Browse:Lord's Prayer (Volume 1, entries 1028–1029)
Lord's Prayer
Volume 1, entries 1028–1029. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → FOLK MEDICINE → FOLK MEDICINE (1) PRINCIPLES OF HEALING. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 1028
Yo' repeat de Lord's Prayer - that's great you know, Our Father, who art in heaven.... (Just once?) No sir, you do it nine times. [For three times, see No. 995, p.383.]
(What do you do that for?)
That's for to protect yourself. You know dey can't stand yo' calling de Lord's Prayer when dey trying to do you harm.
Entry 1029
Ah goes dere [graveyard or crossroad] an' gives God three prayers. At twelve a'clock in de night - don't go dere in de day. Give God's three prayers fo' all mah undertakin' an' different things - transactions in business. That means fo' sickness or death or anything interferin' wit me.
Editorial alternative locus: graveyard or crossroad. The source leaves the location unresolved; this is not a confirmed crossroads visit. The informant specifies midnight, not daytime, and God's three prayers; the source heading does not identify their wording.