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bad med‘cin‘, but he cyured you.

	“Cose us hab our med‘cin‘ sich lak elderbush tea. Hit was red •~fl05 lak whiskey ant us used hit for feber. Den dere was red sassafrac tea fer spring feber, afl‘ dey made JerusaleTa oak candy

1I~Uli o‘ seeds an‘ gib to de chilluns to eat so dey could git rid
~:	~2 o o‘~Norms. Den us ~ad mullen an‘ pine~.-top tea f~r colds an‘ feber. ~ A


An when us had ~ swellin‘ dey made a‘ poultice o~ mullen leabes to take desvellin‘ out.

	~1Son~etimes I wishes dat I could be back to de cl‘ place, ‘caze us did ha.b plenty to eat, &flt at hog~kil1in‘ tIme us had rnor‘n a olenty. 01e ~1arster kill eight orten set~down hawgs at one time, an1 de meat, an‘ de lard an‘ de hawgjowl an‘ de chi~‘lth‘s ~ I kIn see ~ em now.

	“That a set-.down hawg? Hit‘s a hawg what done et so much corn ~ got so fat dat he feets can‘t bol‘ him up an‘ he jes set on he T~i~n‘ quarters an‘ grunts an‘ eats an‘ eats an‘ grunts, ‘tweli dey ~noc1~ hiu in de head.

	“Dem was sho‘ good times, ‘caze us had all us could eat den, ~nt plenty~~&r~ne to me~e ‘lasses outten. An‘ dey made up ‘jiscuits in de big wood trays. Dem trays was made outten tupelo ~um an‘ dey was lIght as a fedder. Us had plenty den, all de time,

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an1 at Onrisrnus ant w~n de white folks get mated, dey k±~J. hawgs, tur1~eys, ant chickens an‘ sometimes a yearlint. En dey cook de

:iawgs whole, barbecue tern an‘ fix tern UI) wid a b1p~ apPle in he mouf. ~hen de big weddin‘ copie off, dey cook in big pots, sô‘s to hab ‘nough for eber‘body. Cose us didntt hab eatin‘ lak dat all de ~:trne, tcaze de reg‘lar rations was t‘ree pound of meat an1 a peck