Browse:Pins Protect Against Candles (Volume 1, entries 2975–2976)
Pins Protect Against Candles
Volume 1, entries 2975–2976. 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 2975
To make that candle go out? Well, they burn that on your head, you see - that the way they burn that on you, on your head. Now, what you do to make that candle go out. You take you two Pins and put 'em in the top of your head, cross em - make a cross out of 'em two pins. Take some salt and rub it right in the top of your head and wear that there for about four days, and I'll guarantee that headache will pass out - put 'em candles out.
Entry 2976
Take t'ree dressin' pins an' wear: 'em crossways in de mole of yer haid heah, right up in de top heah, an' yo' wear 'em crossways dere. If yo're burnin' dat candle, dat'll make dem - dey have to take dere min' off of from burnin' de candle. Dere wouldn't be luck 'nuff to burn dat candle all de while on yo'.