Folklore: Stories Prom Ex~-.S1aves	.	~ Page 2 ~Î;	(3

“Lots o:f hunting round dere, dey hunted rabbit~, squirrels, foxes arid ‘possums. Dey fished like d.ey do novv.

	“De white folks had old brick ovens away from de house, arid wide fireplaces in de kitchens. Dey cooked many t~uings on Satur-~ days, to last several days. Saturday afternoons, we had. off to catch up on washing arid other things we wanted to do.

	“I ‘member de ~u Klux arid de Red Shirts, but don‘t ‘member anything dey did dere.

	“We had corn-~shuckin~s and cotton pick~.ngs, when de white people ~ould have everybody to come and. help. us niggers vvould help. Dey had big suppers afterwards.

.	“We had plenty to eat from de garden of deboss, a big gar.. den dat furnished all de slaves. Den de boss ~i1led hogs arid had other things to eat. Mo~t o‘ de thia~s raised in de garden, was potatoes, turnips, collards and peas.

	~	“Some of us had witches. One old woman was a witch, and she rode me one night. I couldn‘t get up one night, had a ketching of my breath and couldn‘t rise up. She held me down. in dem days, was lots o‘ fevers with de ±blks. Dey cured.. ‘em and other sickness wid teas from root herbs arid barks.

	“lbr&harn Lincoln was a good man. He sá.id you folks ought to let dem niggers loose and let dem go to work. He come wid his two men, Grant and Sherman, and captured dé slave bosses. Jeff Davis was one o‘ de forerunners of de war. Don‘t know much about him. Booker T. Washington is a good man. Think he is in office fer a good purpose. I been married four times, Was young man when I mar~ ned first time. Gussie Gallman, my last wife, is living wid me.“

Source:	Sam Rails (84), Newberry, S.C.
Interviewer: G.L. S~mer, Newberry, S.C. (6/9/37)