I never dicked (saw) one with so long a stem to it as yours.

And they're old, very old.

What is it you call it before everything" (here he seemed puzzled for a word) "when the world was a-making ?" "The Creation." "Avali--that's it, the Creation.

Well, them crow-swaglers was kaired at the same time; they're hundreds--avali--thousands of beshes (years) old.
And sometimes we call the beng (devil) a swagler, or we calls a swagler the beng." "Why ?" "Because the devil lives in smoke.".