| Summary: | jam v Mrs. H. And. H. He'd always say he was goin' to put 'em in his JAM-BLOCK [PT], see? JW. What's that? H. Oh that's a.a stick o' wood with a notch sawed out into [check] un, see, (WHAT) the old people one time used to hew sticks. They sawed out THE square knotch, saw down so far into the log like that, an' split it out, an' jam that in, see, and wedge it, keep it in place for hewin'. Well this is what they used to call the jam-block. This is what he was goin' Louis Mousse [PT] used to tell 'em he'd put 'em in _the jam-block_, see! JW. Now Louis used to say this, did he? H. Oh yes, he used to say this. Mrs H. Yes. JW. So .so the.he actually used to threaten the children himself? (HE) SAID, "Now you be good or I'll." H. Oh YEAH, "YOU." yeah. JW. ".I'll get hold to you and put you in!"? H. .PUT 'EM IN THE _JAM-BLOCK! Mrs. H. YES, "THAT'S (THERE A-STILL???) ," he'd say. H. ( ? ? ), YES Mrs. H.(WAS?) put you in the jam-block! And Gus an' Henry,you know,my brothers,THEY WAS frightened to death of un. (THOUGH??) (ANYHOW?) THEY (D) was wood all day long! Poor little DEVILS! THey used to work like slaves when.Louis [??] would be here! HE LIVE(D).He used to stay (AT) our place a lot. And he had a dog, you OVER. [reverse] know, an' I never opened my left eye till I was four years old. And he said to Pop, he said, "I'll tell you what to do," he said. "Let the dog lick her eye!" An' Pop said, "I'm afraid HE'LL (BLEED?)." He said, "No. (ARSE DAMN US??). No," he said. "AN' HE HOLDED the dog an'. Pop (WOULD) hold me. An' so that's what he did. An he licked my eye open. Yeah. . A good. Mom never had any bother with the children when._Louis_ [??] was around! 'cause they were frightened when _Louis_ [??] came up, and he stayed here (AT) OUR HOUSE A LOT! Yes J. WIDDOSON Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I not be jammed, jam-block Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 15 Jul 2015; Reverse of card at J_13527; Found in DNE but no stamp
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