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shoes znade.He would put my soot on the floor and mark arouM it for the measure of my shoes. .
	L;ost of the coonng was in an oven In the yard, ovei‘ the bed or coals. Baked possum and ground hog in the oven, stewed rabbits, • • fried flsh and fired bacon called tIstre~J~ed meat“ an kinds of nge~ tabies, boiled cabbage, pone corn bread, and sorgan molasses. 024 folks vioulci drinic coffee, but chs.Llun would drinK ;aflk~ especafly
.	butter r.nlk.
	Old master would cu. ~. us about 4 o~‘ clocs, an~ everybody had to get up and go tu ~ Stirring“ . Old . :arse had about 3v or 40 sugar trees ;viach were tappect In Fegruary. Elder spiles were stuc* In the taps e for trie water to cirop out In tue wooden troughs ‚ under the sjales. ‘:i~en trougL~s were hewed out uf bcckeye . ThiS naple water was gathered up arid ~ut ta1~ & bij £cettle ‚ ixuitj ou racks, v4th a bag nre untier lt It v;as then t&.iea to ti~ie house t~n~ flinshed upon the stove • The Skia.1114gB at ~ er it gut to the s0rip stage was bufled 0mm ~d ~ade Into maple sugar for the chilûren.

.	‘:7e tore tow linen cloUtes in. summer end jeaas in winter. Sister ‘.:Qre linse?,‘ In winter o &~xrerenb colors, djed ft‘oa &rbs, especiaflyi poxe bernes; and wore unbleacheü cotton in sun~er, c~yed with yeflow
	atusveid seed. .	.	. . ‚I

	Ely grandfather, Jim I~mbxy raendect sàoes &AU t;e~de rarrly good ones.

.	. . There were four slave s . ~‘ aother 4d cooni~g and the me~i cb.d ~utè Work . Sob Wheeler . a M Arch Bogie were ~ our masters . ~otn : *fl

.	. go~&bnd: Kind to us. i: .ù;e! SftW t slave ~ehip$d, for ~ busa~ 4$ ~ . . 1:. t~ t~eSieve a t&at mM ot pùnsshment. My rAnteD »& tau? bs~t, ria~
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. . Garrard County.