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~w. wanted a ~oo~e. I went out to steal or~e ~ that waz~ the only way we 81a‘re8 would have onø. I crept very quiet«4~, put ~ hand in where they was and grabbed, and what 1o you suppose I had?

A great big polo oat. ~ïell, I dropped him quick, vveri~t back, took ott all my olotha~ ‚ dug a hole ‚ ~nd buried them. T~ ne~ci~ night I went to the right place, ~ra~b~d i~ a nice big ~ held his x~eck and feet so ~ couldn‘t holler, put 1~x~ un~ar n~‘ ar~n, and ran with him, azi4 did we oat?“ (4

	“we often had prayer n~oting out in the p~artera, and to ~œep the folks in the “big house“ from hearing ua ‚ w~ would take pots, turn them down, put eo~thing ui4er t1~m, that let tl* sound ~o in this pots • put them in a row by t~ door, then our

‘voices wou]4 not go out • a~d we could sing and pray to our heart P s ooutent.“ (A)

	“At Thankßgiving tii~ we ~nld haie poi~u1 cake • That waa tine • We would take our hands and boat and beet our cake dough, p;xt the dough in a skillet, oover it with the lid aM pu~ it in t~ firoplaoe • (The covered skillet would i~tat our ovens of today.“ It would take all day to b~1œ, but it sure would be goods not like the cakes you have totay.“ (A)

	“v~1~n we cooked our regular n~aIa ‚ we would put our food in pots, slide t}~m on an iron rod that booked into the fire~place. (They wore cafled pot hooks . ) T}~ pote hung right over the open tire and would bail uatil t~e food ~ &ono ‚„ (A)