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Name Nine Times Backwards
Volume 1, entries 2825. 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 2825
When yo' wants tuh bring one back - dey gone an' yo' wants dem tuh git back. Well, den yo' go tuh work den an' git a candle, an' have dis name wrote nine times backwards - not correct writin', backwards yo' see. An' put it undah de candle an' light de candle, an' let de candle burn till one a'clock. Yo' light it at twelve an' let it burn till one, yo' see. An' den if he's away, when dat candle burn out he'll be back, yo' see.
(What kind of candle would you use in a case like that?)
In a case lak dat why yo' use one of dese heah red candles.