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Three Corners - Three Candles
Volume 1, entries 2867. 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 2867
Burn that stuff - take it an' burn that candle - take three an' burn 'em in three corners of de house, de east, north and west - jest three corners, special. Set it on somepin dat it don't ketch fire, an' burn it till it burn out an' make yore wish whatsomever yo' wish, "Ah wish ah won't be worried wit anyone or "Ah wish dat ah would git so-an'-so" - whatsomever yo' wish.
(That will keep the officers away. What do you burn now?)
Those candles.
(What color are they?)
Red - some red, some blue.
(You send away to buy those?)
Yo' sends away an' git them. Cost $l for a half dozen. [Here candles are uninfluenced by normal candle rites of New Orleans.]