| Summary: | Folder contains 1 page of Alabama folklore compiled for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late 1930s..rs. C. O. Colvm.
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custom ~nd gala occ~ ion its community i~ th~ 010 t' e
corn shucking ~t harv"st tim., '.J.ch ha a co ," 0. v.n :trcm the older
gener tions. 'or sevE.l·ul I.<;.JS t.he . if'e in t he home wh.re the " hucking"
... a to be l1elo, ith aasis1.ance of tlle negro \'L} uen on the place,
coo..s 611 the good t.'lJ ngs for the f'east, f(jr eat.ng and dr.nk~.g is
the jor at.traction.
The C,rn is _ tl". eel La placed in a gre~t pile in front of th
com crib, reaay fOl' ~ ucii•.g. about sunset oJ. th" fen ers fbI'
mi es ai nd g<-ther aaa hen the moOI! is bl'ight, £l',,~t Clon f ...1''' s are
built ana 1.1L husking begins. ...ho:, eit er stand or sit a. und this
£1'''' 1. pile of' corn, soce ingi g th folk lo.·e songs, others telli•.g
jokes nd havlllg a good time ger er lly. The corn is thrown into the
c ib as shuckea.
I,hen the S1ng1Clg end. huskin beg1.,s to lab' tllings to drink al'e
passed arouna to pep thingll up a lit.tle. il,en the corn is shucked
lill safe_y storea in the crib, th\lY e invited to f'"a"t on he gem
thir.gs previously prepared. "long cruoe table is built in -U.o yard,
which ia l~oen witu Brunswick ;;,1. w, apple 1. rts, sweet potatoe custard
snc p' kin pie. • en tlle f'east is over, 1." r.a lora is OCIet me
pl~ceo . a chair am severB.i. big men hoist him in tll ir &Ild rch
a1' und th~ .arc all singir.g the t'avo it~ so s.
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