Brer

"Is your name Brer Dan'l?" asked Dumps, who remembered Uncle Bob's story of Daniel's praying three times a day.

Diddi, Dumps, and Tot 1882

"Is your name Brer Dan'l?" asked Dumps, who remembered Uncle Bob's story of Daniel's praying three times a day.

Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878

The stories I liked best were about a cheeky rabbit called Brer Rabbit who was always tricking people.

The Woman I Was Born to Be Susan Boyle 2010

So I Google/Image the term Brer Rabbit just to see what comes up.

Think Progress » Memorandum To Tony Snow On The Use Of The Term ‘Tar Baby’ 2006

Fronting a group called Brer, he caught the attention of a major label.

Cleveland Scene 2010

Fronting a group called Brer, he caught the attention of a major label.

Cleveland Scene 2010

Seventeen negroes of the white Baptist churches in the section contiguous to Edgefield, C. H., procured their letters and earnestly requested "Brer" Bettis to be their spiritual leader.

Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Alexander Bettis. Also an Account of the Founding and Development of the Bettis Academy 1913

To myself it seems that the poet chiefly revels in a very familiar subject of savage humour (notably among the Zulus), the extraordinary feats and tricks of a tiny and apparently feeble and helpless person or animal, such as Brer Rabbit.

The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878

"'Brer' Possum, I done bin tuck wid a likin 'fer you long time' fo 'dis.

Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878

"'Brer' Possum, I done bin tuck wid a likin 'fer you long time' fo 'dis.

Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878