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Subpoena Frozen and Burned
Volume 1, entries 2917. 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 2917
(Well, did you tell me something about doing something with the sub- poena?) [Among other things while machine turned off.] Yassuh, yo' take de subpoena an' yo' git chew some ice, an' git chew a black candle an' yo' take dat an' yo' put it on dat ice, an' take dat black candle an' set it up ovah there. Dat's fo' if yo' got de subpoena from de co't. Dat's tuh keep dem from talkin' on yo' [testifying against you]. [The problem of the shut-off machine I have discussed in the Introduction. Here I choose an awkward way to ask for a repetition of the subpoena material.]