Project 1885 — 1
Froni Misc. Field Notes		Edited by: ‚	54.
District No. 4	39007S	Lartha Ritter
May 17, 1937





FOUC~LORE: NEGRO SLAVE.

Slave Time Customs on the Plantation
	of Thomas Anderson Carlisle,


	ttCapt my old Master‘s daughter, Mrs. George I~errin (Ida Rice) and Miss Peake (i~rs. Keitt Peake) tiows I is done pas‘ 84. Miss Ida was 84 when she died and I was allus no‘ older dan she was, and a long ways at dat. I allus figers dat Ah is 97. Miss Agnes (‘~‘rs. ~itt Peake) and Miss Ida was lii‘ gals when I driv‘ dem to and from school ever‘ day fer oie Marse • You see I had to be a big boy to drive de Marse‘s chilluns to school, ‘specially when dey was lii‘ gals ~ I is a great deal older than Mr. Bjll Harris•~ I met him dis mornin‘ wid sweet ‘tater in his pocket• He ‘lowed, ‘Gus, you is jes‘ ‘bout de oldes‘ nigger in dis county, amt you?‘ I raised my hat to tj~ and ‘lowed, Yessir, guess I is, Cap.

	“Had to stay out and guard de silver and de gold jewels in de pines when my white folks hid it dar to keep de Yankees from a-gittin‘ it. Dey driv‘ de waggins in de pines end us unload de jewels and things and den dey would drive de waggins out de wood. ~Vhen de waggin done got plum away us would take dry pine needles and kivver up all de waggin ~raoks and hoof prints after us had done raked de dirt smooth over dein. We stayed wid de silver and stuff and drink coffee and eat black crus‘; dat de sw~etnin‘ bread dat us had durirt‘ de war. Couldn‘t git no sugar den. Sometime we used sassafras tea as we never had no coffee to grind. ae white folks was jes‘