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Diminishing Time
Volume 1, entries 2872. 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 2872
Tuh keep de law away yo' burn de black candle an' mop with van-van Oil- mop with it an' dat's tuh keep de law from yo'. Yo' supposed to light dat black candle at twelve a'clock in de night tuh keep de law from yo'. Yo' light dat black candle at twelve a'clock in de night an' burn dat candle till about two.
(The second night you said you light it about twelve-thirty?)
About twelve till about twelve-thirty. See, every night yo' supposed tuh slacken back de candle - some minutes offen de candle or bout half an hour offa de candle. Burn it three nights in de week - Sunday night, Monday night an Tuesday night. Den don't burn it no mo'.