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Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Volume 1, entries 2881. 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 2881
Well, yo' take an' burn nine candles - lak yo' know somebody dat yo wanta move [to live] with yo'. Yo' take an' write dere names on each one of those nine candles an' burn 'em with a nickel's wuth of sugah. (What kind of candles do you burn?) Well, ah burn diff'rent kind fo' diff'rent things.
(What do you burn for this particular case?)
Well, ah burn white candles.
(What do you write the names on the candles with?)
Wit a pen - pin.
(When do you burn those candles?)
Well, ah would burn 'em on a Monday, Wednesday an' Friday. Ah burn 'em from six tuh twelve an' six in de evening. Ah would burn de white candles fo' good six days.