Code No.	No. Words_____
Project, 1~5—(i)	Red.uoed ~ words
Prepared by ~nnte Ruth Davis	Rewritten by
Plaoe, Marion, S.C.	____________________
Date, December 13, 1937	Page 2. ~ —~ 1~Ic3IL~~


de~e won‘ no other hand gwine trouble dey way no time to lIft me up. Oh, my mammy, she been name Katie Brown cause my parents, dey belonged to de old man Foster Brown in dey slavery day. Dat how—conie I been raise up a OÖUIitry child dere on Mr. Brown‘s plantation. Another thing, like as you might be a no~tioin, I am‘ never been married neither. No, marri, I am‘ never been married cause I is always been use a stick in walkin in my early days en nev~r didn‘ nobody want me. Yes,mam, I know I every bit of 70 or gwine on ~O years old to my mind en I think it a blessin de Lord preserve me dis long to de world. Cose I often wonders why de good Massa keep me here en take dem what able to work for dernselves.“

	“Yes, honey, wid c3od harness on me, I come here to dis town a grown woman to live en I been livin right here by my— self in dis saine house near bout 20 years. Qose dere a little l2...year~.old country girl dat stays here wid me while de school be gwine on so as to get some learnin. Yes‘um, I pays Ç2.00 every month for dis here room en it am1 worth nothin to speak bout. Pap Scott‘s daughter stay in dat other room over dere. No,inam, dere amt but just dese two rooms to de house. You, see, my buildin does leak en I has a big time some of dese days. See here, child, I has dis piece of oilcloth cro~~ my bed. en when it rains on a night, I sleeps in dat chair over dere en lets it drop on de oilcloth. Den when it càrnes a storm, my Lord, dere Buch a racketi I be settin here ].ookin for dat top up dere to be tuinblin down on me de next crack en seems like it does give me such a misery in my head.. Yes,mam,