_Hair rise_, badly frightened
_Haky_ ⎫
_Harky_⎭ hearken to, heed
_Han_, hand
_Hanker_, long for, desire
_Hatchich_, hatchet
_Head_, get the better of
_Head um_, get ahead of him
_Hebby_, heavy
_Holler_, halloo, hollow
_Hoona_, you
_Hot_, to hurt
_Huccum_, how happens it, why, how come
_Huddy_, how d’ye do
_Ile me bade_, grease my mouth
_Isself_, himself, herself, itself, themselves
_Jew_, dew
_Jist_, just
_Juk_, jerk
_Ketch_, catch, reach to, approach
_Kibber_, cover
_Kine_, kind
_Knowledge_, acknowledge, admit
_Labuh_, labor
_Lass_, to suffice for, to last
_Lean fuh_, set out for
_Led-down_, lay down
_Leek_, to lick with the tongue
_Leely_ ⎫
_Leetle_⎭ little
_Leff_, to leave, did leave, left
_Leggo_, to let go
_Leh_, let
_Lemme_, let me
_Lenk_, length
_Libbin_, living
_Lick_, to whip, stroke of the whip
_Lickin_, whipping
_Lick back_, turn rapidly back
_Lief_, leave, permission
_Light on_, to mount
_Light out_, to start off
_Long_, with, from
_Lub_, love
_Luk_ ⎫
_Lucker_⎭ like
_Mange_, mane
_Medjuh_, measure
_Mek_, make, made
_Mek fuh_, to go to
_Mek out_, fare, thrive, succeed
_Member_, to remind
_Men eh pace_, increase his speed
_Mine_, mind, heed, take care of
_Miration_, wonder, astonishment
_Mo_, more
_Moober_, moreover
_Mona_ ⎫
_Moner_⎭ more than
_Mona dat_, more than that
_Mose_, almost
_Mossa_, master
_Mouf_⎫
_Mout_⎭ mouth
_Murrer_, mother
_Mussne_, must not
_Muster_, must have
_Nabor_, neighbor
_Narruh_, another
_Nebber_, never
_Nekked_, naked
_Nes_, nest
_New Nigger_, a negro fresh from Africa
_Nigh_, to draw near to
_Notus_, notice, observe
_Noung_, young
_Nudder_, another
_Nuff_, enough
_Nummine_, never mind
_Nurrer_, neither, another
_Nuse_, use, employ
_Nussen_, used to, accustomed to
_Nuss_, nurse
_Nuttne_, nothing
_Obersheer_, overseer
_Offer_, off of
_Ole_, old
_Ooman_, woman, women
_Out_, to go out, to extinguish
_Outer_, out of
_Pahler_, parlor
_Passon_, parson
_Pate_, path
_Pen pon_, depend upon
_Perwision_, provisions
_Pinder_, ground-nuts, peanuts
_Pint_, direct, directed, point
_Pintment_, appointment
_Pit_, put, apply
_Playpossum_, to fool, to practice deceit
_Pledjuh_, pleasure
_Po_, poor, pour
_Pon_, upon
_Pooty_, pretty
_Pose_, post
_Prommus_, promise
_Pruppus_, on purpose
_Pusson_, person
_Quaintun_, acquainted with
_Quaintance_, acquaintances
_Quile_, to coil, coiled
_Quire_, to inquire, inquired
_Rale_, very truly, really
_Range_, reins
_Rastle_, to wrestle
_Retch_, to reach, to arrive at
_Ribber_, river
_Riz_, rose
_Roose_, roost
_Sabe_, to know
_San_, sand
_Sarbis_, service, kindness
_Satify_ ⎫
_Saterfy_⎭ satisfied, happy, content
_Scace_, scarce
_Schway_, to swear, swore
_Scuse_, excuse
_Seaznin_, seasoning
_Sebbn_, seven
_Sed_, sit, sat
_Sed-down_, sit down, sat down
_Shet_, shut
_Sho_, sure
_Sholy_, surely
_Shum_, to see it, see him, see her, see them
_Sider_, on the side of
_Sisso_, say so
_Skade_, scared
_Smate_, smart
_Sofe_, soft
_Soon man_, very smart, wide-awake man
_Sorter_, sort of, after a fashion
_Sparruh_, sparrow
_Spec_, expect
_Spose_, expose
_Spute_, contest the championship with
_State_, start, begin
_Steader_⎫
_Stidder_⎭ instead of
_Straighten fur_, run rapidly for
_Stroy_, destroy
_Sukkle_, circle, fly around
_Summuch_, so much
_Sutten_, certain, sudden
_Suttenly_, certainly, suddenly
_Swade_, persuade
_Swode_, sword
_Tack_, to attack
_Tackle_, to hold to account
_Tan_, to stand
_Tarrify_, to terrify, to annoy
_Tarruh_ ⎫
_Turruh_ ⎭ the other
_Tase_, to taste, taste
_Tay_, stay
_Tek_, take
_Tek wid um_, pleased with him, her, or it
_Tek you foot_, to walk
_Tel_, until
_Ten_, attend to
_Tend_, intend
_Tenk_ ⎫
_Tenky_ ⎭ to thank, thanks
_Ter_ ⎫
_Teh_ ⎭ to
_Tetch_, touch
_Tetter_, potatoes
_Tick_, thick, abundant, a stick
_Ticket_, thicket
_Tickler_, particular
_Tief_, to steal, thief
_Ting_, thing
_Tird_, third
_Titter_, sister
_Togerruh_, together
_Tole_, told
_Topper_, on top of, on
_Tote_, carry
_Trabble_, travel
_Tru_, through
_Truss_, trust
_Trute_, truth
_Tuff_, tuft
_Tuk_, took
_Tun_, turn, return
_Tun flour_, to cook hominy
_Up ter de notch_, in the best style
_Usen_, to be in the habit of
_Vise_, to advise
_Vive_, revive
_Wan_, to want, to wish, want
_Warse_, wasp
_Wase_, waste
_Way_, where
_Wayebber_, wherever
_Whalin ob er_, enormous, severe
_Wid_, with
_Wile_, while
_Win_, wind
_Wine_, vine
_Wish de time er day_, to say good-bye, how d’ye do
_Wud_, word
_Wudduh dat_, what is that
_Wuffer_, what for, why, what to
_Wuh_, what, which, who
_Wuhebbuh_, whatever
_Wuk_, work
_Wul_, world
_Wunt_, will not, would not
_Wurrum_, worms
_Wus_, worse
_Wus den nebber_, worse than ever
_Wut_, worth
_Yad_, yard
_Yearin_, hearing
_Yeddy_, to hear, to hearken to
_Yender_ ⎫
_Yent_ ⎭ not, was not, were not
_Yent day day_, is not there, are not there
_Yeye_, eye, eyes
_Yez_, ear, ears
_Yiz_, am, is, to be, did
_Yuh_, here
_Zamine_, examine
NUMBERS
_One_, one
_Two_, two
_Tree_, three
_Fo_, four
_Fibe_, five
_Six_, six
_Sebbn_, seven
_Eight_, eight
_Nine_, nine
_Ten_, ten
_Lebbn_, eleven
_Twelbe_, twelve
_Tirteen_, thirteen
_Foteen_, fourteen
_Fifteen_, fifteen
_Sixteen_, sixteen
_Sebbnteen_, seventeen
_Eighteen_, eighteen
_Nineteen_, nineteen
_Twenty_, twenty
_Tirty_, thirty
_Forty_, forty
_Fifty_, fifty
_Sixty_, sixty
_Sebbnty_, seventy
_Eighty_, eighty
_Ninety_, ninety
_One hundud_, one hundred
_One tousan_, one thousand
MONTHS OF THE YEAR
_Jinnywerry_, January
_Febbywerry_, February
_Mache_, March
_Aprul_, April
_May_, May
_June_, June
_Jully_, July
_Augus_, August
_Sectember_, September
_October_, October
_Nowember_, November
_December_, December
DAYS OF THE WEEK
_Mundy_, Monday
_Chuseday_, Tuesday
_Wensday_, Wednesday
_Tursday_, Thursday
_Friday_, Friday
_Sattyday_, Saturday
_Sunday_, Sunday
Transcriber’s Note
Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like
this_. Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end
of the story in which the anchor occurs. The following were amended:
Added close quotation mark to sentence:
“Tenky, tenky, ... me git all dis money.”
Changed ‘heaper’ to ‘heap er’ ... eenwite heap er fren ...
Changed ‘ob er’ to ‘ober’ ... all ober sutten, ...
Changed ‘XLI’ to ‘LXI’ for final chapter number.