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to git dar on time. Us wouldn‘t wear our shoes on dem long walks, but jus‘ went barfoots ‘tu us got nearly to de meetin‘ house. I jus‘ kin ‘member dat, for chullun warn‘t ‘lowed to try to wslk dat fur a piece, but us could git up early in de m.ornin‘ and see de grown folks start off. Dey was dressed iii deir best Sunday go-to-~ineetin‘ clothes and deir shoes, all shined up, v~as tied together and hung over deir shoulders to keep ‘ein from gittin‘ dust on ‘em ~en folks had on plain honiespun shirts and jeans pants. De jeans what deir pants was made out of was honiespun too. Some of de ‘omans wore homespun dresses, but most of ‘em had a calico_dress what was
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saved s~cial for Sunday meetin‘ wear.	‘Omans wore two or
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three petticoats all ruffled and starched ‘tU one or dein under-‘ skirts would stand by itself. Dey went bartoots wid deir shoes hung over deir shoulders, jus‘ lak de mens, and evvy ‘onian pinned up her dress and evvy one of her petticoats but one to keep ‘em from gittin‘ muddy. Dresses and underakirts was made long enough to touch de ground dem days. Dey allus went off singin‘, and us chillun wuld be wishin‘ for de time when us would be old enough to wear long dresses wid. starched petti~ coats and go to rneetin‘. U8 ohillun tried our best to stay ‘wake ‘tu dey got home so us could hear ‘em talk ‘bout de preachin‘ and singin‘ and testifyin‘ fordeLord, and us allus axed how many had done jined. de church dat day.