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Dibble, Fred, P.L, Grey, Bernice, V.L,
Beatmiont, Jefferson, Dist. #3.


	$tDen dere was five or six of us boys to keep de dogs out de sheep. You know iffen de dogs git in de sheep dey apt to kil I ~ em. „
	“Us go huntint wid. de dogs lots of time, and lots

of time us ketch rabbits. Dey was six dogs, ~nd de rabbits we kotch was so much vittles for us. I ‘member one night us went out htuitin‘ and ketch fo‘ or Live rabbits. Us tek ~ em home and clean and dress ‚ eùi, and put ~ em in de pot to have bi~ rabbit supper. I was puttin‘ some red pepper in de pot to season ‘em, and den I rub my eyes wid my han‘ and git dat pepper in my eyes and it sho‘ burn. You know how red pepper burn when it git in your eyes, I nebber will forgit ‘bOut dat red pepper. De ol‘ folks uster show us how to fix de t‘ings we ketch huntin‘, and cook lerntt

	“01‘ marster sho‘ ttOUght mot of his litl nigger chil~

len. He uster ride in de quarters ‘cause he like to see tern come runnint. De cook, she was a ol‘ woman name‘ Forney,

and she had to see atter feedin‘ de chilien. She had a way of callin‘ tern up. ~he holler, ‘Tee, tee, t-e—e; aiid all us li~l niggers jis‘ come runz~in‘. 01‘ marster he ride up and say, ‘Forney, call up dem li~l pickaninnies, t and o].‘ Forney she 11ft up her voice and holler, ‘Tee, t-e-e,