harnt

"Ye do ez ye air bid, or it'll be the worse for ye," said the "harnt" in a quivering shrill tone.

Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896

"Ye do ez ye air bid, or it'll be the worse for ye," said the "harnt," in the same quivering, shrill tone.

In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885

An 'then I'd remember ez his mother war a widder-woman, an' he war nothin 'but a boy, an' boys air bound ter be gamesome an 'full o' jokes wunst in a while, an 'I'd feel like I war bound ter furgive him 'bout the harnt.

Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

"I ain't a-goin 'ter do the beck nor the bid of enny onmannerly harnt ez hev tuk up the notion ter riz up over the bluff inter Old Daddy's Window, an' sot hisself ter motionin 'ter me."

The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

"Though ye never seen no harnt, ye 'pear ter be fairly witched by that thar tricked-out blackberry bush."

Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

As he concluded, saying that five of the men had sent word that they would be at Jonas Creyshaw's house at moon-rise "ter holp him see the harnt," his son's brow darkened, and he strode heavily out of the room.

The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

"Studyin '' bout'n the harnt so much hev teched him in the head," the small boy concluded.

The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

"My son, -- my son hev seen a harnt, what riz up over the bluff a-purpose!"

The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

I war afeared o 'seein' su'thin 'oncommon -- his harnt, or some sech.

The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

He was ashamed, and he remembered that he had been afraid, for he had thought the man was some "roamin 'harnt."

The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Mary Noailles Murfree 1886