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bury ‘ein de very next day atter dey died. Dey put de corpae in one wagon and de Larably rode in another, but all de other folks walked to de graveyard. When dey put de coffin in de grave dey didn‘t have no sep‘rate box to piece it in, but dey did lay planks ‘cross d~e top of it ‘fore de dirt was put in. De preacher said a prayer and. de folks sua€ - Earps from deTonib. L~aybe several months later dey would have de runeral preached some sunday.

	“Us had all sorts o~‘ big dom‘s at harvest time. Dere was cornshuckin‘s., logrollin‘s, syrup makin~s, and cotton pickin‘s. Dey tuk time about from one big plantation to another. Evvy place whar dey was a-goin‘ to celebrate tuk time off to cook up a lot of tastyeatxnents, ‘specially to ~ barbecue plenty ot good meat. De Mar8ters at dein diftunt places allus seed dat dere was plenty of liquor passed ‘round and when de wuk was done and. de Niggers et all dey wanted, d~ey danced and played ‘most all night. What us chillun laked most ‘bout it was de eatin‘. What I ‘member best of all is de good old corn risin‘ lightbread. Did you ever see any et it, Chile? Why, my Mammy and U~ranthaa Mary could bake dat bread so good it would jus‘ melt in your mouth.

	“Mammy died whilst I was still little and Daddy married again. I guess his second wire had a tirae wid all of us chullun. She tried to be good to us, but I was skeered of