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241~Jim Allen, Clay Co.
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Mrs. Ed Joiner







thin a little ~ ‘Well, sich a one has passed out an we gwine to de grave to ‘tend de fun‘ral; we will talk about Sister Saille, ‚ De niggers would be jumpin‘ as high as a cow er mule.

	“A song we used to sing was:

	f‘ ‘Come on Chariot an‘ Take Her Home, Take Her Home,
	~ ..‘«~ ~	~re Come Ch~iot, les‘ ride,

~	~ \ Conte on les ‚ ride, Come on lee ‚ ride.‘

	“Y~~ïsum we believed ha‘nts would be at de grave yard. I didn‘ pay no ‘tention to dem tho‘, for I know de evil spirit is dore. Iffen you don‘t believe it, let one of ‘ein alap you. I ain‘t seed one, but I‘ee heard ‘em. I seed son*one, dey said was a ghos‘, but it got ‘way quick.

	“When we got sick de doctor come at once, and Mistiss was right dore to see we was cared fer. A doctor lived on our place. If•

you grunt he was right dore. We had castor oil am ‚ pills an ‚ turpentine 7 au‘ qd*tiaw when needful, an‘ herbs was used. I can fin‘ dat stuff

now whatwe used when I was a boy.	.

	~Some of us wore brass rings on our fingers to keep off croup. good -~ g91q$I~~~~2!:. 500 mine?