simmon

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of 'simmon (“persimmon”).

   “I'll eat it wi' my simmon cake, To cure the rotten belly-ach[e]. Hoe corn! hill tobacco! Get over double trouble, Juber boy Juber. Raccoon went to simmon town, To choose the rotten from de soun, Dare he sot upon a sill, Eating of a[…]”

   “Possum up a simmon tree, Raccoon on the ground, Says the Raccoon to the Possum, "Shake them simmons down."”

   “'Fox and dog and possum like simmons. I decided I'd go down there then; walked up to them simmon trees, the ground was covered with simmons. Said to myself, 'If I set my traps here I might just catch that fox.' So what I done, I got them[…]”