"I has slep' wid dat knife dar ever' since dat time an' I ain't had no mo' trouble wid witches ner circulation nother. So I reckons dat I fixed her good an' plenty."
| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | Mary A. Hicks |
| No. Words: | 471 |
| Subject: | AUNT PLAZ |
| Source: | Plaz Williams |
| Editor: | Geo. L. Andrews |
AUNT PLAZ
An interview with Plaz Williams of Four Oaks who says that she is around 90 years of age.
"Margaret Thornton sez dat she has got de world record beat on nussin' but dat's whar she's wrong. She ain't a day over seventy, yit she sez dat she has nussed more dan I has an' me ninety. Right now I'se a nussin' of a 'oman what has jist got back from de hospital. Yes, mam, a heap of people sez dat dey'd rather have me dan de doctor.
"I wus borned in Mississippi, so dey tells me, den I wus sold ter Mr. Moses Mordecai of Raleigh, atter dat I 'longed ter a Mr. Henry Lane who lived in Wake County. Dar wus two er three of dem Lane's named Henry, course dis one wus de youngest.