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"'W'at kine er collar dat nigger got roun' his neck? er, ef dey knowed 'im, 'Is yer stole any mo' hams lately? er 'W'at yer take fer yo' neckliss, Dave? er some joke er 'nuther 'bout dat ham. "Fus' Dave didn' mine it so much, caze he knowed he hadn' done nuffin.
Uncollected Uncle Julius Stories Dave's Neckliss A Deep Sleeper Lonesome Ben Essay Superstitions and Folk-Lore of the South Dave's Neckliss "Have some dinner, Uncle Julius?" said my wife. It was a Sunday afternoon in early autumn. Our two women-servants had gone to a camp-meeting some miles away, and would not return until evening.
En den he says ter Dave, sezee: "'Now, suh, yer'll wear dat neckliss fer de nex' six mont's; en I 'spec's yer ner none er de yuther niggers on dis plantation won' steal no mo' bacon dyoin' er dat time. "Well, it des 'peared ez if fum dat time Dave did n' hab nuffin but trouble. De niggers all turnt ag'in' 'im, caze he be'n de 'casion er Mars Dugal' turnin' 'em all ober ter Mars Walker.
Is dat a cha'm fer ter keep off witches, er is it a noo kine er neckliss yer got? "Po' Dave did n' knowed w'at ter do. De las' one he had pended on fer ter stan' by 'im had gone back on 'im, en dey did n' 'pear ter be nuffin mo' wuf libbin' fer.
Is dat a cha'm fer ter keep off witches, er is it a noo kine er neckliss yer got? "Po' Dave didn' knowed w'at ter do. De las' one he had 'pended on fer ter stan' by 'im had gone back on 'im, en dey didn' 'pear ter be nuffin mo' wuf libbin' fer.
"Oh," replied Annie, "Uncle Julius says that ghosts never disturb religious worship, but that if Sandy's spirit SHOULD happen to stray into meeting by mistake, no doubt the preaching would do it good." DAVE'S NECKLISS by Charles W. Chesnutt "Have some dinner, Uncle Julius?" said my wife. It was a Sunday afternoon in early autumn.
"'W'at kine er collar dat nigger got roun' his neck? er, ef dey knowed 'im, 'Is yer stole any mo' hams lately? er 'W'at yer take fer yo' neckliss, Dave? er some joke er 'nuther 'bout dat ham. "Fus' Dave did n' mine it so much, caze he knowed he had n' done nuffin.
En den he says ter Dave, sezee: "'Now, suh, yer'll wear dat neckliss fer de nex' six mont's; en I 'spec's yer ner none er de yuther niggers on dis plantation won' steal no mo' bacon dyoin' er dat time. "Well, it des 'peared ez if fum dat time Dave didn' hab nuffin but trouble. De niggers all turnt ag'in' 'im, caze he be'n de 'casion er Mars Dugal' turnin' 'em all ober ter Mars Walker.
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