t'eat

Coyotes get 'em sooner or later, but I figger while they're with me, they at least got t'eat and gotta place t'sleep.

Fiddler Fair Lackey, Mercedes 1998

There's always a crowd there-ye got the people as come t 'pay tax an' tithe, ye got people as wants a bit t'eat.

The Lark And The Wren Lackey, Mercedes 1992

Dere never was no better tastin 'somepin t'eat dan dat cooked in dem old cook-things in open fireplaces.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Us had all kinds of good things t'eat, and atter us drunk a lot of liquor it warn't long 'fore dere was a Nigger fight goin 'on.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Dey told me dat a Nigger 'oman put pizen in Jeff Davis 'somepin t'eat and dat was what kilt him.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Wid plenty t'eat and good liquor to drink on hand, Niggers would shuck corn or pick cotton all night.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Dey would pile up rocks and sticks and pine limbs to hide de caves, and sometimes dey would stay hid out for weeks, and de other Niggers would slip 'em somepin t'eat at night.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Dem quilts had to be finished 'fore dey stopped t'eat a bit of de quiltin 'feast.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Us had plenty t'eat, a smokehouse filled wid hams, and all de other things us needed.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Dey tuk nigh evvything some of our neighbors had t'eat, most all deir good hosses, and anything else dey wanted.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration