~x..s1ave Stories	Page Three
 (Texas)






foot, and go to de creek and git a start by wadin‘. Dey didn‘t miss him till he clear done and dat show what de rabbit foot done for him.

“to, Molly Cottontail, Be sho‘ not to fall, Give me you right hind foot, My luck won1t be for sale.t

	“De ;~raveyard rabbit am de best, kilt by a cross-~eyed pusson. De niggers all ‘lieved Gen. Lee carried a rabbit foot with him. To keep de rabbit foot‘s ltLck workin‘ ‚ it good to poui‘ soue whiske~r on it once in a while.

	“If you has a horseshoe over you door) be sho‘ it from de left, hind foot of a white hOse) but a gray hoes am better‘n none.

	“Conjures am sot with de dark or light of de moon, to make things waste or ~row, Iffen a hen crow, it best to wring her neck and bake her witL cranberry sauce and gravy and forgit ‘botit her crowin‘. Everybod~ know dat.

	“I larnt all dem spells from my daddy and mammy and de old folks, and niost of dem things works iffen yo~i tries dem.