Subject:Pup
Entries
Entry 10908
An' den, too, ag'in, if yo' want 'em tuh move, if yo' wanta upset peoples an' have confusion, yo' git chew a small little [young] cat an' a [young] dog: Yo' know, when a cat an a dog git tuhgethah, his bris- tles raises. Well, yo' takes dat cat an' put him tuh where a dog kin see 'em; an' when dey bristles raise up, clip de bristles off de cat an' offa de dog an' mix it tuhget- hah. An' if yo' kin git in dey house, why yo' carry it in dere an' throw it about in de house an' walk on out. Well, dat breaks 'em up an' keeps 'em always stirred up, confused tuh death.
Entry 3434
It jes' lak dis: if yo' were a man - is yo' a man an goin' wit anothah man's wife. Now, lemme see if dat right. Yes. Aw - no. If yo' wuz goin' wit anothah woman an' yore wife found it out, an' she killed a puppy an' cooked dat puppy livah an' give it to yo', why yo' an' 'er [other woman] when yo' have connection yo' would git hitched [= tied]. Yo'd git hitched, an' yo' know it take doctors [M.D.'s] dat know dere business to unhitch yo'.
Entry 7016
Well, if yo' got a man an' yo' don' want 'im tuh drink whiskey, yo' roun' an' de firs' dog dat chew see wit young puppies, real young puppies, yo' ast de lady who owns it tuh let chew milk, or let 'er milk a li'le of dat milk intuh a glass. An' git about six or eight tea- spoonsfulla dat milk in de glass an' po' about - well, a gill of whiskey tuh it, an' let 'im drink it. No mo' whiskey fo' him.
(That will stop his drinking?)
YasSuh, it'll stOp 'em. AH STOPPED ONE FO' A WHITE LADY OUT DERE ON DE OLE STREET.
(That really will stop them.)