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~Ie had a half day off on Sunday, but you won‘ t ‚ 1owe~ to visit. Sometimes de men slaves would put logs in de beds, and dey‘d cover ‘ent up, den dey go out. Maatah would see de logs and think dey wuz de slaves. ~

~t~~1y father told nie dere wuz once a mastah who sold a slave woman and her


son. Many years after dis, de womanmarried. One day when she wuz washing her I ~ ba ck ehe seen a scar on hi s back . De woman ‚ membere d de scar. ~t wuz

de scar her mastah had put on her son. ‘Course dey didn‘t stay married, but de woman wouldn‘t ever let her son leave her.“
Superstitions told by Mrs. Georgina ~liwbs
1.	‘Ef a dog turns on hi. s back and howls ‚ ‚ ‚ is a sign of death. ~
2.	tIEf yer drope a dish rag on de floor and it spreads out, ‘tie de sign dat a hungry woman is gwine ter corne to yer house. Ef de rag don‘t spread out den a hungry man is a coming.“



‚1.	~Ef a black cat crosses yer path going to d~ right, ‘tis good luck. Ef de cat goes tQ de left ‘tie bad luck.~‘


4.	Ef a girl walks aroung wif one shoe off and one on, she ‚ li stay single as niany years as de nwnber of steps she taken.