b. Saying Grace.
Rennie Macfarlane, Mandeville.
Brer Fox catch Brer Rabbit again. So he gwine kill him, an’ Brer Rabbit said, “Do, Brer Fox, as you gwine kill me, have prayers.” An’ he said, “Clasp you hands an’ say what I say: ‘O God, bless an’ blind us!’ ” but Brer Fox thought he say “Bless an’ help us,” an’ he say it. An’ Rabbit run away an’ they never see him. [[65]]
c. Pretending Dead.
Rennie Macfarlane, Mandeville.
When Brer Fox want to get Brer Rabbit again, he an’ Bear make up to catch him. Brer Bear go to Brer Rabbit yard an’ tell him that Brer Fox dead an’ he mus’ help him bury him, for he an’ Brer Fox friends. When he go to Brer Fox yard, he see Brer Fox lying down. Brer Rabbit put on his bonpon[1] hat an’ coatie an’ spectacle an’ sit up in a rocking-chair an’ say, “I never see it so! What a style! what a funniness! I think that when folks fall down die, they always cock up their foot in the air an’ make ‘pooh!’ ” An’ Brer Fox cock up his foot in the air an’ say, “Pooh!” an’ Brer Rabbit go away an’ say, “A man like you never dead yet!”
[1] A round tin cooking pot is called a “bonpon”. So is a high round hat. [↑]