Code No.•		No. WOrds______
 Project, 1~5-~(i) ~		Reduced f-~•~ ~orda
 Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis		Rewritten by ~
 Place, Mariofl, S.C. ~		   ~
. Date, December i6, 1937	‚	rage 3.



old woman in de yard. to de house to stay dere en mind all de plantation Olitlitin till night come, while dey parents Was workin. Dey would let de ohillun go honte wid dey mammy to spend de night en dén she would have to march dem right back to de yard. de next inornin. We didn‘ do nothin, but play böut de yard dere en eatwhat de woman feed ~1ts. • Yes‘um, dey would carry us dere when de women Would be gwine to work. Be dere ~fore sunrise. Would give us thre e meals a day cause de old woman aiwayB give us supper fore us mammy come out de field dat evenin. Dem bigger ones, dey would give dem clabber en boil peas en couards sometimes. Would give de little babies boil pea soup en gruel en suck bottle. Yes,rnani, de old woman had to mind all de yearlin ohilluti en de babies, too. Dat all her business was. I recolleote her name, it been Lettie. Would Btriflg Us little wooden bowls on de floor in a lone ~ow ~n us would get down dere en drink just like us was pigs. Oh, she would give us a iron spoon to taste wid, but us ~ never want it. Oh, my Lord, I remember dust as good, when we would see dein bowls of hot ration, dis one en dat one would holler,‘dat mine, dat mine.‘ Us would just squat dere e n blow en blow cause we wouldn have no m md to drink it while it was hot. Den we would want it to last a long time, too. My happy, I Can see myself set tin dere now 0001m dem Vitale (victuals).“