
Length6h 7m
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Excerpt: "Anybody may have the Evil Eye, but that certain people suggest the Evil Eye to others from their appearance must be admitted. A minister, himself a son of the manse, who has had Highland surroundings all his early life, bears witness, "The possession was more frequently ascribed to females than to males, and for the most part to elderly women." Another minister, an older man than the former, says of the Evil Eye: "They were chiefly women that were suspected, and were generally much disliked in the communities." These two reciters were as far apart as Arran and Ross-shire."
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GenrePsychology
Length6 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 6, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
28PREVENTING EVIL BY BLESSING
2EVIL EYE
29PREVENTING BY DISPRAISING
3LOCALITY OF BELIEF
30PREVENTING BY ROWAN AND JUNIPER
4SOCIAL POSITION OF BELIEVERS
31PREVENTING BY HORSE NAILS AND SHOES
5DESCRIPTION OF POSSESSORS OF EVIL EYE
32PREVENTING BY A SMALL GIFT
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6OBJECTION TO MEETING AN EVIL EYE
33A PREVENTATIVE BY BURNING CLOTHING
7AVOIDING SUSPICION OF EVIL EYE
34PREVENTION BY SPITTING
8ACTION OF EVIL EYE INDEPENDENT OF POSSESSOR
35PREVENTING BY CHURNING
9EVIL EYE TAKES EFFECT EVEN ON THINGS NOT SEEN
36PREVENTION BY PECULIARITY IN CLOTHES
10MORAL SOURCE OF THE EVIL EYE
37TAR AS PREVENTATIVE
11THINGS THAT SPECIALLY ATTRACT
38NICKING THE EAR
12STRANGERS SPECIALLY LIABLE TO BE ACCUSED OF THE POSSESSION OF THE EVIL EYE
39URINE AS PREVENTATIVE
13PEOPLE SHOULD GIVE WHEN ASKED
40A BURNT OFFERING
14SYMPTOMS IN ANIMALS ASCRIBED TO EFFECT OF EVIL EYE
41CHARMS. (STRING)
15BENEFIT TO THE OWNER OF AN EVIL EYE
42UISGE A’ CHRONACHAIDH (WATER OF INJURY)
16DISADVANTAGE TO THE OWNER OF AN EVIL EYE
43STONES AND WATER
17CONSEQUENCE OF DIRECT PRAISE
44IRON AND WATER
18A LOOK DOES IT
45WOOD AND WATER
19AVOIDING THE LOOK
46SALT AS CURE AND PREVENTATIVE
20CONVERSION TO BELIEF IN EVIL EYE
47MOST SUITABLE WATER
21GIVING AWAY MILK DANGEROUS
48TABOO WHEN IN POSSESSION OF WATER
22SCIENCE VERSUS EOLAS
49WATER, WHERE APPLIED
23HURTER AND HEALER
50ODD CURES
24TRANSMISSION OF EOLAS
51AN EYE FOR AN EYE
25FORMS OF INCANTATION
52SHOWING WHO IS THE MISCHIEF MAKER
26FORM OF PAYMENT
53PUTTING ELSEWHERE
27THE NECESSITY OF FAITH
54APPENDIX