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	‚t I us ed. to wear what I cal 1~ a one ~.butt oi cutaway. It was j j‘ a shirt make out of homespun with pleats down front. Dey make dey o~n cloth dem time1

	“Massa marry de Thlks In de broomstick style. Us don‘ have de

party but sometime us s Ing and play games ‚ like de round dance “Dey give de little ones bacon to suck and tie de string to de

bacon and dč other round. dey wrists, so dey won‘t swallow or lose do bacon. For de little bits of ones de~ rings de bel]. for dey mor~ners to come from de field and nues sein,

	“After freedom come us stay a year and den move to Be~imont and us work in de sawmill for Mr. Jim Long. De fust money I git I give t o my mammy. Me aznd mammy and at epdaddy s t ~ys in Beairnont two years den noves to Tyler i~d plants de crop. But de aext~ year us ~nove back to Beaumont on de La*gb.am place and mammy work for de Longs till she die.

	“~fl~en I git marry I many Dicey Allen and. she die and I never ~ rn&ry no o. I worked in wa‘ and on 4. og p ond. and. al lus gi t s by pretty good. I ain‘t done no work much de last ten yee~r, I‘s too old. “i: sort a looks after my graadchillen and I sho‘ loves dem. I sits ‘round and hUX~tB all de time. It am rheumatism In de feets, I reckon.

: ~ ‚~ got six graadohiflen and. three greg ..grandchillea aad dat one ~rou hears ~ I dat de baby I ~ ř rais ~ in dere.

~	“l‘s feared I didn‘t tell you so mch ‘bout thhtgs wi~ back, but ~te truth am, I can‘t ‘member like I used to


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