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Holy Name Vah
Volume 1, entries 2907. 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 2907
Ah would buy me a green candle an' burn de green candle an' put mah face to de east an' mah face in de west an' use de holy name Vah seven times - look to de east and look to de west an' use de holy name Vah seven times. [See how she changes 'put mah face to ''look."]
(How do you spell that?)
V-a-h. (vah.) Uh-huh. (When do you burn these green candles - how long?) Now, de ways of burnin' de green candles - ah lights 'em twelve a'clock in de day. See, if ah'm goin' tomorrah tuh git hired, ah'll burn it twelve a'clock - light it twelve a'clock today an' burn it smack up an' go up an' ask fo' me a job. Jis' burn one candle. Jis' lak ah'm goin' tuh work today an' ah want me a job an' ah know where ah'm goin' to, ah jis' burn dat one candle an' go on up an' ast me a job. Use de holy name Vah.