Code No.	No. WOrdS~~
Project, i~ia5-~(i)	Reduced from	words
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by	~
Place, Marion, 8.0.	   ~
Date, January 12, l93~	Pă~ ~.



cause dat who‘ us been stay all de time old Miss won‘ stuff in somethin down we mouth. I remember, dere used to was de most pretty flowers in de lane gwine through dein woods from us house right up to old Massa‘s yard en my Lord, honey, I did love to be de first one long dere on a mornin to see could I find. a blossom to fetch to old Miss. Look like~‘ old Miss would be so please to see my granny niarchin all we chtllun up dat path cause when we would go dere on a mornin, she would set right down on de steps en talk wid us. Would set dere in listen to see could all us say dat prayin blessin she had learned US to speak fore she would hand us anything to eat. Den she would give us everyone a spoonful of dis here worm cure. Great Jerusalemi Miss would make dat herself out dese black lookin seed mixed up in molasses. I remember, she would bring a big bowl of dat out dere en would make Pickle tote it round for her while she put it in us mouth. Yes,mani, Miss would give us all a spoonful of dat every mornin en den she would ax us de next rnorntn if any us had any wornis. No,mam, she never didn‘ give us any other kind of medicine as I Can rerne~iber. Just give us dat en den feed us some milk en bread. Dat all she give us, but I tell you, I was as proud of dat milk en bread as I is of de rations I get dese days cause I never know no different den. No‘um, didn‘ nobody eat den like dey do now. All de people would make dey own gardens in dem days en would fix soup en fry meat. I used. to been so glad to get