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rolled dem. logs. was a sight, and de riore good corn liquor Marster passed ‘round, dé faster dein logs rolled. Come night— time, Marster had a big bonfire built up and sot lots of pitchpine torches ‘round so es dere would be plenty of light for ‘ein to see how to eat dat fine supper what had done been sôt out for ‘ein. Atter supper, dey danced nigh all de rest of de night. Mammy used to tell us ‘bout de frolics next day, ‘cause us chillun was rr1ade to go to bed at sundown. Corne day, go day, no niatter what might happen, growin‘ chillun had to be in bed at deir reg‘lar time, but Marn~ny never forgot to tell~us all ‘bout de good times next day.

	~	“Mammy said dem cornshuckin‘s. meant jus‘ as much !un and jollification as wuk. Dey gathered Marster‘s big corn crap and ‘ranged1it in long, high piles, and sometimes it tuk sev‘ral days for dem corn)huckers to git it all shucked, but evvybody stayed right dar on de job ‘tu it w~s finished. At night, dey wukked by de light of big tires and torches, den dey had de big supper and started dancin‘. Dey stopped so often to swig dat corn liquor Marster pervid‘ed for ‘em dat ‘fore midnight folkses started fallin‘ out end drappin‘ down in de middle of de dance ring. De others would git ‘em by de heels and drag ‘em off to one side ‘tu dey come to and was ready to drink more liquor and dance again. Dat was de way dey went on de rest of de night.

	“Corpses~ Buryin‘s Graveyards~ Why, Miss, dere warn‘t nigh so many folkses a-dyin‘ all de time dem days as dere is