| Summary: | flake B. .you gets a awful lot of _trimmin_' [PT], my son! .got no _trimmins_ FROM my mother but I got a awful lot from _the ole man_! . .YOU TAKE. . ./Beatin'/ a child don't make no.don't make sense.(As . ) that. foolish stuff. TO A CHILD. TALK TO A CHILD you know and telliN UN the difference (THE BLOODY TREE ??) HAS DONE if he done anything bad. .Do you think? What do you think? . then you'll make (them?) hate you,see. Soon as you comes to grow up big,well, WE'LL SAY,BECAUSE O' DOIN' (NEED?) the things that he did do,you know, (BY THE CHILDREN.AND?. ??).Now,warn UN for if he'd do it again,if 'twas anything.IF 'TWAS.HE. HE'D. make a bad shot(of it. ??) JW. In the old days they used to threaten children,didn't they,with/various things? What would they threaten children with around here in the old times? [PT] B.Oh,a _big piece o' rope_ or a stick,THEY USED! That's what we used to get _the trimmin'_ with: whatever _father_ could first come to his hand,he used to come on to we with!You know, one o' those _tree flake-boughs_, when we'd be on a flake,and _didn't do what he'd tell us_; if _we'd step one way or th'other or knock a caplin down through when we were spreadin'_ 'NT.?? _caplin_,he'd grab this stick,you know,AND HE SHIPPED (SHIFTING??)ROUND,BUCK BEFORE.HE WOULD JW. Did they ever used to threaten you with.with things outside? .What would they say when they said that? [*PT] [*PT] B. Oh well.well they'd.they'd threaten us then that _hell_ was our doom.There was no. no such thing then only _hell_ was.was the next thing we was goin' to get! JW. (?? Were such things as _the Black Man_ ever threatened on children? ??) B. Oh yes. He was comin' (NOW??), pretty soon after it! Threats Yes J. WIDDOSON DNE-cit Card 1 of 2. OVER [check] [check] [check] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used Threats. _TRIMMING_, _THE BLACK MAN_ _DEVIL_ [Jack the lantern] _Stranger_ [*PT] Indicates a phonetic transcription of the word below it was inserted there.
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