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wid a dirt floor en a stick ohi~imey.

	“Fo1k~ ustei~ weat wat dey calls a Ttpola~isen. Hid wat kinder like a


wrapper made of calico made wicI tight in de waist en wide in de botto~n. Don I‘ve remembers de basque waist on de over skirts dese war made real tight waists wid a point in de back en ober de stomach. De skirt wer real full dein a skirt ober dis ter de knees wid a big pucker on do hips.“

	“My Mammy bound me out to Miss Puss Graham ter learn ter work, f~h my vittals en does. Miss Puss gave ins a pair of red rrtorocco shoes en I was

‚ I made so happy, I‘se neber fohgot dose shoes.

	~ ~— “I heard my Ma~ny talk of “De Nigger Rj~j~“ • Do Klu Klux uster stick ~ de niggers head on or stake alongside de Cadiz road en dar de buzzards would oat them till nuthin‘ was left but de bones. Dar war a sign on dis stake dat

said “Look out Nigger You are next“. Us ohilluns would not go far way from dat cabin. I‘se tells you dat is so. I jes knowed dat dis Ku Klux would do dat to us sho if weuns had been oatohed.

~	“I remember wen liopkinsville had jest a few stores en oie jew by name of Shyer bought bone s an iron en rags • Once us chilluns found s orne bone s on de creek bank en took dem things and wanted ter sell dem to Mr. Sh~rer en he said “t~e dem things way dey stink, dey amt cured up yet. Bury dem things den bring dem back to me. Us Chilluns hod a hard time gittin home cause we stunk

~» so bad.

‚ (~ “1 remember wen we uster hey big time quilting on dem days wo sho hod a

big time fore we start in do morning wid a qater melon feast, den weuxas quilt

erwhile den a big dinner war spread out den after dinner we‘d qu~lt in the evening den supper and a big dance dat night, wid de banjo a humming on us niggers a dancIng, “Oh, Lawdy wat good days dem war.“ ~

“Wen we were young we uster hey parties called “Dideoos“, de bax~jo