Browse:Devil's-Shoestring (Volume 1, entries 2470–2471)
Devil's-Shoestring
Volume 1, entries 2470–2471. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → BUSINESS AND CUSTOMERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 2470
Like this-a one wanta bring in customers. Yo'll take you de devil's- shoestring an' yo' take that devil-shoestring an' yo' git chew dis heah green mistletoe. Yo' put dat togethah an' yo' bury dat down at yore sto' do' an' everyone comes in dere. Only de one whut come in [if only one comes in], he'll care de news an' em- brace yore business. Well, dat'll draw. They say everybody will come to them. Yo' can't wait on yore customents [customers] so I understand about dat, cause yo' have plenty trade through dat business if yo' put dat shoestring, devil's- shoestring and dat mistletoe undah yore do'step of yore business. Bury it down dere at least twelve inches in de ground an' all dat pass ovah dere will be good luck to yo'.
Entry 2471
Yo' kin take devil's-shoestring an' put it in whiskey, or either camphor, an' rub it in yore hand an' dat'll make yo' lucky.
(Lucky for what?)
Lucky tuh rent chure rooms or any kind of business yo' in.