Ireland: how she travelled Scotland in man's apparel, as a packman, and smuggling at the same time, then turned lamp-lighter in this city, when she proposed marriage with  Water Jenny, her landlady on purpose to get some money she had, the wedding day was set, scavengers and lamplighters with their wives and children were invited to the dinner; after getting tipsey, a bloody battle ensued, when heads, legs, and arms were broken, wives and bearns squalling, and in the midst of the uproar she made her escape, leaving Jenny a widow of her money.
Maidment, James,1793-1879,former owner.StEdNL.
[Scotland? : s.n.,
ca. 1830?]
After some time travelling in Scotland, Jean Murphy, also known as Patrick Murphy, is said to have settled in Glasgow and found work as a lamp-lighter. Still disguised as a man Murphy then proposed marriage to her landlady, Water Jenny, in order to procure her savings.
Provenance: Bound in a volume carrying the inscription 'This collection is understood to have been formed by the late James Maidment and it has been added to by me. John A. Fairley' on first fly-leaf.
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