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Project #-1655 Mrs. Genevieve W. Chandler Murrells Inlet, S.C. Georgetown County FOLKLORE UNCLE BEN HORRY (Uncle Ben lives in his own cabin with his second wife, Stella. Formerly a...
NAT TURNER Back 'fore the sixties, I can 'member my Mistress, Miss Sara Ann, comin' to de window an' hollerin', "De niggers is arisin'! De niggers is arisin'! De niggers is killin'...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Maggie Stenhouse, (a mile down the railway track), Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 72? "Mama was owned by Master Barton. She lived on...
"Wus dat you spoke, Or a fence rail broke?" Br'er Rabbit say to de Jay [50]W'en you don't speak sof', Y[=o]' baits comes off; An' de fish jes swim away. [50] The last three lines o...
Rose's red, vi'lets blue. Sugar is sweet but not lak you. De vi'lets fade, de roses fall; But you gits sweeter, all in all. As shore as de grass grows 'round de stump, You is my da...
Grasshopper a-settin' on a sweet tater vine, 'Long come a Blackbird an' nab him up behind. Blackbird a-settin' in a sour apple tree; Hawk grab him up behind; he "Chee! Chee! Chee!"...
'Possum up de gum stump, Dat raccoon in de holler; Twis' 'im out, an' git 'im down, An' I'll gin you a half a doller. 'Possum up de gum stump, Yes, cooney in de holler; A pretty ga...
Dat still water, it run deep. Dat shaller water prattle. Dat tongue, hung in a holler head, Jes roll 'round an' rattle.
Once upon a time I taught school in the hills of Tennessee, where the broad dark vale of the Mississippi begins to roll and crumple to greet the Alleghanies. I was a Fisk student t...
A very limited statement of the argument for impartial suffrage, and for including the negro in the body politic, would require more space than can be reasonably asked here. It is...
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FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Name of interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Apparitions Subject: Superstitions Subject: Birthmarks Story:--Information This information given by: Annie Page...
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Name of Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Superstitions Story:--Information This information given by: Jesse Meeks Place of residence: 707 Elm Street, Pin...
Mrs. Carol Graham Mrs. Mildred Thompson El Dorado District Fannie Sims. Customs. "How ole is ah? Ise about 78. Yes'm ah wuz live durin de wah. Mah ole moster wuz Mistuh Jake Dumas...
Interviewer: Thomas Elmore Lucy Person interviewed: Caroline Smith, Russellville, Arkansas Age: 83 "Ca'line Smith's my name and dey calls me 'Aunt Ca'line.' I was born about de yea...
Driskell JWL 10-12-37 [MR. WILLIAM WARD] Following is Mr. William Ward's description of the bed called "The Grand Rascal." "De beds dat all o' de slaves slept in wus called 'Grand...
FOLKLORE (Negro) Minnie B. Ross [MRS. CELESTIA AVERY] In a small house at 173 Phoenix Alley, N.E. lives a little old woman about 5 ft. 2 in. in height, who is an ex-slave. She gree...
COMPILATION RICHMOND COUNTY--EX-SLAVE INTERVIEWS FOLK REMEDIES AND SUPERSTITION Written by: Louise Oliphant Federal Writers' Project Augusta, Georgia Edited by: John N. Booth Distr...
COMBINED INTERVIEWS [HW: Dist 1-2 Ex-Slave #24] FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECTS, Augusta-Athens Supervisor: Miss Velma Bell [Date Stamp: MAY 8 1937] EXCERPTS FROM SLAVE INTERVIEWS [ADELI...
Whitley, 4-29-37 Ex-Slave #119 MAMMY DINK IS DEAD [HW: (From Columbus News-Record of Dec-8-1936)] Mammy Dink, who cooked and served and gained pure joy through faithful service, ha...
Elizabeth Watson M.G. 7/15/37 MELVIN SMITH, Ex-Slave, 96 Years [Date Stamp: JUL 28 1937] "Yes'm, I show does 'member all 'about my white folks an' th' war 'cause I was twenty-four...