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to de field fer drinking at noon, dat is twelve o‘clock. All de things was fetched in waggins end de fire was built and a pot

w~as put to bile wid greens when dey was in season. Over coals‘ meat was baked and meal in pones was wwapped in poplar leaves to bake in de ashes. ‘Taters was dane de same way, both sweet ‘taters and Irish. Dat made a good field hand dinner. Plenty ~ras allud had and den ‘lasses was also fetched along. Working niggers does on lessdese days.

“Does you- know dat de poplar leaves was wet

ab‘ de meal pone was put in it? Well, it was, and when it gpt done de ashe8 was blowed off wid your breath and den de parched leaves folded back from de cooked pone. De poplar leaves give de ash cake a nice fresh sweet taste. All forks and spoons was made out‘n sticks den; dven dem in de big house, kitchen. Bread bowls and &ugh trays was all made by de skilled slaves in de Marse‘ s shop, by hands . dat was skilled to sech as dat.

	“Young ohilluns and babies‘ was kept at home by de fire and nursed and cared fer by de ole wi~nxnens dat couldn‘t do no field work. De chief one on our plantation during my ‘inembranee was oie aunt Abbie. She had head o‘ de chilluns all over de plantation when dey mamies was aworking in de field. Marse Tom used. to ride thrGugh de ‘quarters‘ every day to see about oie lady Abbie and de chilluns when dey parents was at work in de fields during de work1~ season. Oie lady Abbie had to see to it dat dey was kept warm by de fire and dat dey clothes was kept up wid *ile dey maniities was in de field. Dem obilluns on our plantation was well looked after. De seamströsses also kept ‘our work clothes patched and darned, till new ones was wove
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