Browse:Bible-Dime-Garter (Volume 1, entries 549–551)
Bible-Dime-Garter
Volume 1, entries 549–551. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → DIAGNOSIS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 549
They tell me now, if any of de family git killed, like you [want to] find out who did it - let me see how I'll work that thing. Yes. If somebody got killed, yo' take de Bible an' you'll read In de Bible, in the - I can't call de [reference], "When ah pass by yo', ah saw yore blood polluted an' ah said unto thee, 'Thou [thy] soul shall live'" = ["And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yeah, I said unto thee when thou Wast in thy blood, Live." Eze.16:6.] At the same time you'll take a garter - any kind of garter like womens wear round dere laig, or if yo' have dese heah wrist ones like yo' wear on yore sleeve to hold it up, yo'll take dat. An' yo'll put it in de Bible an' yo'll hold yore finger on that garter wit a dime in it, an' when yo' read dat thing den agin an' cali dat fellah's name, repeat his name five time. When yo' turn ovah dat garter an' it done slipped out from under dat dime, yo' put dat buckle on dere - yo' see dat garter got a buckle on dere - yo' put dat garter - dat dime done slipped out from under dat buckle as yo' call his name. Well, den, now lak if yo' say, "Will Johnson over dat or "Sam Williams when yo' strike his name. Yo' might possibly call several names, but when yo' strike de right name yo' watch dat dime - it'll slip out from under dat buckle. Dey tell me dat'll certainly find out whoevah it is, if a individual have done it an' nobody know who it is.
Entry 550
Take an' pick - pick yore left, dis fingah right heah.
(The finger next to the little finger on the left hand.)
Yes, an' put it - take a key an' put it in de Bible an' de place where yo' turn dat book open, if it turns to "Now, an' it came to pass," whatevah yo' want tuh happen will happen.
(Where do you put this blood?)
On de key. Yo' put de key in de Bible an' jes' - well, yo' don' be lookin'. Yo' know, yo' drop de blood on it jest anywhere in dere an' then yo' place that key in dere. Den yo' turn open de book an' if yo' open it to a place whatevah yo' - yo' already make yore wish or whatevah yo' find out, whether it's goin' tuh happen or not - an' if it comes, "An' den it came to pass" or "now it came to pass it'll happen, but if yo' don't turn to that, it won't.
(The blood is put on the key, though, isn't it?)
Yes, it's put on de key an' it placed in de Bible.
Entry 551
You kin take a Bible and tie a white string aroun' it, any kin'a cord string aroun' it, and lash a key onto it - whenever you tie dat string aroun' dere let de key be hangin' onto dat string. And take de Bible, jis' like you take de Bible up - jis' like dis here, like dis is de string and de key is fastened on dat [demonstrates - lifts up on the string, lifting up the Bible], and you say, "If Sich-and-Sich - if anybody has did anything to me, let me know by movin'." And see, dat Bible will be right still, it'll stay right still if dere's nothin' wrong wid jeh; but if 'tis anything wrong wid jeh, it'll swing jis' like dis here [demonstrates - Bible swings back and forth]. If you say, "If dere's anything here on me, swing and drop." Then it'll swing and fall. De Bible will fall. It'll slip right outch your han' regardless of how tight choo hold it - it'll come out. But after dat it swings like dat and let choo know dere's somebody has done somepin, dat'll let yo' know whether to go to a doctor a medical doctor either [or] a root doctor. And after you do dat, why, you kin go to de root doctor and tell him dat you ain't feeling - [you do feel] like somebody has did somepin to you, and then he'll know 'zackly what, you know, start doin' for yeh.