# Old Sally — Oliver Twist character guide

> Old Sally in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Sally

**First appearance:** 0023-xxiv-treats-on-a-very-poor-subject-but-is-a-short-one-and-may-be-found-of-importance-in-this-history

## Who they are

An old pauper nurse who attended Oliver's mother at his birth.

## In the story

### [Treats of the Place Where Oliver Twist Was Born and of the Circumstances Attending His Birth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oliver_twist_se/chapters/i-treats-of-the-place-where-oliver-twist-was-born-and-of-the-circumstances-attending-his-birth)

The pauper nurse attending the birth, who drinks from a green bottle and comforts the dying mother.

### [Treats on a Very Poor Subject. But Is a Short One, and May Be Found of Importance in This History](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oliver_twist_se/chapters/xxiv-treats-on-a-very-poor-subject-but-is-a-short-one-and-may-be-found-of-importance-in-this-history)

The dying parish nurse who confesses to stealing gold from Oliver's mother and reveals the mother's dying wish.

### [XXXVII: In Which the Reader May Perceive a Contrast, Not Uncommon in Matrimonial Cases](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oliver_twist_se/chapters/xxxvii-in-which-the-reader-may-perceive-a-contrast-not-uncommon-in-matrimonial-cases)

Mentioned as the nurse who attended Oliver's mother and died the previous winter; Bumble recalls that she had a secret disclosed to Mrs. Corney.

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