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neighborin‘ places in preparation fer de white folks ‘big Meetint. But I hotter confine my relations to dat what I really knows. At de barbecue I seed niggers from several neighborin‘ plantations and I can tell you ‘bout dat. But I draps now to de doings o‘ my own ~wh ite folks.

“AS I has said once,de fields was in lay—by

shape and de Missus done already got de house olaaned. De ohilluns was put in one room to sleep and dat make more room. fer de preachers and guests dat gwine to visit in de big house fer de nex‘ six weeks. Den de plans fer cooking had to be brung ‘bout. Dey never had no ice in dein days as you well knows; b~it

.	us had a dry well under our big house.~ It was deep and every— thing k~ep real cook down dar. Steps led down into it. and it aÏlus bé real dark dawn dar. De rats run aroun‘ down dar and

de younguns skeert to go down fer anything. S~ us carry a
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lightvrood not fer light when us put anything in it or take

anything out. Dar ain‘t no need fer me to tell you ‘bout de well house where us kept all de milk and butter, fer it was detalk o‘ de country ‘bout what nice fresh milk and butter de irtissus allushad. A hollow oaklog was used fer de milk trough. Three times a day Cillahad her 1±1‘ boy run fresh cook well water all through de trough. Dat keep de milk from gwine to whey and de butter fresh and cool. 1n de dry well WS8 kept de canned things and dough to set ti 11 it had done riz! IVhen company come like dey allus did fer de camp meetings, shoalts and goats and maybe a sheep or lamb or two WS8 kilt fer barbecue out by Cilia‘s cabin. Dese carcasses was kept down in de dry weil over night arid put over de pit