13. My father have a t’ing in him yard; when it sick it look up to heaven, when it get better it look down to the devil.[4]
—Bunch of Bananas.
14. My father has a cock in his yard, doesn’t crow till the sun is hot.
—Castor-oil bean, which cracks open in the sun.
15. My father have a thing in his yard, run off cover up the whole ground.
—Pumpkin-vine.
16. My father have ten trees in his yard an’ two taller than the rest.
—Fingers.
17. My father got a tank in his yard, don’t care how the rain come never catch water; but soon as little dirt get into it, it full.
—Eye.