Fo' Gawd, nigger, whauh you been to school all dese yeahs, never to heah uv a nigger-stopper befo'!"

She stated, "Dese Buckners war sho good to me, eben now dey chilluns comes to see me and always bring me something.

I'se sho glad dat he had sense nuff ter go dis way or I'd be jes like dese old niggers dat is now on de Government.

Den I've remembers de basque waist on de over skirts dese war made real tight waists wid a point in de back en ober de stomach.

Miss Puss gave me a pair of red morocco shoes en I was made so happy, I'se neber fohgot dese shoes.

You wet dese cloes en put soft soap in dem, the soap war made outer ash lye en grease den dese cloes war spread on a smooth stump an beat wid paddles till dey war clean.

You wet dese cloes en put soft soap in dem, the soap war made outer ash lye en grease den dese cloes war spread on a smooth stump an beat wid paddles till dey war clean.

" "We uster use grease lamps, dese war made outer iron, wid a piece of cotton rope down in de grease on dis jes send out a puny smelly light.

" "Dese ole nigger slave traders uster so my Mammy said, steal de niggers from one Massa and dey would leave at night en stay in "Campbells Cave" den dey would take dese niggers wid a promise of freedom to Clarksville, Tenn., sell dem again on "Mr. Dunk Morr's" slave market.

" "Dese ole nigger slave traders uster so my Mammy said, steal de niggers from one Massa and dey would leave at night en stay in "Campbells Cave" den dey would take dese niggers wid a promise of freedom to Clarksville, Tenn., sell dem again on "Mr. Dunk Morr's" slave market.

Sometimes dese niggers if dey got a new Massa dat war mean would run erway en come back tar dar ole Massas.

" "I asked Mary if she was superstitious and she said 'no, cos niggers are edicatted dese days en dey don believe in all dat tom-foolery.

One of dese war de white man's fault, dis baby war born wid de jaundice en I tolds dis white man ter go ter de store en git me sum calomel en he says, "whoeber heard of givin a baby sech truck", an so dat baby died.

De night gowns war made on er yoke aufull full en big long sleeves wid a cuff at de hand en a deep hem at de bottom of de gown, dese gowns war made of domestic en wen dey war washed en starched en ironed dey wur be so stiff dey could stand erlone."

"Wen my Pappy kum home from de war, he war on de "Govmint" side he brung a pistol back wid him dat shot a ball dey hed caps on hit en used dese in de war.

"Course dar is hainted houses dese haints in dese places jes wont leave you erlone.

"Course dar is hainted houses dese haints in dese places jes wont leave you erlone.

Some Marsters wud whoop ther slaves til the blood would run down daw backs dese slaves would run away sometimes den sum would come to Ise Marse and would have to send dem back to dar own marsters and how my ole marster hated to see dem go.

She wears an old bodice with a very full skirt that comes to her ankles and this skirt has very long deep pockets and when I asked her why she had such pockets in her skirt her answer was, "Wal you sees honey I jes am used ter dis dress and thar is no way foh youse to had me git shud of hit, dese pockets is powerful venient

"I'se heared him say many time don't youse niggers whoop dese mules.

All dese ole niggers try to be so uppity by jes bein raised in de house and cause dey was why dey think is Quality.

"Shucks on dese niggers and dar ways now.

All dese high falutin things dey is doin now in child birth is tommy-rot dey oughter hev jes grannies now.

I livered more babies den most doctors sometimes de white folks had doctors but I don't take no stock in dese doctors.

If folks would tend ter babies like dey uster why dese people now wouldn't hev heart trouble.