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Three Times, Three Days
Volume 1, entries 2331. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2331
[Here are the magic three days of the magic seven-day week; the times, not the days of the week being important.] Yo' heah talk of dis John de Conker. Yo' take dat John de Conker and some camphor an' put it in a little vial, and yo' put dat in yore pocket an' yo' shake it up - mix it well wit dat camphor an' put it in yore pocket. Yo' take a little piece an' chew it an' yo' go tuh him. If de third time, if he don't give yo' a job de third time, den don't go back dere no mo' dat week. Wait till de same day yo went dis week an' yo take dem othah three days an' de next week an' go back dere de next week. Den he supposed tuh give yo' a job.