£LI.SLLVE STOBtES	Page Three
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Tennessee, naine Sally.

	9Dere ~ four or five lmnerd. acres arid ‘bout sixty slaves. Dey ~it up ‘bout daylight and. come froi~i de ~i€ld in time to feed arid do de chores ‘fore dark. After work de old folks sot ‘round, fiddle and play de tCO~ie~fl and tell stories. Dat mostly after de crops laid by or on rainy days. On workin‘ time, dey iisuall7 tired and go to bed. Dey not work on Saturday afternoon or Sunday, Teept d~y gatherin‘ de crop Tgin a rain. Old înrm Jim Piper am fiddler and play for black and white dances. On Sunday massa ~nake us go t o church. Us Bing and pray in a li‘l log house on de plantation and sometit~es de preacher stop and

~	hold. meetin‘.

	“Massa John Sneed doctored from Austin to Lockhart and G‘onzales and my own mammy he trainto be midwife. She good pneumonia doctor and massa
	~ her care for dem.	S	‚ S

S ~	l‘on Christ~uias all us go to de big house and crowd ‘round massa. He S a li‘ 3. man and. some black ~‘ d carry him ~ rc~und on dere shoulders. All

•knowed dey gwine git de present. Dere a big tree with present for ‘everyone, white e~d black. Lote of eggnog arid ttu‘key and ba~Ced hawgs‘and all kind good things. Dere sllu~s lots of white folks company at massa‘s houSse and b~ ban-t quets and holidays and birthdays. Us like dem times, tca~ise work slack and food heavy. ~ve~y las‘ chile have he birthday celebrate with de big cálcé and present and ma~‘be de quarter in silver from old massa, bless he soul. Us play kissin‘ games and ring plays and. one song ~ like &ts: .

	S	. ~“Itm tu de well, S ~ S How many feet?
Five. who‘d ~it you. out?‘
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