2ro~ect 1885	1
	Prom Field Notea-	~Cu32	Edited by: ~‚	74
	spartanbUrg, Disti.4		Elmer Turnage
April 28, 1937

POLK LORE : POLK TALES ( negro)

	“Aunt“ Saille (80 yrs. old) and “Uncle“ ~.Robert live v~ith their grandson. A daughter lives nearby. They lii~.e to tell ol the d~ys v~hen they were children:
	“und o‘ de libbin, my maw, she wuz one o‘ de Hughes arid

Giles riiggers~. She used to lob to set down by de fire an‘ ~e11 us youriguns ‘bout de times what de had down da~ on de big ribber. (:~ad River). Our plantation, she used to say, wuz de one what de white ±~olks called Mt. Drury. But when maw wuz rae]. yourig~ jus bi~g ethciugh to wait on de ±‘irie white ladies, she wuz out on de “block“, you nos what dat wuz, and sold to Marse “~att~‘ Wallace. Marse Matt tdok it into his haed dat he wuz a swine to a place what dey calls Arkansas. His white Loiks, specially his ‚ife‘s, dem ~Uz de Meri~s, dey riz up an put ±~orth mighty powferul objections. Per a long time he wuz jus orisettled in he mind bout zactly what he really wuz a gv~ine to do.

	“I~eérs to me like my maw lowed dat he sorter kept his in.. tentions secret when he had rightly make up he rn~nd ~bout de whole business. In dem days, dere wo‘rit no trains like dare is now. Everbody had to ride in waggons, and de white ladies, dey aïlus rid in fine carriages. De chilluris, dey rid wid de wimraen folks. Our Marster, he rid high steppin‘ horse, cept on de Sabbath, when he rid wid de Xfli$SUS to xneetin‘ house out on de creek. (Brown‘s Creek).

	“~nywthow, one cold mornin‘ not lon~ fore Christmas and jus at t er Thanksg iv I n ‚ us s ot out f ore day ‚ or dat is ‚ my maw a rid pa did, kaise I wua not born tUl we got to Mississippi River.