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through the week.corn ash cakes and meat; which had been broiled on the hot coals was the usual diet tôund in each home. The diet did not vary even at Christmas only a little fruit was added. ~

	Each femily was provided with a loom and in Mrs . Avery‘ s family, her ~randrnother, Sylvia Heard, did most of the carding and spinning of the thread into cloth. The most c~nmon cloth for women clothes was homespun, and calico. This same cloth was dyed and used to make men shirts and pants. Dye was prepared by taking a berry known as the shuiaake berry and boiling them with ~!ainut peelings. Soring and fall were the seasons for masters to give shoes arid clothing to their slaves. 3oth men and wox~ien wore brogan shoes, the only ăifference being the piece in the. side of the womens.

	Une woraan ‘i~as required to do the work around the house there was also one slave man required to work around the house doing odd jobs. Other than these two every one else was required to do the heavy work in the fields. ork began at “sun up“ and lasted until “sun down“. In the niiddle of the day the big bell was rung to sun~aon the workŕrs from the field, for their iid~..day lunch. After work hours slaves were then free to dow work around their ov;n cabins, such as sewing, cooking (etc.)

	~‘Oxice a week Mr. Heard allowed his slaves to have a frolic and folks would ~et broke down from so much dancing“ Mrs . Avery reinat~Jced. The music ~as furnished with fiddles. ~hen asked how the slaves caine to own fiddles ~he replied, “They bou~~it the~i with money they earned selling chickens.“ .•~t night sl~ves would steal ofr frc~a the ±ieard plantation, go to LaGrange, Ga.

	1~ď~~1 sell chickens which they had raised.. Of course the‘masters always required . ~ii~ of every thing raised by each slave and it was not perraissible for any

slave to sell anything. Another foz~a of entertairn~ent was the quilting party.