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Bible and God Bless Them
Volume 1, entries 2949–2950. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → SHRINES: ALTARS - CANDLES - SAINTS; NEW ORLEANS AREA → (2) CANDLES. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2949
Yo' kin feel it whatevah certain hour dat dey burn dat candle - yo' begin tuh feel de 'fects. Well, it's a piece in a Bible dat yo' go clip dat verse out of dat Bible and whenevah dat feelin' git on yo' when dey start aburning dat candle, yo' go somewhere in a close corner and read dat verse out of dat Bible. See, read de verse out of dat Bible instead of - don't say, git mad with de person whut chew think burning it. Yo' jest say, "God bless 'em, ' or something an' read dat verse out of dat Bible. That will turn it back. Dey say dat verse will be so strong - ah forget de name of dat verse, what verse it is. An' they say it'll go out - de candle can't burn, because yo' know dat's always stronger power den de devil.
Entry 2950
[If they] burn de candle tuh harm yo', git up an' light chew a red can- dle an' read Psalms 112, an' read Psalms 113 and 114 - uh-huh, de hundred Psalms de thirteen verse an' fo'teen verse of Psalms.
(What would happen then?)
Well, whosomevah wus trying tuh do yo' evil, they would leave you alone if dey burnin' dat candle. Light the red candles, yes, when yo' git through an' - yo' read that an' put de salt in each corner of de house - an' blow it out. Yo' not supposed [ordinarily] tuh blow a candle out; yo' supposed to smother it out lak dat [demonstrates].
(Those candles vou burn vou mean?)
Yes. [Normally the red or any candle would be snuffed out, but here it is blown out.]