The Story of the Deluge
This story is Uncle Remus's version of a flood story. In this story all the animals in the world got together in an assembly to discuss complaints and straighten out other matters. There was so much ruckus going on that an elephant stepped on a crawdad and killed him. The crawdads got pretty mad and tried to get the attention of the assembly, but went unheard. Not long after, the elephant stepped on another crawdad and killed him too. The crawdads tried again to get the assemblies attention to no end. The finally decided to bore holes in the ground so deep that the waters welled up and flooded the earth.
Plantation Proverbs
Some of my favorites were:
-Mole don't see w'at his naber doin'.
-Don't fling away de empty wallet.
-W'en coon take water he fixin' fer ter fight.
-Ha'nts don't bodder longer hones' folks, but you better go 'roun' de grave-yard.
And my favorite:
-Licker talks mighty loud w'en it git loose fum de jug.
Antique Liquor Jug. Source: Pixabay.
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