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Cross Creek

This was the location in Florida described as "a bend in the road" full of shabby homesteads, piney woods, palmettos, orange groves, creeks, orchards, and water.

Hammock

This was the rich loamy humus created by the varied vegetation in Florida which nourished the orange groves.

Prairy

This was the thick, wet, flat areas overgrown with water grasses.

Styx

This was the river that Rawlings first visited on her census travels with Zelma.

White Bacon

This was salt pork coated with cornmeal and deep-fried.

Magnolia Tree

This had waxy, shiny leaves, beautifully fragrant flowers, and was considered beautiful even when it was not in bloom.

Varmints

These were any one of the wild things in the woods either definitely predatory or of no domestic service.

Cornpone

This was a bread made with no eggs or milk and was made on top of the stove.

Pilau

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