In the upper part of Guinea, geuera11y~ lcnown as the “HoOk,“ you ~V11I find two very interesting characters,, both Negroes. Aunt Susan Kelly, ~who is a ~4~n4VG4 years old, and Simon Stokes, who is near a hundred.

Aunt Susan is loved by	all who know her, for she is a very lofable old Negro. Aunt Susan‘s Story

.. .	“My mammy, Anna I3urrell, ~~YEZ a slave, her massa v~z Col. Hayes, of Woodwell; he v~uz very good ter his slaves. He nebber sold mainmij or Suis ehilluns; he kept we ails tergether, and we libediri a little cabin in d~e yard.

	“My job wuz xnindin‘ massa‘s and inissus‘ ohulluns ail dey long, &idpuitin‘ dem ter bald at night; dey had ter habe a story told ter dem befo‘ dey would go ter sleep; and de baby hed ter be rocked; and I had ter sing fo‘ kier!Rook a~by

bz~tby, close dem e~res, befo‘ olé can man comes, rock as‘by baby don? let old san iflE~fl cotch yö‘ peepin‘~ befo~ she would go ter sleep.

	•“MsiTmly used ter bake ash—cakes; dey ~iz made wid iiieal, i~id a little salt and mixed wid water; den mammy would rake up de ashes in de fire.‘place;den she would make up de meal in round caks, and put de~ onde hot brickster bake; wexi dey hed cooked roun‘ de edges, she would put ashes on de top ob dem, arnd wen dey wus nice and brown she took dein ot~t and I~&~& dem off wid water.

	~JIa:nm]y said it wuz very bad hack ter meet a woman early in de mornin‘ walkin‘~ and nebber carry back salt dat t hate borrowed, fo ‚ it wi Il bring bad luck ter

.~ yo‘ andter de oneyo‘ brungitter. If yo‘ nose idhe3 on de right side a man ~ is cothnb‘if de lef‘ side iches a woman is ooxnin‘; if it lobes on de end a man and woman ~ sho ‚ ter come ~in a short. ~ ~ .

1...~ “ror a hawk ter fly ober de house is sho‘ sigù ob death, tot de hawk ~‚i].rcall
	~ corpses wen Ite flies ober. „ • ~	~ ~
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Gloucester
FOLK~~ORE•

M~1teri~ü from Upper Gi4ziea.