Project #1665
w.	W. Dixon
~j~nsboro, S. C.	39033G	‘:	59
	-	   MIE1~ JOENSON
		~S~hiV~ ~


MIeW Johnson has no particular place of abode. She is a transient e~ng

her children, kin people, and friends. In whatever home she nm~ be temporarily an occupant, she does the cooking and family washing.

“I knowed when dat bunty rooster hopped in de door, flap hie wings and

crowed, dia raornin‘ ‚ dat us gonna have company today.‘ I told Sam so bofo ‚ he left here. Eim laugh and say: ‚~ dat bunty rooster is a big liar sometime.

Maybe him just warma reoon~tend hisseif to you end beat de pig to de slop bucket dat you am‘ t carried out to de pen yet . ‚ t s sure glad dat you come ‚ for it ‘Il show Sam dat dat chicken ne~er told a lie.

“set down der. and let nie fetch you a plate of boil peanuts ‚ which I just

is set off de fire. You l~]c them? Glad you do, honey. Ibat ~thite folks love them dat way, ‘~ead of parched. How you been? You sure is growed since de last day I clap my eyes on you • Uow‘ B I been? Poorly. I ‚ s just a waitin‘ for de chariot to carry me homel

“Well ‚ us done cut down de underbrush, now let us git into de new grouxzd.

You just wai~na talk ~ bout me and what happen to me all ‚ long de last eighty yßBZS? Dat‘s some big field to go over.

	“My p~ppy ~Ib8 flh11~8 lienry. My menm~y name C~ily. They both ‘ long to old Ibzse Joimnie 3~bley,but ~j pappy‘ s pappy t long to de Johnson‘ s ; theyt ~ big iliite folks on de Catawba Rirer side of de county. They sold deir plantation and some of de slaves, to old n~rster end bis daughter, ~.ss Nancy. 8h~ was~ de widow Thompson befo‘ her ~rry dat Kentuo~y hoes drover, I~rse Jim Jc~es.