Joel Chandler Harris,
Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings…
(1886)
“ Dey ain’t no smart man, ’cep’ w’at dey’s a smarter. Ef ole Brer Rabbit hadn’t er got kotch up wid, de nabers ’ud er took ’im for a ha’nt, en in dem times dey bu’nt witches ’fo’ you could squinch yo’ eyeballs. Dey did dat.”“Who fooled the Rabbit this time?” the little boy asked.When Uncle Remus had the bristle “sot” in the thread, he proceeded with the story:“One time Brer Rabbit en ole Brer Buzzard ’cluded dey’d sorter go shares, en crap tergedder. ”
