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Evil Eye in the Western Highlands · Robert Craig Maclagan — chapter 2 of 45 · ~160 words · public domain

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THINGS THAT SPECIALLY ATTRACT 43

STRANGERS SPECIALLY LIABLE TO BE ACCUSED OF THE POSSESSION OF THE EVIL EYE 46

PEOPLE SHOULD GIVE WHEN ASKED 48

SYMPTOMS IN ANIMALS ASCRIBED TO EFFECT OF EVIL EYE 51

BENEFIT TO THE OWNER OF AN EVIL EYE 68

DISADVANTAGE TO THE OWNER OF AN EVIL EYE 70

CONSEQUENCE OF DIRECT PRAISE 76

A LOOK DOES IT 80

AVOIDING THE LOOK 84

CONVERSION TO BELIEF IN EVIL EYE 88

GIVING AWAY MILK DANGEROUS 89

SCIENCE VERSUS EOLAS 91

HURTER AND HEALER 98

TRANSMISSION OF EOLAS 101

FORMS OF INCANTATION 104

FORM OF PAYMENT 108

THE NECESSITY OF FAITH 112

PREVENTING EVIL BY BLESSING 114

PREVENTING BY DISPRAISING 117

PREVENTING BY ROWAN AND JUNIPER 119

PREVENTING BY HORSE NAILS AND SHOES 121

PREVENTING BY A SMALL GIFT 122

A PREVENTATIVE BY BURNING CLOTHING 125

PREVENTION BY SPITTING 126

PREVENTING BY CHURNING 129

PREVENTION BY PECULIARITY IN CLOTHES 131

TAR AS PREVENTATIVE 132

NICKING THE EAR 134

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