had a dance. Neber ‘gin t 1). dere be as good times ag we useter hab. In rnah time we neber y‘ ard ob WUkOUSOS er pen but now dey ez aU filled.

	~	9: kin see now in mah mind de oie ice house on de planta~‘ tion. In de wintir de slaves would fill bi~t wid ice dey got off de erik en hit wUz not used t tu warm wedder cu~ni. ~ nother thing I members ez de “pat—a-rollers‘1 (she refers to the Police patrol of that‘day) who WOUId kotch en whup runaway slaves en slaves tway furn dere own plantations widout apass wid dere Marsters name signed on hit.“

	‘II member W‘en Nashville fust had street cars pulled tlo~ by liosses er mules en I also member de oie dummy cars,

rt~in by steam, ter Glendale Parkalso New Town (flow called West
N~ishvi11e).“	~ .

.~ . “Wehad sumbad en good luck signs but I‘sefergettir~‘ sum,~ b~it I, se members ‘bout a black cat crossin‘ ovuh de path in frunt ob you dat you. sho would hab bad luck. W‘en dat happened ter me, I WouJiI spit on de groux~d, turn ‘round en back ober de place de cat crossed en de “bad lUCkt) wUZ gon‘ f~ me. Eftn you found a ole hoss. shoe dat had bin drapt‘d by de hoss, hit meant good luck. Sum peeples, wfttte en black, w‘en dey fj~I a hoss shoe, dey would tack hit up on de frunt door frame wid de toe ter de grou~n‘.

	“Atter de Marster en Missu,s died, I went ter Nashville en made mali way fur ~ ylars by wasb.jn‘ en ironin‘ fer white peepie btit after I went blind I kum ‘yer ter live wid mali daughter.“