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Note: Many of the stories and jokes in this recording contain offensive language, sexual content, and racial slurs. There are also descriptions of violence and beastiality. This is the first part of a two part recording which starts with Roger Hembree telling stories about soldiers and a newly-wed couple. Next at 2:37, Dan Wellborn, the interviewer, tells a humorous story about a 16 year-old boy who uses his duck to convince a woman to have sex with him. At 4:50 the interviewees tell preacher tales, most involving animals. Hembree and Wellborn tell stories about sexual relations at 7:15, followed by more preacher tales. At 12:01 Hembree tells a humorous story about a taxi driver on a date at a drive-in movie theater. Wellborn tells a story at 13:41 about a Georgian who brings an alligator to a bar in New York City. Then Hembree tells an antisemetic story about a Jewish bartender who refuses to serve a Black patron. At 16:10 Wellborn tells a joke about a snake, then a racist anecdote about Black women getting their photos taken. Next at 19:25 Wellborn tells more preacher tales, and Hembree tells a story about a candy salesman. Next, Wellborn tells a story at 22:30 about a traveling salesman and one about a pregnant Black woman. Then, Hembree talks about women who lived behind his house as a child. At 28:44 the interviewees tell stories involving beastiality. Hembree tells an anecdote at 31:09 about a moonshiner setting up equipment on his fathers property. Then Eddie Williams enters the recording by telling two jokes, one about a vampire and the other about a bull. Wellborn tells more preacher tales at 34:25, and Williams interjects with a joke about a penguin and a nun. At 39:40 the interviewees tell stories and jokes about LGBTQ+ identifying people. Then at 48:35 Hembree tells a tale about a northerner who picks up a Black hitchhiker reluctant to trust the driver in Georgia. Next, Williams tells a story about a Black night guard at Fort Benning, then one about Black passengers on a crashing plane who are forced to jump without a parachute. Next at 56:30 Williams tells a ghost story about a haunted house. At the conclusion of the recording, the interviewees tell stories pertaining to bars and saloons.
Roger Morgan Hembree (1945- ) was born to Leonard Lynn Page Hembree (1913-1981) and Olivia Louise Hembree (1916-2003) and raised near Athens, Georgia. His family later moved to College Park, Georgia, where he graduated from College Park High School. He married Kathy Sandbridge Hembree and later moved to Hampton, Georgia. Edward Eddie Williams (1944-1994) was born in Lake Park, Georgia, to John H. Williams Jr. (1906-1995) and Louise Williams (1927-1993). He was raised in South Fulton County, Georgia, and lived there most of his life. Between 1965-1968, Williams served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Afterward, he moved to Conley, Georgia. Daniel J. Wellborn (1950- ) was raised in rural North Georgia and graduated from Georgia State University. Additional biographical information has not been determined.
JOKlijS AND ~YrOnIES Daniel J. 17"nbm~n Folk 301 Burris on 111~t (/J, ! {.. ...f,/i (,', (, I rrhe .jokos and st.ories inc1:ndod in this pO.POY' v{oro coI1eo'\'txJ. RL a get.,~"(,og(1thC}r '\'r~Uh Hoger Hembree at his apartmen~ in South Fulton County. Abon1; half rray through tho sGssion, one of Roger t.s friends and neighbor EdcU.e Vi:llliams camel in. &u1d contributed Ll. 1.'ow jokes of his own. Somo of my ,jokos '\'[cf):.'e a.lso includ(ld :i.n. tho s<'lGsi.on to kc~cp tho ball rolling, a.nd to stimul&,te memorieG. TIoger :ts 25 yoarfJ old and WaS '.t"rotisocl in the count:r\y nenl' At.hens" Geo1"'gi:ac. Ilis preson~ IJ.ddn"3s :is: 283' New Conley Road, Conley, Georgia. EddJ.e, D. noig11boe 'J.nd rneoJllJ acquainr.a"(J,cB" :is 26 ;ye2X'B old and was raised' in tJl0 s(~lOi-{3UhlD.bL1,n region of South Fult.on COlJXrliY. Mwt of the jokes I cont:t':Lbl1;~ed Were 101').1'no<1 dn1':l.ng my "a:ely 11f0 }:j]> :t'urn.l North Gcorgill:. i''1mT~ of tho jO)(01s told by th(1 othel's \'10l1:'0' f"miJ'1:lJ:' :tIthough the ve1:'s1ol1s vox'led IJlight:Jy fx'om Ylho;~ I had h<3RJ'd. There wuz three so+diers, they uz.&oing down the road, hitch-hiking and never could get a ride. They finally came at this guy's house. "God we're tired we just can't take it any more, can we stay here tonight". The old guy s~id "I only have two beds, wife and I can sleep in one and I have a nineteen year old daughter in the other", he sez, uh, "I'll let you sleep with her if you promise there won't be any hanky-panky". So they went on an slept with her an next morning he asked her, "well, wuz there any hanky-panky going on~, she sez "yea all three of 'urn". He sez "well I'll tell you what I'm gonna dO", sez "I told you thare wad 'nt gonna be no hanky-panky". So he got his old shot gun. "I want each of you to go out in the garden, take a bushel basket I want you to pick your favorite vegetable". So the first old soldier went out there and he picked a bushel of peas so the guy came in there and he said "all right, shell 'urn", so Qe shelled 'urn. He came back and said "drop your pants". So he dropped his pants and he started shoving the peas up his bU~ you know. So the next one came in, and he had a bushel of tomatoes, so he started to do the same thing with him. He started laughing like hell, said "What you laughing about" he said""well that other fucker's out there pickin a bushel of watermelons~ (~OGER) There uz an 01 boyan girl got married an they went to the apartment that night an uh . he goes to the bathroom an starts takin all his clothes off. He sets down an takes his shorts off and he thrm~s 'urn out. "Come here, put those on". She sez "uh, I can't get uh, in those" ... He sez "you always 'member that, you 'member who wears the pants in this house". So after a while she goes in all she starts takin her clothes off, she thIlOWS her panties out, she sez "come here" T sez "put those on" ... he sez "I can't'in these" ... she sez "you never will as long as you have that shitty attitude". (RO&E.R) That reminds me of an old 9uy, grew up in the country, an he uz gettin along about 16 years old. Never had been to tOlVll, never had an>'. So uh, his daddy told im one day, said ud he wanted him to go to town you know and learn the facts of life. So he [lave im a duck. fie said, "here take this duck and seU it, an uh yo,1 know, do what you \~ant with the money." So the ,9,1-ly struck out oll'the road . On down the road he ran into this old whore walkin along. So, he told her, he sez u~, "Said I'll tell you, uh, you knO\~, if yOU'll go in thb bushes over here, I'll give you this ducL" She said uh, "That's fi~IO, fine." So he give her the duck and they went over in the bushes. So he got through scre\'lin her and she 1ikeJ it so much she screw me told him, said uh said, "I'll give you your duck back if y01i"11 again. lI . So the g.uy uh screwed her again an she gave him the duck back. So he, lie uz walkin on down the road to\~ards t()\'IIl an this truck came along. And uh just as uh the truck came along an ran right over his damned duck. Just smashed it all to hell. So the truck driver stopped you know an told him he was real sorry an all this kind of stuff an uh give him t\'IO dollars. Sez, "Here, I'll pay for your duck, give you two do.J1ars." He went on back home then. An when he goT home, his uh daddy asked him, said "\'Iell son, you're back mighty early." Said, "How'd it come out?" lie said, "lVell papa, it came out purt>' good." Said, "I got a fuck for a duck, a duck for a fuck and two bucks for a fuckod-up duck." (laughter) (DAN) Oh, that's kinda like a the littlo 01 buy settin out in the edge of the driveway crush in ants. Ho'ud crush an ant an he'd say, "God damned ant." lIe'd crusIt anotIler one an, "G.od damned ant". Crushin um with his thumb you know. 01 preacher came by an said, "Son, what you doin?" ''r'm crushin these God damned ants." An the preacher sez, "Well you know dear Lord made everything for a purpose." Sez uh, "If you think of three things that he put here on earth that wadn' t put here for a purpose, I want you to tell me an I'll come back next week lind see if you can." 01 preacher came back next week and the boy still settin out there crushin those ants, "God damned ants~ Preacher said, "Ivhat you doin?" Said, "You think of three that uz useless?" He sez. "Yes, " sez, "Tits on a NlJN,. balls on a priest and God damned ants." tROGSR) You ever heard the one about the old preacher and the mule? This 01 preacher wuz goin along uh on the road you know. An this farmer wuz out there plowin his field an he uz out there with a stick just beatin the hell out of his mule. An the preach\'r went up to him and sez, "Now, uh, looka here brother." Said uh, "You shouldn't oughta be doin that to the mule; you,you got to talk to animals." Said, "The only way,you can get um to uh respond to you is by talkin to um." Sez, "Lemme show you how." So the old farmer sez, "Well, I'm awful sorry preacher but I really would 'predate you showin me how." So the 01 preacher went up to the front of the mule an he picked up a tll'O by four an he hit that damn mule square bet\~een the eyes, hard as he COUld. An the farmer looked at im real funny an said, "NO\~, ho\>', preacher wait a minute: didn't you just tell me you have to talk to animals1" Preacher said, "Yea, but first you p,ot to get their attention." tORN) Oh, uh, this little buy. he noticed this house, these men would always go up there an go to the door and knock on the door. An a woman ud alwa>'s come to the door an, they'd hand her some money you know and she'd say, "Come on in. come on in." So the little 01 boy sez, "I'm llollna see what's in here." So he saved his money and saved his monoy. I think he got about two dollars. He goes up there, knocks on the door an sez, "I don't know \'ihat it is )'ou're sellin but I want two dollars \~orth." She drug him in an just beat the hell out of im. An he sez uh, he told her when he left, "If that's'. two dollars worth, I'd hate to buy ten dollars worth of it." (ROGER) Oh yea, there's a good one about the modern \~hore house. There uz a buildin opened up downtown and uh had a sign on it said, "The World's Most Newest Modern Whorehouse." You know, so the guy decided he uz gonna try it out. He went in there, went into the first door. An there wuz a, a slot that said, "PLEASE DEPOSIT TEN DOLLARS." So he stuck his ten dollars in there an he \~ent on to the next dqor. An uh, he \~ent through that and there's another door behind it and it said, "WELCOME TO TIlE WORLU"S HOST MODERN WHOREHOUSE." So he went on through that door an uh it slammed shut right behind im. An he wuz out in the alley an ull there uz a big sign on the, on the wall next to him sayin "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE JUST BEEN FUCKED BY TBE WORJ,D'S HOST ~IODERN WHOREHOUSE." (01'1"') Yea, you been talkin bout mules and all that that kinda stuff. I had a uncle, lived bout 10 - 12 miles from us. He had this 01 mule. Daddy took us over there one night. Me an a little nigger boy, we 'uz suppose to ride that mule back; \~e started back an it 'uz gettin 'bout dark. 01 nigga had damn sack on the back of the mule. \'Ie got almost hOllle; that 01 mule rared up, threw him off, stepped on im. I 'uz ho1din onto that 01 mule's neck an she 'uz head in back home. An I didn't know what in hell happened to that mule, you know. I 'uz scared to death. Come to find out that damned suck had slid off an had brushed against her damn leg and hud scared the hell outa that mule an plastered that 01 nigger right smack out on the ground. (RO&ER) Spoo.lci.n of' lTfules, l;h(n~e uz a,Do 01 preJ.;J,chol", Baptts'l:. FCCH),chc}):" matter [I. fg,ct" wllo, uh, rodo a mo.la to ohm'oh. An (wol'y"imo ho did, he Id tie it uF by tho well O1rcb, nmct to 1,ho ch\J~r.oh. So ono Sunday he uz :1.n thor'a proachin, an, uh, lightnln struck tho ohurch an fJCt, ii, on. fll''',. .. an everbody olse was runnln tmr,,:rd th<1 doo)~ tryin to got olrt. 0] proacher doclded he Id tn,ke I:J; short cut an ju.mp out tho vdnrler- on tho rnllle ,m just ride off. So tho p!"e",cher .jumped out, an he m:i.snod tho mule ".n :ColI :Ln the well An, uh, tha\; jest gOOf) \;0 show yon that n, (Baptist,) proacher don It know hIs ClSB from tl holo :1.n the gpouncl. lOAN) Yea, yea, They's an old drunk gain down the road one day. He came up there, an there's a big IH'eck down there. Guy jumped off in the road, on the side of the road. Looked down ther<':, 01 preacher run off the road. He looked dmm there an says, sa)'s, "You m~right?" Preacher sez, "Yea, I had the p,ood Lord ridin with me." The 01 drunk staggered round an he said, "I think you better let im ride I~ith me, 'fore you kill 'im." (ROGER) Uh, did you hear the one about the 01 ah taxi C4<~ driver. lie uz gonna take this 01 gal out in the cab. An uh, so all the other guys, you know, he worked with, bet im that he couldn't uh do any good.with her. So he said, "Okay, I'll tell you what,' When I get out there parked, I'll turn on the radio transmitter an you all can listen to me. An uh that'll prove that uh I'm gonna do some good. So they uh, they went out an uh stopped by a drive-in an got some hamburgers an all, an they went out to uh, this old dirt road an parked, They got out there messin around you know, an he uz kinda lovin her up a little bit an he knocked his hamburger off in the floor. So he reached down to pick it up an started brushin the dirt off. An she said, "You're not gonna eat that nasty thing are you'/" He said, "Say hamburger, God damHlit, say hamburger." (DAN) I let, I jest let one slip by me. (ROGER) There uza, there uz an 01 guy from south Georgia went into a bar up in New York, here a few years back. An uh, he uz carrin a big 01 six foot aligator under his arm. He went in this bar, an he said uh, "Hoy bartender," llartender said, "Yeal" "You serve niggars in here1" Bartender said, "Yes Sir, we sure do," 01 guy said, "Good;" said "bring me a beer an bring Hly friend here a niggar." (bAN) I 'member another onif' oh ,'ea, Nigger goes up to -- uh no it wudn't, An old jew goes up to this bar, An 01 nigger back back there an he, he sez, "Hey nigger, bring me a beer." You don't call me a nigger," He sez, "I'll call you nigger if I want to," 01 nigger sez, "l1ow'd you like to be back here an somebody call you nigger." Sez, "You j est let me back there an you'll see. m So the niegar came in an he sez, "Hey Jew bring me a beer." Jew sez, "We don't serve niggers in here." (ROGeR) There uz this bie 01 fat eal came outa the damn mountains an uh never had been out before. So she ~Ient dO\m town, ,'ou know, an she had to take a piss. So she just pUlled up her dress on the street corner an let fly. So this 01 guy \~Uz jest stand in there kind of bug eyed lookin at her. An uh after she got finished she jest Jdnda turned to him an said, "Whatsa matter with you; you come outa one jest like that." lie said, "Yea, but that's the first one I ever seon I could go back in." (SAN) /),1,;;" '// 7)(;)L'!lr',)I'j, You know the difference between a man an a snake? (ROGER) Snake crawls on his 0\'Il1 belly; a man doesn't givo a damn \~hose belly he crawls on. (ROGeR) Man \~ent to this fair you knO\~ an had a exhibition up there, Biggest pussy in the world. He goes down in there, has a flashlight an he drops his light. So uh he got down there an met another guy an he sez, "Iley, if you help me find my flashlight" sez, "We'll see how to get outa here," Other guy sez, "Hell if ,'ou help me find my car keys we'll jest drive ollt." (ROGER) Let's see, there wuz, they wuz these two nigger gals. They went to get their picture took an they never had been to a photographer or anything before. l'Iell, one of um had, yoa, one of um had been to a photographer before an she knew all about it, you know. The other one didn't. So the)' went to get their picture took. An uh the 01 photographer he got out there )'ou know, got out behind his crunera. An he put that black sheet up over his head you know an the little nigger gal turned to the other one an said, "What he fixin to do now?" The other un said, "\vh)' lord a merc)' he's fixill to focus." The other Ull said, "Both us?" (DAN) There uz uh three 01 guys. They'd been talk in bout how good they'd done )'ou know with their lives all everything. Since the)" d been married an everthing. First 01 lJ'uy sez, "Well, I've been married eight )'ears. I got 3 kids." 01 gu), spoke up and said, "I been married 10 )'ears an I got 5 kids," Third .01 guy said I, spoke up an said, "I been married fifteen years an I got 1 kid, an I figure I done better'n anyone of you," They said, "llow's that?" He said, "My wife's so ugly that nobody won't bother her but me." (R06E'R) There's an 01 Catholic priest got im a new car one time you know. So he uz real proud of it an he went on dOlm the street you knol'l. Saw this uh Baptist preacher he knew so he 'uz gonna pick im up an take im for a ride, lie took im for a ride an then the ull 01 preacher said, uh "lley father, say, how 'bout 1ettin me try this thing out?" Priest said, "Why sure, go right ahead." So uh 01 preacher got out in the car you know, an he uz goin dO\~n the road an he ran off the road an ran right into a telephone pole an tore that car all to hell. He got out an uh said, "Lord a mercy. father, I sure am sorry, If I wadn't a man of the Lord, I'd probly cuss right now," The 01 priest said, "Yea, you son of a bitch, if it wasn't Friday I'd take a bite outa your ass," (DAN) You want to hear about the candy salesman? (RoGER) Yea, let's hear about the candy salesman, IDA ....) You ever stay in one of those cheap motels? I did once, ~lusta been a candy bar salesman lived next door, All night long his Ivife would say, "O-Henry, O-Henry," She k<;>pt this up til he gave her a llaby Rli th one mornin , Gee, he must have heen a Power House in his love n<;>st, I'd love to get my Butter Finger in that sometime. (ROGER) There liZ this 01 9uy engaged to this farmer's daughter, lle came back, came back from service, He came there an the farmer didn't have any place for him to sleep in the house, So he sent im out to the barn to sleep, Came back next mornin an sez, well sez, "When you gonna, thinkin about gettin married?" "Get married hell," said "All I I~anta knOl'l is what'll you take for that mule out there," (ROGER) There uz an 01 uh travelin salesman goin through the country you know. An uh he stopped at a farm house, Said to the farmer, he said, "Can you put me up for the night?" It uz gettin dark an alL Farmer sez, "Yea." Sez uh, "I ain't got no room in the house but you're welcome to sleep in the barn, Said uh said, "There's one travelin salesmall already sleepin out there, an I must 1\'a1'n you that uh fellow from the circus who' 5 travelin through sleepin out there Idth a gorill"," So he sez uh, "Well that's that's alright." Uh said, "That'll be fine, So he went on out to the barn, Little while later [oLoN3J come this travelin saleswoman, She uz sellin all kinda braziers al all that kinda garbage. So uh she asked the farmer if he could put her up for the night, Farmer told her, said, "Well, I don't have any room but you're welcome to sleep in the barn." Said, "But uh I must \~arn you there's some travelin salesmen already sleepin out there. She said, "Well that'll be alright," So she went on up to the barn, lin the 01 f~ner thought, said "God damn, I forgot to tell that woman about that gorilla out there:' "I bet she'll be scared to death:' So uh he sez, "Well, guess she'll get over it." Se next mornin 01 farmer \~ent out there an he saw the woman comin out of the barn you know an he said, "Well, hO\~ did you make out last night?" She said, "Oh I did purty good, purty good." Said, "I got ten dollars from one gUYi" said "I got five from another, an I got seven fifty from another gU)'." Said, But you know, that big halTy sonnllva bitch out there, he didn't even say thanks," (DRN) That uz kinda like the 01 uh farmer out there, he had all these hens, couldn't ever get um to lay. He uh goes to the vet an he says, "Look nO\~, I want a rooster to breed these hens to lihere they'll lay, I don't care what you do to the rooster just SO you, so he'll get in there an make the hens \~ork," So goes out there an he gets a 01 rooster, He comes back in from plolVin an everything that night all his hens layin around all over the place dead. He looks out there an he sees the 01 rooster. 01 rooster uz layin out there you know stiff as a poker. He says, "You son of a bitch." Rooster says "Shhh, I'm watin on one of these buzzards ," (ROGE"-) Oh yea, this 01 nigga gal name SaIl)' ~Iae, she came up pregnant one day, all knocked up, lin her mamma said, come talked to her an said, said, "How come dat to happen, Sally Mae?" Said, "Why I don't kno"," Said, "Well has anybody been next to you?" She said, "Well, only Rastus." Said, '\Vhat happened?" She said uh well, "I uz standin up here on my poach an Rastus came up next to me an he started pushin." So her mOllmla said, "Then what'd you do then?" She said, "Why, I pushed right back. You don't think I wanted him to push me off my OIm poach do you?" (DAN) That's kinda like the woman \,ritin in to Dear Ann, askin Dear Ann sez uh "Can a girl lose her virginity playin basketball?" Dear Ann writes back an sez, "It's according to what she does between quarters." (ROGER) You ain't never heard any Dear Ann jokes have you? (P.OGBR.) I think that \,hole column is a damn joke to tell you the truth. (OA"') An 01 nigger "oman lived out behind us. She always, great big 01 niggar \,oman, an she run around there topless all the time, Long ago, I uz about 13 \,ent by there one day; she uz wash in clothes and durn if she didn't get one of her durn tits hung in the wash in machine ringer. If you talk about a purty sight, a 200 pound nigger woman "ith her tit in the washin machine ringer. 1bat's a sight to be seen. Wash in machine sayin llr-r-r-r. (RoG~R) Yea, there uz this 01 guy I used to know naliled Marshall Elloitt. lie wuz scre"in his mule, you know, had a mare mule an he wuz uh, in the barn screwin it an he wuz standin up on the ladder goin up into the barn loft. lie "uz settin up there jest'i}oin away, you know, This other 01 guy wuz hold in the mule. An:t guess it got to feelin good to the 01 mule cause she started backin up. An she backed im up plumb against tho ladder an wouldn't let im go. An it uz all he could do, all that other guy could do to pUll that damn mule off of im, (DAN) Like this friend of mine came down to our house one ~i:\~ht. He went out in the barn had a li ttle shack out back, bout all we had you know. He uz out at the barn an after while I !leard him callin. lIe'd been out there foolin around with the durn cow and durn if she hadn't shit on im, lie us out there hollerin for me to bring him somethin to clean up with. (ROGE"') That reminds me of a little story uh. They uz up there in the mountains. There uz a 01 guy they hauled in "fore the judge you know. ileen screwin somebody I s cowan uh, the 01 judge asked im said, "NOI; tell me exactly what happened." He said,"Well judge," said, "I wuz uh jest up on a stump," an well, I'll tell you the truth, I \'IUZ scre1dn this cow." Said, "But the son of a bitch shit all over me." An the 01 judge kinda pUlled at his mustache and said, "Yep, they'll do it ever til1\e." (DAN) You know somethin \~e hadn I t thought about much when I uz a kid, you know, All of a sudden all of these w/.Qe,\d things started happenin around there, \\11Y I didn't Imow it at the time but daddy let this guy put a moonshine still on the place dOlm there. An he hadn't never drink a whole lot up until this time. But all of a sudden he just started drinkin all of this durn moonshine. Kept gettin this moonshine so, hell after I'Ihile, he'd bring it, he'd bring it in half gallons. I'd get the damned stuff an hide it in the honey suckles right next to the hog pen. An durn if he \'Iouldn' t come out and get more an more of that stuff, An I'd take it out there an give it to the 01 niggers an every body else you know, to keep him from drinkin it. But buddy he jest kept gettin more an more moonshine an hell he had a damn still down there jest makin all kinds of it. (ROGER) Did you hear what the vanpire said to the school teacher? (EOPle) No what? See you next period. (epole) Did you hear bout the bull gain on a metrecal diet? You knol'l it's that stuff to get thin with. He wanted to see if he could get in a tight jersey. (Eoole) Did you tell im the one about the guy that jest got married? The one he just got married, goin on him hQlleymoon. Didn't have a car you know; had to go on a train. lie \~uz all nervous an shook up you know. Conductor came around sayin "tickets please" an he handed im him marriage licence. Conductor looked at im an said, "This'll get you a lata rides buddy, but not on this train." So in all the confusement an everything, they were goin on a long trip on the train an had to sleep in berths, you know. He uz freshly married an wadn't used to the ideas of gettin a double berth so \~hat he had is he had a single on the other side. So he didn't think nothin about it so he went on turned in for the night. Little later on he got to feolin married so leans his head out the bel'th. "lIoy baby, come on over here. I got something I l'Iant to shol'l you." She sez, "Yea, but hol'l am I gonna get over there." lie sez, "I got something you can walk over on." An the gU)' in the 10l~er berth sez, "Yea but hol'l in the hell she gonna get back." (EO (>Ie) I'hore uz, this glW, he walkod in a bar... he eelii, u11 "do thoy have penguins im this, :I.n this city, r1ll arO\U1d free" tho gl\y sez "ho" ",Vie11 how big do they gt9t?" "Ylell, hell, buddy'I don"~ kncJVl. I've novel' even seen a pengllin.... I cO\11dtn:~ '~cll yon hovr big thoy get." lIe sez "well, I gotta find 0\1,t." Sez "\vhy donlt you. call the zoo, they'll b'" able to teD' youlll So he calls the zoo, he sez "yea, I need sam'!) :\.nformv:~ion" soz "how big do penguins get'!" an tho guy sez "\'Iell, 1 111 put YO\1 in touch with the depar'tmerr~, .hang on t\ flecond." So ho's sittin thore w8.itin, Ylait:Ln, 1'I",;i:~in guy fina11:y come be,ck on tho l:i,no. lIe soz "yea '" '1ez "I need 8. little inrormation'" he said "'uh, how tall do peub'uins f?'OIV.?" he srcl.id "~voll, ~he tallest one over recorded was Cl.bol1"~ four foot." Ho sez "four foot " he Gez "'1111, hOI'!: bou:t five foot f:i.ve ?"' "Naw." Ire: scz,'uh, "lXlne;u:l.ns just don It grOl'[ "hat big, i~ 's unhoarcl of." 'rho e;uy se3' "'oh l1\Y' God, I' ,just run wer a mm." (oO/E) Did yon h"@;I' abou'~ the one about this guy he HZ iJ. b",.nlmr, 13""... an what happened is, uh, ho Ylent in 'the chicken business. Hell, he didl'llt havo, didnlt kl1err( Cl.l'if\:.hing 'bout, ch:i.ckcJUs he went out an bough'1; someth:l.l1 1:i,ke e:i.gll't or ten thousand chicken.~" you 10101'1, an that 's all he had wn3 chickens didn't havc no roostel~S er.e, or mthin, he uz f5j:~tin around waitin for 1un to lAy eggs, you lmovr, an uo'thin happenin. So he HZ talkin to a farmor up the l'orctd one day. [)oz lI;you knCN{ I can It understand for the lifo of roo, 1 1m fcodin thone chickem ree>:1 good an doiu evo:d:thing the book sez, but thoy j<lS'~ ainlt I"Win no eggs ll Ho sez "\'1011, horr man;y 1.'0013'001'13 lHNO you got?1I II fJ don't hmTo 3on:\' roosters, what the hell I need a rooster for ". The farmer sez "you might know a lot about bankin, but you don't know nothin about farmin". He sez "look", he sez "I got a rooster out there in back, jest what you need", he sez "he'll take care of ever one of those chickens". "Now wait a minute, one rooster an eight to ten thousand chickens", he sez "no way". "Yea" he sez "this rooster is remarkable, you know." The old banker figured the 01 farmer uz tryin to take im you know so he asked im, sez "well, how much is this rooster gonna cost me ?" .... "oh, about two hundred all' fifty dollars". The guy said "now wait a minute," he sez" that's a lata money ,for one rooster"';',Hesez "well, he's gonna do a bang up job" he sez "you know. You want top quality merchandise you gotta pay for it". So the 01 farmer finally talked the 01 banker into it. Started to take the rooster home. Farmer told im before he took im home, he said "now" he sez"you throw im in the pen with um" he sez "have im in there a coupla hours an then take im out, don't leave im left in there with um~\ "O.K.". So he takes im home an he puts im in there with about four thousand chickens "1,11 (..torts; to go t6 bod', b:n alnlontforgO'h abo\iJ,irh; Walm up nn, "\lo.nffi,I loft 'tihfJ;t'.. :com;-{:,cl' out thel'olli he fJOZ 11'0.11 11(,11, :(01.1-1' thou8rJ.nd 1wnn ll1 th,n,t, houso, I nin It. gall11D, h8,VC '\)o W01'J'Y 8.bou'l:. it, I'll ,josl. gel; im 1.fJ.1,OP on, pu,11 :lin Ollt in 'Lho rn,orrJinll So he ~OOi3 out next mornin..... t,hcY.'o HZ fOUT' thoUflv.nd chicl{ens l@.yin up on their "",ok with thcdr feot up in the air, !111 of um 11.21 dead. The 01 banker jest ocmldn It beHeve it, ",n there Is 'the 01 rooster struttin m'01mclJ tryin to cUmb over the fence to get in the ot,her pen. So he SeZ "vrel1 1111' fix you"', he throws im in there with the other four th<'lllsand hens. Comes bRck llmter on th'1:t af'ternoon, the other hRlf of' the oh:tckcnKI all de@,d, In.yin on tho ground J:(')crl.:. up in the t;dr. He 803' "'I jm:rb c&I.ntt, believe tha'l:,lt. Ho Ed.i&lrts lookin arou.nd o.n ho S0013 all thone buz?,D.:cds f]~y-in. [l'('ound up :tn '\:.ho o:lr. Uo n()~ llwol1 I 111! bo t l, non oJ' D. gunll , n8Z "ho '3 ftnnl1y -r,ront n.n dono :iJ" 1m ld.llod hirl1:101f uL Ho e;oc~s on:~ in -I:,ho fiold .'J.nTIlol'ds ,,(,h~) 01 :t'oootor ~ot orrt!,l. tho pon Iny:i'.n out. t.hoy'o in t.he f:i.e1dw t '" look::l over to the y.'oorrt.cr art }jOYJ "nor'vot; you ')','l.ght" ;;rO\1 sonof....: t-b:Ujchlt I> 01 :coo~Tbe:c loolm OV01~ cd:.. :Un OJ\ ho 'looks nIl' :\.n the rd'or It .. II(r-h-h-h above- rae ll u. (EDDIE) IIIhero \.1.3 one bOV:0 t,hi:3 gCly had' an 01 1"OeXJt,0xo, "l'tcJ.dn It doin hin joh, yon know, Vlo,dn''I:, pullin his load.. Ho gO:)8 ml buys 1;his 11'1:,t10 01 :'lonng roofl'!:,or. IIo comes baok w:Hh 1m, throvm :Lm ou'!:, thoro in tho pan. 01 rOOBtor comos up, appro&chr;s im, scz "hi the1'e, hi, hCJ\7 Dre you", ho soz "look" [Joz "I knol'/ yon're now round! h"pc an cVElJ'th:tng", im he seZ "no reason why y'ou an I c:m't ge,.t ,along, yon kncw"" ,;JJl he sez, uh "tell ;}TJU what wo do yoo 'Gake ha,1f the hens an I tak() the o'l:,her hD.)if". Y()unS rooster lool<s D3; im... he's all oocky an everthing, an ho sez "110; I'm hore to t~.ke Oar!, of all ml' um. Yoo'd best pack your bags ".n move on, I'm hox'e". He sez "woll," he said. '''look, I'm gott.in kinda old an eV0rthing, lilb\)'ho 1 1m ". li,ttle greedy, you 1,ake throo-fourths @,n I'settle for G, J'ouX'Ghll liN 0; I told you I'm here to take alI of um". So tho 01 rooot01.' stops an lool<s bll.ck for a second; said "I t.ell you what, let 's' have a race o;r.oond the ba~nll. He sez "who over finishos first" he sez "tl1.kos everthingll'. The 01 yoong rooster knew he could be".t im, yoo kriOVf, an everthing... he uz all cocl<y' an everthing 11\,,,,,11, I used 'to run". He :sez "well, being ",s I'm HillCh older thll.n you an everthing,", he SOI1l IIVfhy donlt you give me a little head stQX't". Sothe young robs'!:,or, he uz so sure of himself an overthing, you lm0l1, sez "O.K you got i'G, t,ake offll'. The 01 rooster :st,,:rts oU'~, you knorr, he ts g"rtt.in a,long ]lurty good 'GO be Old, yOll lmOl'l, yOllng roostor takos out after im. Boot thi5 time the 01 f:a:cmer ppens up the door back of the house, puts the shotgun out 1111 blows this young rooster all to hell, looks dOl'm, shakes his hoad 1m he sez ,'," cain'1, undorstand it, ", he said lI'bha'!:, 'I') the thi'rd queer rooster I've had this month". (tOlJle) , (P\)}1'!'ION NOT TRANS CRIBTm ) '[,horo uz, uh, two womon standin in front of @. dress shop two 01 nigger women, an one of um sez "vro11, my 1n'3tinct tell me 1t '8 not gonn~, rQ,in. ", ,Other' un spell.ks up :an sez "iny :ass stinks tells me d,;ut1t is". (RoGER) Did you hoar the ;joke about tho 'two queers walkin down the strMt, P:1,st the mOl'gIle ... one of um looks wer at the other one, :all sez "let 's drop in an have :3. cool one". (EOO/E) Yea, there uz Q,ll 01 sallor wa1kin down thE! street, backwards with his peoker hang:1.n out, you, lmm7, ;jelst Whistling ,"long. An this 01 wom!l.n stopped &,n looked cut im, you lmow; an it really confusod her so sho decl.ded she uz gonna a8k im what '\;ho hell he uz doin. So she Yf(mt weI' to im an sho said "'exouse mo 8:;41101' but I know you gIlY8 boen to 80a e,11 tho 'tIme gn, 11h, na,turaJJ:.y horny, but wha;t you. doin ,'w,lldn dovin Ul0 street liko that?" 01 sailor ;jes't t11rn",d 1\0 her a,n said "tx'ollin fa!' quoers m ' am, jest trollin for qu",,,,rs". (J;)f1 N) (l'OI1TION NOT 'J'J1ANSCH.IBElJ) 'rhere U'6 t.his 01 guy cornin back from Ji'lol"idn,~ hE') HZ a Yo.nkoe 00. ho uz driv1.n a. neVi Cad:llhc corain dovm thru South Georgia. 80 he S:;l;Vf this 01 nigger on the side of the road. He stopped an asked the nigger, sez 'lyOU want a ride?" Nigger Ilez "Yas suh, I shore vrould preoiate it". So, uh, the niggah started to get in the back seat. He sez "nll.11, n!l.h get up here in fran!; with me" said "I 1m , from tho Nor'I;h, we Ire not prejudiced up there". 80 the 01 niggah got in the front 1),(,":1;. An, uh, went on dmm the road a piece, an, uh, the 91 guy offered im a seegar, big see gilX' an, uh, niggah set btJ.ck lin, uh, smoldl1 the seeg:;lJ:'. Went on a. little wayan the gt!;V :;IS ked im, said lIyou want a drink?" 80 nigga.h said "yas suh; I sho would" an, uh, the 01 guo' pulled ou'l; a pinb outa the dash, an ha,nded it to the niggah... Il.n he sez, uh, "well, do Y'Oll have a cup or somethin I can 1)[1'1; it in'I" ChW sez "well, 1 1m from the North, we Ire not preJudiced up there, jest go ahead an drink it outa the boUle". Niggah, uh, took a coup1a slugs O\lt:~; the , bottle,. you lm0\1, an he uz rared back smokin that seeg8.r, an they went on dOlm the road 8. piece, an h~,d a flll.t t1.re. After he pulled weI" 'bo the side the 01 guy said "well, I don It know what the hell We gOl1l1ll. do, I don't knOl'f l1oth1.n about ohangin a t,1.re". N1.ggtJ.h looked over then'e an flez "yea, an I bet they' ",in 1'1; B. goddam nigger within ten miles of h'll'e". (01",)) Tho'\Vs about the wa:y j;t goes, .sho nuff. Helu' the joke @.bout the nigg8.h pullin guard duty, dOlm there at, uh, )/ort Belming, Georgi1J. it uz Na'bi,onal Guard Vlellk @]l all, '8.n thil'N8.tionll.1 Guard was out there pullin gll<ll'd duty. Bout ten 0 'olock this truok comes orulJin dovfn the h1.g1m<l.y, ;you knO\'" pulls up to the gate. He jumps ou1, f).n lJez IIlia1:I;, who goes therel" Guy leans his head OIl't 'bhe door an "New York Nabional C:uat'dl" IIPaSS on by NlIw Yawk Nat:lonal Guard". Bout loven 0 'clock horo comOI3 anoGhcn' tl'uek l'OJ) in dO\'fJl tl,O lr.i.!;h,liJ.y. PUJJ8 up in front of '0ho gate 01 niggah ,jump3 O\.lt "lIgJlt., who goes thore?'" Guy leans out the doo)~ an sez "Nen JOl'SC1y National GWITdl" nuy s'l:,OPfJ back "pa.ss on by New Jersey National Guard". Bout onOolclock in the mO:t'nin here C,OlUElS this truck rollin to beat all hell, guys yellin an fJcreanlin, bottles flyin 3,11 over the place. He jumps out an he sez "Hal:t, who goos there?'" He sez "Get out". the road you black 80n-of-g,-bitch before I run over youl" . Guy steps baok an soz "Pass on by Alabama N3;1;ional Guard". (EIJOtE) Thol'e uz this airplane, you know, had a problem an what happened YlUI'> they busted thetr fuel cell an they were lost;iIJ s. lata fuel. Na.vir,ator figured it out to seven hundred fifty pounds. 'rhE\Y didnlt have quite enough petrol to lllGke the strip so they started dumpin luggage an everthing they could, you know. 'riley didnt have quite enough weight) they neoded to loose another s~ve'!l hundred pounds to make the stript with the wind an evert,hing figured in, you len0l1. So there WllSn't anything to dOi and there vrasn It any chutes on board... s a the on1;y thing to do was,you knovl, ask somebody to jump to save everybody else on board'. So thif'l meant that at least five or six people would ha:ve 'to jump. So the pilot carne back an he explained to all' the pa..9sengers what uz gain on, what uz gonna ha:ppen, you lena\'{, hOl'1 there wa.snlt aXIl{' chutM' available ... somebody WUI'> jest gonna have to sacrifice the;ir Ufe so the rest of umcould make it. So they happened to be a Frenchman on board, an he jumped up an said "T'm from France an I want lcr:al1ce to be as pI'oud of me as I ron of France". He jumped O1l't the airplane an hollered "Viva La France". So this 01 Texas stud comes up ~.n he sez "vfell, y ':all people, I'm from 'I'exas an I'd like 'fexas 'to be as proud of me as I am of 'fexas"'. Jumps out an hollers "remember 'the Alamo". Ne:x:t this little all boy out from the back seat thel~e steps up... ":fellers ('/) 1 'm from Alabama\':" he sez ltlI sho would like Alabama to be as proud of me as I am of AlabL'lna" he sez "somebody help m(, with thMe three niggers baok here'" sez "we'll mll,ke that 9,irstrip"'. (evolE:) 'fhat's Janda like, you Imow the difference between a Toxan an a Georgi..,n? Texan walks up to a woman an sticks i'tin an a Georgian sticks it in ~m walks up to a Vfoman. (FJ.06;R) D'you hear the joke about the guy who had a wooden eye'? This; [,uy had a wooden eye, you 1010\'(, he had a real bad complex about it. . , He met this girl one night had a hairy lip he thought, well, you kn(;/t "she's got a problem jest like me ll,n m:lYbe I can make :l.t with her". Well, they went out on a date, an everthing vruz goJ.n beautiful they uz re,;rlTy enjoyin thomsolVes. Went out dJ.nin an dal1cin, 'bhe whole bit, yau 1010'11. He bought her rlO\'lers an oandy, an that n:l.ght ab '(;h[) cloert'... took her home, walked her up to the cloor, you knoH, "look" he soz, uh "mind :if I come in !Jj1 maybo we 111 heNe a li'bt1e sex together"', he sez "you Ire nice 100kin".... (she) sez "vfou1dn ' t I, wou1dn It I, wouldn't 11'" He looked at her an sez "haIry lip, hairy lip, hairy lip". (eDDIE) You ever heal' any of thooc long ones like Signify:l.n JilonJ{ey? (OA,",) You Imow that (OA") Naw, I used :l;o lmov. all that .stuff (eJJ<e) Pwe!"\:.y to riohes, r>iches 'bo pwerty, the best I ever had was wonderful (RoM") No, the worst I ever had was wonderful... ,(epo,e) Yea, the worst I ever had was wonderful. ~17"tz/l.) Tell that to sorooone that don't care (tzJJ') At least I won It be one of those ones settin in my rocldn chair when Ilm ninety years old sayin "vrell, I cou1da 11 (edd,.) Did. You, you eVer hew;t"d that Bro~her Dave Gardner album abOllt '~he guy that had a hairr~ed house? The);'e uz this guy, you see, had a hainted house, tha:~ 's a southe);'n contraction of haunted, he had th1.s 01 hOllse an nobody wou1dn It live in '~he thing, you sel,. An everbod,y believed i't uz hainted by spooks an eVerthing, So he uz out in the fi,e1d one day, happened to d:rive by, you knov", s;tops a'~ tho general store... he uz', d:rivin this big 01 long Cadillac" an he pulls up. The);'e uz this oJ! colored guy' n;a)l16d John s:i:ttin up there. Do he. pulls up nex:~'toim an S6Z IIIJohn I just cainlt get nobody to liVe in '~hat house, everbody believes it.'s ha1nted. He sez "yas s:uh, Mister SmUh I knO'if that" 8ez "that hOUSe reallW is hll.inted''i, ""n he sez lI(l.ook, you an I both krlO'lf yOll donlt believe that"'. He. sez lIyes suh, I guess I donl,t, but Ilm not, gonnlil. argue"'. He sez "well'" he sez "'look John, well why don't you spend the night up there an" he sez,' uh lIan 8h0l1 everbody 11; ainl.~ hainted, an Vll 'pg;y you for it. He sez "\1e11, I don't knO'lf, lJr. Smith, that 11Ji take a hea"p lil.' money.. Sez, "well hoy{ bout ll. bundeI'd dollars II, He l1ez, lIis it good ?" "Sure it IS good". II'I cain It Icept no check for til. huncl:!lrd d01ht's, they aid It that much money in tho worldll , Ho sez, 1I\10'1f lool{, I III pay it to you in o::O.8hll ! The' 01 guy 8('\21, yOll kn0l1, lIyas suh" yas suh, for' a bundeI'd dol1a-rs I'll stay up' thore aU;: the night". He soz, 11'1 lotta have two mo);'o :i:~erns '~o keop !i1('J busy for the nightll lIe S6Z, "well, whata yml wanto ll ' S"z, III want a .fHty gallon drum of catfish ;;J.n grease to eD.t, lJ,n two CIm"Hl of! R.C.s, an some moon pies"'. Said "O.K. John, you got it"'. So this 01 niggah went out, you know, he done blovfed his Imnderd dol]lU's an cre:ated inflation in the lU'ca an eV'erthing. Gets up in the house, you know, settin back, an he's got this cauldron of grease settin up there gettin !l.11 hot" catfish fryin, hliWin himself a.ball. L011g about ten 0 'clock, bong, bol'ag" bong, bong,. bong, bong,. bong" the do0l" opens up, scrrll-e-e-ek. In wallm this little dude about ab" inches high" an got chll!'trouso hair, an 01 blood shot eyea, big 01 long snout. He looks up to this eu;y an sez "you gonua be here when John gC'bs here'J. 01 niggmh 100M ab ill,. took a cceola cap, an blip, Ily ou aintt nothin but a figment of mil magina;b1on". He settles back an he has himself some more oQ'bfish an R.O.s" chompin away on those moon pies. Long about 'leven o'olock, you Jmow, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong,door opere bswk up" scr-erll-e,-e-e,-ek guy wallm in'blil\it. three: foot lrl.gh" 100M up to the guy, he S<!lZ ":rou gonn:il. be here when John gets here 7'" He takes a bO'b'ble, blip, knocks im out the winder. Se:?J. "you ain It nothin but a figment of my maginationll He's settin there an' he goes back aginG Long bout twelve o!'clock" bong, bong bong, bong, bong,b~ng" bong" bong, bong" bong "d'on tt know 1'10'1( lU<UW that's supposed 'bo be but that "s twelve. Door opens up scr-e-e"".!l-e.-e-e>-e.-ek, ;;011 in walks :il. b:tg 01 monster.... he's about seven foot 'ball, got stuff look like moss hangin all over' im, an eyes jest bUl'nin,. glOl'lino in the QllX'k.. He wa.lks over 'bo there, Walks over to the fire, takes 'this whole fifty ga.llon drum of cllltf:i:sh an dOlvns it" grabs this hot grease an dri.nks i'b, you ca.n holl!' it burnin goin down sh-h-h-h-h-h, burninG Heaches dOlm in the fire, grabs im a handful of chlU'coal an wipes his face .... an ho 'GoJ'e the e<1Y,"You gonna bo hero Wh011 Jolm gats hore?" An tho man loolm up an scz "man) if :rOU IJJn.t J'ohn, I'm gone"'. (1'001) 'rhE1l10 u~. a, an 01 [?,1J.Y went into a saleon out Vlost an he noticed when he won\:, in that evorybedy wuz real edgy" an real jlttory an everthing. So ho went up to the bal' an ordered a beer so he asked the bartender "what's goin en roundhl!)1'<\I, everbodyts real ji1;tery an edgy". The 01 bartendor soz "1'Iell" sez "John supposed to get here at tweJ:ve o'clock" scz "i'tils aJ1Jnos'b twelve n011','" an, U\l, said "'nobody wg,nts to be hero' whon John gets he,re." S'o, uh, the guy went ahead an drank hls be,ll;', you knovr, an noM.ced- everbody uz beginnin to leave ... so ho sez "I Ud.nlt :c;'n ;jost hido in hal'O behind tho bar an soo J'ehn. So it got ahou;\:' two Yllinu;\:'os t.o t.welve an OVG1"hody vr::w gone, CfV'un the bD.l''liond(n"' had left. ]~ong r:J.bol):t. ono minuto till, ho:r.e oomo this r,llY' ridin in on a grizzly boar" he uz whippin i\:, Tilth W rattlesnako 1M! he go\:' off, off tho boar, ani he '\:'ook an camo in tho plaoe an 110 knockod heth doors down as ho CUlnCJ in the s::>:loon. Ho walked up to the bar an he roaohed cross the bro:' an g0t a fifth of Whiskey Ul1 hE' broke the top off \:,he bottle an drank it stl'::>:ight dOl1n. So the guy C:ilme out. from bch1.pd the bar, you kn0\1, :ill'!' said "l):11'don me s il''' s:ilid, uh, said "\vhll'ba ;you in such a hurry l'or,. drinldn Whiskey like tha:b". An he said "man, I gotta get the hell out", here cause John's gonnl1l be here in a m.inute"'. (ORI0) Dfd you hear about the guy who walked in the bar. ",{Iestern type bar.. walked in swing:tn doors an everthing. Went up to the bar (Ta:lsetto)) "'[I'd like a b"er please'" an, guy hands im $; beer... looks ~l'ound an there Olin tt nobody' in the bar". He said, uh (fl-l.lsetto) "scuse me bar'\:'ender, cOllld you tell me where evcrbody's at'I'" "y-o a'" he sez, uh "'\:'hey Ire out '\:'hore on the hill hangin a: queerlt'. Guy looks up' (base) "no shj:b~'" (oddle) "lela, that uz Uke the gl1y he, uh, went in a bar (fa,lsetto) "lUll;\' I h:tve a boer, plo@'se?W "We don"t serve queers here". He goes on, leaves, goes in the nex~ bar (falsetto) "11l9Y I have a beer please'I'" "We don It sel"Ve queers here"'. This koeps up for a while, so he sez "well, t,ll1 fix them". So he goes to tho bar an Sll;\'5 (base) "inlly I h:;,ve :;, bMr?'" He 5Glid ",;:11 we serve hero is queers". (Ro,.E:Il) <. qw'R) Hear about the (',Uy' who waJ'!ced in the bar WGllks in he sez ,,'[ Id likll a SQBPllXilla ple,~se". The guy sez "gilt the hell outa herell "You'd best watch how you talk to me, I 111 put nl\' dog on you". An the guy sez "well jtlSt put yOUJ:' dog up here". He set this little dog up there "'ge'~ im F:i.do~" Dog SElZ "BOWSY, Interoourse with :farm ~,n:1.mall~; yr~s, and probably flt,Ul :1.13; a fltirly oommon ooourl'ltncc in the rlll'ltl a:cov.s of Nor{,h GAol'gia. ~'he partioipants vmre gCJl1cn>ally boys bo't,w(;en th0) agef! of 13 anel 16 whooe 19,ffections I W8:ce in: most C8.B8S di_rooted {oward tho family milk oow. A numb"r of s "yings aro arw od"xtNl w:ith 'Gh:ls p1.'<?otic" and ,,;('0 fa:i.rly w:i..denproad I "Stump-broke'" oavr IJ; C'OW: w'l1:!.oh, according to tradit:1.on, will baok' up to a stump 1'Thonever nhe sees someone oom:i..ng into the pasture. "Tho onl.\' badthinp; tlbout sox'owi.n D. oow is that .\'ou havo to get off and walk '"x'au.nd :I.n order to kiss bel'''. ~'hore is It]so tho widespx>eael belief th,~t, it is poss:i.blo to :Lmpregnate ".n animal, and 8.13 a result the offGpring will he part human', I have "Jml he8rd it sa:Ld many M.rnes 'that- man or:tgina11y ()ontrtl.c'ted syphilis from nheep, tl.nd subsequently :tt spread through tho hUllltl.n population. 'rhe f0110",:Lnl' st.ory appea.:t'fJ 'to be a fOl"lIl of "KxJ9mplum"'; probably ro::i.fJ:i.ng f)~om these folk b",li",fs. I first heard thir; ntory when I nas about 11 or 12) yetl:cn old, probably from one of llW uncles 'becaLlGo th(~ netting iG l1<1aI"rhere thcw gr.,,,,{ up in Mll)~ray County, G'"0rf',:i.,o. There i'lD.G an old m;m who l:i:v()d by J1'tm'Jelf l1e,g.r Sprinf', FlaGo in MUrray County, G~30rgio.. Ho ho.d boon. :tn the hDJ)':i.t of [~CI'8'1'Jin~ his nri.Ik GO\'(~ so nnE) cLn.:V 'l,ho eow' bec;:llll:) p:r:'ognD.nt, Hnd "l'then Hho finnIly cnxne-.1n, Lhe calf was 1)0:('11 PDY't, hUH1rJ.n and pnx"t nnJJn,!J.l~ 'fllin distu,'rbecl i;.ho man vnl',T llllH.:h", 'ro koup anyono f'r'om finclinp; orrb he killod 'Lllo calf, n.nd liI-w:L night, burled the blildy in the woods. ~'rolO that time on the man bo()am.o very diGturbod y ho had night-maros, took to elrinkl.nf'" ,3.nd finally' dogonor3.ted both physically and mtmtally to tl10 point; whero ho wasted away and dicd. I can r(lc~~,lll hon..r>inp; thin stox"y sov81'al 'times n:l.nC() then .=0 the loen;f~J.on aTways being dJfforont., and ['lo1'l1,at.:Lmo:3 tho rGsults being dtfforBll'(j. In Olle vC):'Hion t.ho man Vla.t1 llfound autill' D,nd Bont, to tho chnin gn.ng (-I:..ho nrnno o.nd loe:;J;t.ion of -I:,h8 pr:l.fJon W:1G given). Tho story', in 09.eh c::wo, wan Gyrorn to be 'bl'ue, rold the tollor had S omo pel's onal knoWledge of tho maxI involvod.
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