Browse:Incense Hand (Volume 1, entries 2016–2017)
Incense Hand
Volume 1, entries 2016–2017. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 2016
Well, dey tell me yo' take some red peppah, sulphur an' salt an' mix it together an' put it in yore pocket. An' after yo' git it in yore pocket, well, yo' git dis lucky incense. Ah've got some up to de house now - it's really good. Ah wish ah could git a chance tuh give yo' de number of dis company. Well, ah'll maybe git a chance tuh give it to yo' befo' yo' leave. Well, all right, yo' give it to 'em in a little bag an' let 'em put it in dere pocket, see.
(You put all that stuff in a little bag?)
Yeah, a little bag, jes' lak yo' take a little piece of homespun an' have dese in a little bag, but put it in yore pocket. Den when dey put it in dere pocket, jes' lak dey goin' tuh gamble, run yore hand down in dere an' git dis bag an' rub it all ovah yore han's - see, rub it all ovah yore hands an' put it back in yore pocket. Den yo' kin start tuh dealin' yore cards - say, brothah, yo' got 'em.
(What do you put in that bag now?)
Red peppah, black peppah, a little bit of salt, an' incense - in yore pocket. [Incense in a bag hand is unusual; usually incense is burned for business - see margin-title Incense in subsection Business and Customers.]
Entry 2017
See, ah burn insane [incense] fer three mornin's an' use dat. See. Insane ah do. Then ah burn mah candlestick. Dat's if ah want de job. [Candlestick here is probably stick incense or joss stick rather than candle in candlestick, though perfumed candles are burned.]
(Do you do that for yourself or the person that comes to you?)
De person dat comes tuh me.
(What kind of incense do you burn?)
Ah uses mistletoe.
(Do you buy that some place?)
Yeah, ah orders it.
(What firm do you order that from?)
Ah - ever' once in a while ah forgit about it - ah left mah little book
[catalogue] home.