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St. Anthony
Volume 1, entries 2991–2992. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → (3) SAINTS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2991
["Algiers, La., Feb. 21, 1940, Weds.- woman 50 - good - brought by Moses - paid" - Numbers Book 1558 to 1605. Moses, our contact man in Algiers, brings me a birthday present - the following woman. She, a pro- fessional worker, answers my unrecorded question with an extempo- raneous prayer, opening and closing with a triform petition.] St. Anthony, open dis do'. St. Anthony, please open de do'. An' dear St. Antho- ny, who lives in Jesus' love, open dis do'. St. Anthony, ah consecrate mahself to yo' an' use yo' as mah patron saint, an' ah ask yo' tuh keep mah do' open. Ah ask yo' tuh send me customers, St. Anthony, an' ah'll always use yo', through Our Lord givin' yo' de power an' strength tuh send me customers an' give yo' de lights on yore [altar]." St. Anthony open dis do' - St. Anthony open dis do' - St. Anthory open dis do'. An' yo' give lights tuh St. Raymond, he's fo' luck an' success. St. Raymond, yo' give him lights today. Git chew a red light. An' yo' use lights fo' him on Mondays an' on Thursdays an' positively everything red. An' they give yo' a prayer wit gittin' it [when you purchase the candle a prayer is included]; an' ah'll guarantee that vo'll have mo' luck then vo' want. In 24 days. But yo' must give him yore offerings. He's guaranteed 24 hours - 24 hours to a day. He gives yo' jes' whut chew want. He's first-class.
The prayer is presented as the informant’s response to an unrecorded question; the opening account of its production is editorial.
Entry 2992
St. Anthony. St. Anthony is fo' chillren an' fo' de po'. Yo' prays tuh St. Anthony fo' work or fo' bread, an' when yo' gits dis heah - yo' makes him a promise an' if yo' gits a job, if yo' out of a job, an' yo' pray tuh him tuh help vo' tuh git dis job. Or, if vo' got chillren an' vo' want bread in yore home, yo' pray tuh him fo' dat bread an' yo' make him a promise dat when yo' git it, yo'll go tuh de box - to a church where dey got St. Anthony's box an' put money in his box fo' de po'. But chew mustn't promise him dat an' don't give it to him. Use brown candles to St. Anthony, Thursdays an' Tuesdays.