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	se111 de early day, U3 hab to b~ keerf‘nl. De~ i~ay witches rid.e dey hosses on de dak nichts. Us a11u.~ put hossshoes over de door to keep de witch out. I~fen us go out at nicht, us go rount de house three time so de witch not come in while us gone.

	UI,3 fifteen year oie when I marry. ~1I‘~s Paul was from d.c

~es‘. He was de fus1 husban‘. Ue hab a rca]. weddin‘ with a bride ye il. My weddin ‚ dre s s hang ‚ way back on de fi o ‚ ‚ ana. ah inc I ike silver. Dey hab big dance and. eat supper.

	tlMy secor~d husban‘ name‘ Robert Brown and. I~s ruu.d.cIer of ten

chillun. ‘Sides dat, I rai3es six or seveii day I pick up on de street ‘cause dey orfums and hab nobody to care for dem. Some dem chullun drif‘ ‘bout now and I rouldn‘ know ‘en if I seed. ‘~nL
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