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Josephine ~nd•raon ~
Tampa, florida
Octob•~ ao, 1937
Jules A. I?rot

	“My veddin dross was blue~bluo for true. I thought it ~e ds prettiest dress I ever see. We ~s married in do oourt~4iouse, an dat bi a mighty happy day for me. Moe folks darn days get married by :Layin a broom on de floor an jumpin over it • L~t seals de marriage, an at de same time brings em good luck.


	“Ya see brooms keep. hanta away. ~*~on m~n falke dies, de old debbil sometimes doan want em down der. in do bad place, so he makes witcth~s out of em, an sends em back. One thing bout witches, day gotta count everthing fore dey can git aoroaet it. You put a broom aoro3at your door at night an old witches gotta ŕoUnt ever straw in dat broom fore skie can come in.

	N~:3ome folks can Joe nach» see hanta bettern others. Teeny, my gal can. I reckon das cause she been horned wid a veil~you know, a oaul, ~umpuii what be over some babies‘ faces when dey is born,d. Folks bornod wid a caul ~an see spornte, an tell whas gonna happen fore it comes true.


	“Use to *rry Teeny right emart,~ seem spornte day an night. My nueban say he gonna cure her, so he taken a grain O‘ corn an put it in a bottle in Teeny‘s bedroom over night. Don he plant,d it in de yard, an driv plenty eticks roim de place. ~tien it ~s growin good, he put loaf~«mold roun de stalk, an watch it ever day, an tell us don‘t ~ ~c~4y~ touch de stalk. It raise three big ears o‘ corn, an when dey ~ae good roastin sizehe pick em off an cook em an toll Teeny eat ever‘ grain offn all three coba. He watch her while she done it, an she am never