Plantation bird legends Volume 1916
Martha Young
Paperback
(RareBooksClub.com, March 4, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... Bird, he all time skeered when he ain't boastin' and bawlin'. All time boastin' and bawlin' when he ain't skeered. "So soon as Bad Man 'gin ter argue, Br'er Jay holler: I 'll pay! I 'll pay! I 'll pay! I 'll pay! My note 's good! I 'm Mister Jay! I 'll pay! "Dat all Bad Man want. He tell Mister Jay all de pay he ax is des fer him ter come down to his place ever' Friday, twixt twelve o'clock, 'midst er de day, and three o'clock 'fo' sundown, and bring a little stick er wood and give it to ole Aunt Squatty. "Friday, twixt dem two times er de day, you nor me nor nobody don't see no Jay Bird heah. "Dey ain't heah. "Sis' Dove, she was right behine Jay wid a grit er dirt also. Bad Man tried to skeer her. But he did n't. She kep' on fetchin and totin' twel she start de worl' a-rollin' ag'in. "'T won't do ter be too skeery. "Cap'n Sparrer needed his spring plowin' done, and he, little as he do be, skeer Mister Jay inter puttin' his neck in de plow yoke. Hit's dar yit. "Cap'n Sparrer, he hoi' de lines, and he love ter say: Gee-up! Gee! Gee! You plow for me! Fer me! Gee! "Sometime Jay git sorry 'bout all his troubles and den you hear him singin': Po'Jay! Po'Jay! "But mos' time he ain't sorry 'bout nothin' he done. He des dance whilst de kill-dee' pick de banjo, des as happy as a nigger in jail, dancin' and singin', and livin' easy off eatin' county vitries." ©OOOOOOO00OO©OOO &t tfje Cnti of tje 2Une OOOO0OOOOOOOOOOO TTl 7ITCH MENEE'S daughter had come on a special "TM errand to-day to bring for the richest man in the settlement an infallible cure for consumption (according to darky lore). The cure was simple: Elder-berries ripened and dried in the sun, boiled in water to cover well, and when t...