hick'ry

De black ashes, left on de bottom of de hick'ry fire, was leached for lye, what was biled wid grease to make our soap.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

He made 'em out of hick'ry what he seasoned jus 'right and put rye split bottoms in' em.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

Chestnut and hick'ry wood made de bes 'fires and dere was allus plenty of good kindlin' to git 'em started.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

"I'm a-garn to hick'ry that Bill," she exclaimed weakly.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various

Mammies 'doors and if us didn't git for home in a hurry, it was jus' too bad for us when he tuk it out on us next day wid dat long hick'ry switch.

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

But, when hit comes to keepin 'a hick'ry fire under a copper kittle, an' not scorchin 'the likker, wall, I' lows as how I kin do hit.

Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily

She made a sort of sody out of de white ashes f'um de top of a hick'ry fire and mixed it wid vinegar for headaches.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

Ain't you seen these here long thin hick'ry shoots?

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration

Jones up de big road (we all call him Rainy-day caze he looked so sour) had me right by de collar wid de hick'ry branch a sizzlin 'in de a'r, en I des

The Battle Ground Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909

It's as true as I live, they have a furnace where they burn folks 'bodies, for all the world as if they was hick'ry lawgs.

Melody : the Story of a Child Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896