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  • But ez I wuz a-sayin ', he tuk de ham ober ter Aun' Peggy's; en Aun 'Peggy tole' im dat w'en Mars Dugal 'begin ter prume de grapevimes, he mus' go en take 'n scrape off de sap whar it ooze out'n de cut een's er de vimes, en' n'int his ball head wid it; en ef he do dat once't a year de goopher wouldn 'wuk agin' im long ez he done it.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • But ez I wuz a-sayin ', he tuk de ham ober ter Aun' Peggy's; en Aun 'Peggy tole' im dat w'en Mars Dugal 'begin ter prume de grapevimes, he mus' go en take 'n scrape off de sap whar it ooze out'n de cut een's er de vimes, en' n'int his ball head wid it; en ef he do dat once't a year de goopher wouldn 'wuk agin' im long ez he done it.

    The Goophered Grapevine 1887

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