Code No. . No. Words_____
‚ ~	Project, i~5—(1)	Reduced f~ji	words
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	~	Rewritten by
	Place, Marion, S.C.	—	- ~	~ -
Date, January 4~, l93~	Page 6. •	25


he a fine lookiri bird, too. . ye~‘u~, right large en strong lookin, but don‘ nobody hardly ever see him dese days.“

	“En I reckon you hear talk bout dis one. Say, not to wash on de first day of de New Year cause if you do, you will wash some of your family out de pot. Say, somebody will sho die. ~at right, too. Den if posBible, nius~b boilsome old peas on de first day of de New Year en must cook some hog jowl in de pot wid dein. Must eat some of it, but don‘ be obliged to eat it all. ~2n ought to have everything clean up nicely so as to keep clean all de year. ~ Say, must ali~ays put de wash out on de line to be sure de day fore New Years en have all your garments clean.“

	9fliat my ideas bout de young folks dese days? Well, dey young folks en dey am‘ young folks, I say. Cose I don‘ bother up wid. dem none, but I think wid my o~mi weak judgment, dey quite different from when I corne along. Folks is awful funny dis day en time to my notion. Don‘ care what people see dem do no time. I sho think dey worser den what dey used to be • De way I say dey worser, I used to have to be back at such en such a time, if I Went off, but now dey go anytime dey want to en dey comes back anytime dey want to. I sho think dey worser. De fact of it, I know dey worser.“



Source :	Jo sephine Bac chus ‚ color ed, age 75—SO ‚ Mar ion ‚ S, Η~ Personal tnt erv iew by Annie Ruth Davis ‚ Dec . ‚ 1937.