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evil eye

[ee-vuhl ahy] / ˈi vəl ˈaɪ /


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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




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