Subject:Chalk
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Entry 9026
Ah heered dem say, if yo' be in trouble or anything, why [here is] whut dey do. Jes' lak if yo' had a lawsuit yo' know, in co't, sompin lak dat, yo' kin git chew a package of needles dat ain't nevah been used, an' stick 'em straight up - stick two straight up dis Way, dis way [demonstrates].
(In your hair.)
Yes sir. Cross, ( cross 'em. An' den take two an' stick 'em 'cross de same way right chere. (Over your breast.) Yes sir. An' take a piece of chalk an' cross undah yore right feet - make a cross undah dere. An' put a dime in de bottom of yore shoe in dat [chalk] cross an' wear it. An' dey say yo'll win.
(How many needles do you use now?)
Say yo' use two up heah an' two heah. See, dat would be fo'. An' yo' jes' take a chalk an' cross undah yore feet an' wear dat dime undah dere. (You cross two needles up here in your hair and you cross two down on your breast?) Yes.
Entry 7198
Yo' take an' make a circle wit chalk an' when yo' make dat circle, den yo' make a "x" yo' know. When yo' make dat "x" - when yo' make de circle dat's God. (The circle is God?) Yes sir, an' de "x" de firs' lettah is de - circle is God an' de firs' cross is God de Father, an' de nex' one is God de Holy Spirit. (Where do you make this circle with the cross? Where do you make it? Where do you draw that?) Well, right in de room where whutevah wus taken from it. [Here I turn off recording machine. What informant says, I restart machine and repeat the lost information.] (You make a circle on the wall or on the floor. And you put an "x" inside. And then inside the "x" you do what?) Well, when yo' done make dat "x" in Name of de Father, Son an' Holy Ghost, den yo' wish whut chew want 'em tuh do. Jis' carry it right roun' jis' lak dat. (You mean just carry this circle around. You mean you keep marking the chalk around?) Yes, jis' make a roun' ring. Have yo' got a pencil? An' ah give it tuh yo' aftah [return it] right away. (Wait a minute! You draw the circle [I demonstrate]. That's God the Father. Then you [I demonstrate]. That's the Son. And [I demonstrate] Holy Ghost.) An' make yore wishes whut chew want. (And you keep going around and around and around. Like turning a wheel around.) Yo' do dat three time, three Godhead.
[I demonstrate again.]
You draw a line right through that circle and call the son, then you draw another line across it and say the Holy Ghost, and then you keep drawing that circle around and around and around, while you make your wishes for them to bring that article back that they have stolen.) Long as yo' speakin' of whut chew want done, yo' jis' keep yuh han' goin' roun' an' roun'.