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Well once upon a time one might begin that way.
A strange woman turned up in a cottage in a village called Almondsbury, which is several miles outside of the city of Bristol to very bustling port city at the time.
This is Professor Meg Russett.
The date is April 3, 1817 and she seemed to be speaking a language that no one around her understood.
The woman looked to be about 25 years old, with pale skin and dark hair.
She was wearing a black dress with a red and black cotton shawl wrapped around her shoulders and another shawl wrapped around her head.
People noticed that her hands were very smooth, like she hadnt been using them for work.
She was carrying almost nothing, a small bar of soap and a few english coins.
She was first taken to what was called the overseer of the poor.