Code ~o.	No. Words_____
Project, 1~5—(1)	Reduced from____words
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by~
Place, Marion, 8.0.	_____________________
Date, January 14rn, 393e	Pagé 5.. .‚ 24



cared for by a mother en I is caught on to a heap of rough— ness just on account dat I ain~ never had. a mother to bave

a care for me.°

	“Oh, de people never didn‘ put much faith to de doctors in dem days. Mostly, dey would use de herbs in de fields for dey medicine. Dere two herbs, I hear talk .of. Dey was black snake root en 8a~pson snake root. Say, if a person never had a good appetite, dey would boil some of dat stuU en mix it wid a little whiskey en rock candy en dat would sho give dem a sharp appetite. See, it natural cause if you take a tablespoon of dat bitter medicine three times a day like a person tell you, it bound to swell your appetite. Yes,rnarn, I know dat a might y go od mixture ~„

	uOh, my Lord, child, de people was aho wiser in olden times den what dey be now. ~ey been have all kind of signs to forecast de times wid en dey been mightytrue to de word, too. Say, when you hear a Cow low en cry so mournful like, it am‘ gwine be long fore youhear tell of a death.“

	“Den dere one bout de rain. Say, sometimes de old rain crow stays in de air en hollers en if you don‘ look right sharp, it gwtne rain soon. Call hirn de rain crow. He hollers mostly like dis, ‘Goo-‘oop, goo—oop.‘ Like dat.“

	“De people used to have a bird for cold weather, too. Folks say, ‘Don‘ you hear dat cold bird? Look out, it gwine be cold tomorrow.‘ De cold bird, he a brown bird. If you can see him,