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	~Wten I useter go ter camp meetin‘ dey had big dinnahs en spreadhit on de groun‘ • Dey preached, sung, shouted en eve‘ybôdy had a good time.“

	~	“Fu,m de camp meetin‘ s dey wou1~ go ter de wharf en baptize. Dey would tie handkerchiefs troun dere haids. Wien dey wuz dipped under de water sum ob d~n wo~1d kum up shoutin‘ .„


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	~	one time de preacher w~z inde river fixin‘ ter baptize a man. Evetybody wUz singin‘ oie time ‘ligion. A ‘oman sung, ‘~i ‘do~‘ lak dat thing I I4nd yoù. „ Bout dat time de pahson en de udderu~anse‘d a~ alligator. De parson seZs, “No~By-God I bon‘tEither.“ Heturned de man looseen dey both run ‘way.
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