interviewer	~	El DOrad~O Division . ~ 75
pernella AMerson, öolored.		peieral Writers‘ Project
 30012		Union County, Arkansas
	EX—SLAVE AND RIDDLES


	“I was born In tke Junction city community and. belonged to the Cooks. I was ten years old, at su.rrencler. Mother and father had. 12 children and we lived In a one room log cabin and cooked on a fireplace and oven. MOs arid. Miss Cook did not allow ~ and. pa to whip me. when ever 1 do something and. I knew I was going to get a whipping I

would. make it to old Miss. She would. keep ~ from getting that whipping. I was a

devilish boy. I wo~ild do everything in the world I could think of ju~st for devilment. Old. mos was sure good. to hi~ slaves. I never went to school a day in my life. Old. Miss wou.ld. carry me to chtirch sometimes when it was hot ~ we could fan for her. We used palmeter fan leaves for fans. We ate pretty good. in slavery time, but we did. not have all of this late stuff. Some of our dishes was possum stew, vegetables, per— simmon. pie and tato bread. À~a did not allow us to sit around grown folks. When t~y were,ta],king she always made us get under the bed. Our bed was made from pine poles. We children slept on pallets on the floor. The way slave~‘ married in slavery time they jumped over the broom and when they separated they jumped backward over the broom. Times were better in slavery time to my notion than they are now because they, did not go hungry, neither necked. They ate com~n aM ~re one kind of clothes.“

	A duck, a bullfrog and. a skunk weit to a circus. the duck and. the Rulifrog got In, why didn‘t the skunk get in?

C Answer) • ~he duck h~i a bi il ‚ the bi lifrog had a greenback but the skunk had. nothing b~it a scent.

	If your father‘s sister Is not your aunt what kin Is she to you? (your mother).

	What is the difference between a four quart measure and a s ide saddle? (Aa~swe r) • They both ho ld. a gallon. ( a gal on)
—Cora Armstrong, colored..