Forest H. Lees		June 10, 193?.	Médina county
			District ~5 ~
C.	R• M~Lean, Supervisor		Page 5
	~L~pic—24~Folklore


	“Butchern day she was a big time. A big long table with de pigs laid out ready to be cut up.“

	“Lots of big parties en dances in de manshun. I nevah have time foh play. Mrs. she keep me busy and I work when I jus little girl and all inah life.“

	“Efien any slaves were sick dey come to de house for splies and medsin. De }dlra• and Master h~ de doe~or if things were very bad.“

	“I‘ll nevah forget de soldiers comm. An old woman tole ~ de war done broke up, and I was settin on de porch. De ~rs • ehe say, ‚ Jails you ant stayin eneymore‘. She tole me if I keep my money end save it ehe wou~Ld give me some. An she done gave me a gold breast pin too. She was ri ch and had lote of money • A~tsr the wer I wn home to my mother. She was halt sick and 8he work too hard. On de way I met one slave woman who didn know she was even free.“

~.	“The Yankees were bad! „

	“I didn get married right away. I worked out fou diffren feuilles,“

	“After de war dare was good echoGla in de south, De free slaves had land effen dey knowed what to do with. I got married in the south to Rich— ar Williams but I didu have no big weddin. I had an old preacher what knowed all bout de Bible ‚ who n~arried ne • He was a good preacher • I was de mothah of eight chillun.“

	“Lincoln? “Well I tell you I doan know. I didn have no thought about him but I seed him, I work in de house all de time an~ didn hear much about people outside. „

	“I doan believe in €~hosts or hante. As foli danc~n I enjoy it when I was young.“
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