evil eye
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These flints were often sewed into the dresses of children to protect them from the Evil-eye.
From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by Napier, James
At present, the Bisara is safe on an ekka- pony's neck, inside the blue bead-necklace that keeps off the Evil-eye.
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard
At present, the Bisara is safe on an ekka-pony's neck, inside the blue bead-necklace that keeps off the Evil-eye.
From Plain Tales from the Hills by Kipling, Rudyard