Oode No.	No. Word~s~
	Project, i~5—(1)	Reduced from  Words
	Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by
	Place, Marion, S.C.	.
	Date, December 26, 1937	hge 2.



run Water to think bout how me en Koota gwine enjoy dem dis evenin. No,inam, us don‘ never eat us heavy meal till dat sun start gwine down behind dem trees cross de creek yonder.
roastin
You see, I does keep some ‘tatoes/dere in de Coals on de

hearth en if us belly sets up a growlin twixt meals, us just rakes a ‘tatoe out de ashes en breaks it open•en makes out on dat. My God, child, I think bout how I been bless dat I am‘ never been noways scornful bout eatin chitliù. Yes,marn, when I helps up dere to de house wid hog kuhn, Mr. Moses, he does al~~ays say for me to carry de chitlin home to make me en Koota a nice pot of stew.“

UI tellin you, when us been chillun Comm up, people sho

never live like dey do dis day en time. Oh, I can remember just as good when I used to go dat Hopewell Presbyterian Church cross de creek dere. Yes,main, dat been de white people slavery oburoh en dat dey slavery graveyard what settin right dere ~in front de church, too. Dat sho a old, old slavery time church, I say. Massa Anthony Ross would make us go dere to preachin every Sundayen dey was mighty strict bout u.s gwine to prayer service, too. Tie would go up dem steps in dat little room, what been open out OT~ de front piazza to d,,e çhurch, en set up in de gallery overhead en de white. folks set down dere below

.	us. Yes,rnarn, dat whe‘ de oolored. people went to church in dem days en some of dem go dere till dey die cause dat whe‘ dey been join de church. Some of dein does go dere often times dese days,