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I? ~ ~ wishes cen come tru seems t er me I hey but my memory amt so good but

still I believes hit.

	—fl-« mÇ‘~~ø~ de smoko flies low hit sho is goin ter snow.“

	“Spilling salt or ter waste salt is bad luck. I always wen I makes my bread put de salt in de bread den I puts some of de salt in de fire ter bring me good luck.

	“Sometime de mooxi srfocts people wen it changes hit makes saine folks

crazy en ~ey is hard to git alon wid.“

	U1f you plant Irish pertatoes onde light of de.moon you hey nuthin but

top. Whatever ter be rns.de underneath de ground like turnips, potatoes, onions is ter be planted by de dark of de moon. Beans, peas, corn in de light of de moon. ~

	“Yes, spit wi~ll cure, ause I had ringworms once en in de morning wen I woke up afore I spoke ter anyone I‘d take spit en put on my face en hit sho ~ cured de r ingworras . „

	(Si gus)

“If you nail a horse shoe ober de door hits a good luck ter you.

~tI thin 1113t1 is an unlucky number se heard so much talk of hit till. I


believes hit. Breaking a ~th‘ror is sho bad luck if you break one you will hey seben years bad luck.“

	~ “Blue gu med niggers is shon bad luck wen I ses one gîte as far away


t as I kin foh if one bites you you is a dod nigger foh dey is pizen as er ~ diamond baok.lt

	~.— “De white folks jes made niggers carry on like brutes. One white man ~ ~ uster say ter nuther white man, “My nigger man Sein wanter marry yer nigger


~ I	gal Lucy what does yer say en if he said hit war all right why dat couple war supposed to be married. Den Sam would work foh his marster in de daytime


~	~ don would spend de night at Lucy‘s house on de next plantation.“