POLKLORE:	Stories From Ex-~$1aves
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wa‘rnelori patch, dat was de guilty nigger. I ‘dar, you had to talk purty den. When I go in de wa‘rnelon patch, I git de old mis~US to say fer me to go; den I could eat arid. nothing was said ‘bout it.

	“Sunday clothes was died. red Ler de aals; boys wore de same • We made de gals ‚ hoops out ‘n grape vines. Dey give us a dime, it dey had one, ±~er a set or hoops.
	ttThanft no dressiu~ up ~er marring inslavery times; just

say, ‘gwine to be.a marriage tonight‘ and you see ‘bout 40 or 50 folks dar to see it. If it be in wa‘melon time, dey had a big feast atter de wedding. Old man preacher Tony would marry you. fer nothing. De keep de wedding cake ~er three weeks bef o‘ it was eat.“


Source:	Gus Feaster (9?), 20, Stutz Ave., Union, 5;C.
Interviewer:	Caidwell Sims, Union, S.C.