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Minnie Evans

MRS. KELLY

when time to get up she'd be just getting her rest good. I said I'd be glad when you close up that devilish old gate and then you can lay down and sleep. She don't sleep good in the night and in the mornings you can sleep and get your rest like that but her whole life ain't never been like it should. Before [[strikethru]]when[[/strikethru]] say she was down yonder and they had her looking and [[strikethru]]they[[/strikethru]] sayin' she was walking I don't know what all she said, that [[strikethru]](unintell)[[/strikethru]] the Lord was talking to her and say that was 6 o'clock. I mean the children leaves, it be 8 o'clock to come onto school and she was walking in she said when she come back to herself she come to the back door quick and look and the sun was way over here and she hadn't washed the dish, hadn't swept the floor, hadn't made up her bed and nothing and she say she wish there had been somebody up there and see. Look like every crow that [[strikethru]]runs[[/strikethru]] was round here was there. The house, the top of it was covered with crows and all the trees round their was covered with crows.

NHS: When was that?

MRS. KELLY

NHS. When was that? Was that after she was married?

MRS. KELLY Oh, yes, after she had children were born.

NHS. You weren't living with them?

MRS. KELLY. No, no. She left. She was living down in the park then.

NHS. Oh yes

MRS. KELLY and I was living up there across the road. Yes she said them things was there and she said when she come to herself and walked out to look and then she heard the crows and went to talking with them. They turned her head looking down at her and then directly they all went to flying off. She said it was full. She say I wish someone else was here to see these things. All on top of her house, on top of the porch, sitting on the trees, [[strikethru]]rocks[[/strikethru]] along, was nothing but crows. Now I don't know what all she can tell you but I don't know what all that the Lord told her she had to do.

NHS. When were you born?

MRS. KELLY. Mam?

NHS. When were you born?

MRS. KELLY. Where was I born?

NHS. When?

MRS. KELLY. I don't know how many years it's been.