Before 'nuff

Usage examples of sho.

I was sho skeered and when I run and told Mistess she made us all come inside her house and lock all de doors.

They sho did git mad, but nobody seemed to know who started that ruction.

Marster made sho us had plenty of good warm clothes and shoes to keep us warm when winter come.

If a black cat crossed your path you sho would turn round and go anudder way.

You had to feed de cotton by hand to dem old gins and you sho had to be keerful or you was gwine to lose a hand and maybe a arm.

Mammy wove a lot of dat cloth and de clothes made out of it sho would keep out de cold.

Marse Billy was a preacher what sho could come down wid de gospel at church.

Under our heavy winter dresses us wore quilted underskirts dat was sho nice and warm.

Uncle Joe said he decided to try it so sho nuff he got ready one night and went ter this house to stay.

Another sign of death jest as sho as you live is ter dream of a person naked.

Lizzie sho did get fixed, honey, and it took a old conjurer ter get the spell off of her.

One day she sent fer a conjurer, and he looked under the house, and sho nuff, he found it stuck in the sill.

It wuz a pretty tree and she sho did hate to cut it down, but she did like he told her.

De preacher hopped up and looked under de pillar, and dar wuz de money sho nuf.

Oh, I wishes I did know somethin bout dat old time war cause I tell you, if I been know anything, I would sho pour it out to you.