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“De oie songs I member ez:	. ~ “Harp fwn de Tomb dis Mournful ~
.	HAm I a Soldier ob de Cross.“
	“01e signs ez: Dream ob snakes, sign ob detth. Ef a

hen crows a 5j~fl ob deith. ~ Sneeze wid food in mou~th means de‘th. ~ Ef a black cat crosses de road, walk backwards ~tj1 you gît pasl whar hit crossed. Mah parents useter tell lots ob tales buSt I can‘t think ob dem.“

	“Oh honey, I dunno w‘at dis young peeples ez kuxn‘n ter. Dey ez so difftent furn. de way I wt~z raised. I dö~‘t think much ob di~ white en black mar‘ages. Hit shou]i1~‘t be ‘lowed.

	.ItI •1 long ter de Missionary Baptist.“
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