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Chair
Volume 1, entries 1764. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 1764
When yo' git ready to go up to de co'thouse - now, lak yo' got a case in co't an' yo' see all dem chairs yo' see - an' yo' turn down ever' one dese chairs, all de ones 'sposed to use, lak dis [demonstrates].
(You turn them down flat?)
Or listen, ah kin come lak dis with salt, lak yo' got ever' one down, an' put a little ovah there an' a little there an' turn 'em down an' go ahead on. Go out dat house an' don't look back when yo' goin' to de co'thouse. Yo' go right to de co'thouse an' yo'll win that case. (You put some salt on each corner of the chair after turning it down, and put salt in each corner of the room?) Each corner, too, an' den go right on, pay no mo' 'tenshun an' go right to de co'thouse, an' yo'll win dat case.