Code iTo.	Isro. Werde________
Project, l885~(l) .	Reduced fr6m~ ~rde
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by~~ . ‚
Place, Marion, S.O.		t)
Date, Jane 21, 1937	Pagé4.   ~  .


‘boat heah dis day en time. Dis jes de way it waz make. Dey dig four big holes en put poetee in aw four corner ‘boat lak uh room. Den dey lay log ‘cross de top uv dat en kiver it aw o‘er wid. bresh (brash) d.at dey break cater de woo de • Ne ‚ e r hab none uv de e I de e he t up • ~n &ey haul log dere en roll em under dat bresh tent fa we ohillun to set on . Oh, de teacher ~ hab uh big box ta her stand jee 1 ek uh preache r • ‘ yb ody dat go to e ohoo 3. de re hab one UT dem t‘ing eaU elate dat yuh ne‘er hadder do nuthin but jee ‘Wash it offen. ~n dey hab deee oie l‘arum‘ book wba‘ yuh call Webetere.“

“My white folke al ‘aye waz good. to me ‚ honey. ~e ter do•
didn‘t hab to/no field work in aw me life. When I etay

dere lid. Mise Leggett ‚ I hadde r pick up 1 itt].. chip th ~t de yard when I Lust come home from school en den I had&er
e
go ‘way up in de big field en drib de turkey/up. We didn‘t

find. dat no hard. t‘ing to do lak de peoples talk lak it aumptin hard. to do dese days. Te wuz l‘arxit to work en didn‘t mind it neither. Altaye minded to ue own bueineae•‘~

„ Oh, gourde wizz de ‘ ing in dem d.aye • Dey waz ha‘ ~.s

peoples hab to drink cater en wash dey hominy en rice in aw de time . ~ Dey wi~ de besteet kind uv bowl ta we ohillun to eatoorn bread en clabber oater. Peoples die day en time

don‘ hab no aech aroekery lak de people ue.Ter hab. Reney, dey hab de prettiest little clay boWLe den.“