Browse:Olive Oil (Volume 1, entries 2170–2171)
Olive Oil
Volume 1, entries 2170–2171. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 2170
Yo' use a olive oil an' den yo' have a perfume - a lucky perfume dat chew use. An' yo' rub dat all ovah yore han's an' put it on yore clothes an' go down an' git close enough to him fo' him den tuh inhale, yo' know so he kin smell it, an' talk with him. If he don't give yo' a job den he'll tell yo' tuh come back, an' yo' mo' den apt tuh git work tuh do. [Olive oil is considered more or less holy - see Holy Oil. The perfume applied later reduces the olive oil odor.]
Entry 2171
Mighty good fo' that.
(How do they use that?)
Well, yo' use that on yore face an' han's after yo' git through with yore toilet in de mornin' an' yo' breakfast an' everything. Yo' let that be the last thing yo' do befo' yo' goin' tuh yore business, an' yo' jes' take a little olive oil an' rub it ovah yore face an' ovah yore han's like that in the mornin's an' that brings luck an' brings friends to yo'. That's mighty good.