Evil eye in the western HighlandsMaclagan, Robert Craig
Religion
Evil eye in the western Highlands
Maclagan, Robert Craig
Evil eye; Folklore; Superstition
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
URINE AS PREVENTATIVE 135
A BURNT OFFERING 140
CHARMS. (STRING) 141
UISGE A’ CHRONACHAIDH (WATER OF INJURY) 151
STONES AND WATER 167
IRON AND WATER 172
WOOD AND WATER 175
SALT AS CURE AND PREVENTATIVE 176
MOST SUITABLE WATER 181
TABOO WHEN IN POSSESSION OF WATER 184
WATER, WHERE APPLIED 192
ODD CURES 195
HONEYSUCKLE CURE 195
CAT CURE 196
RUBBING HAIR THE WRONG WAY 196
CHANGING THE FIREPLACE 197
THE POWER OF A CHILD’S MUTCH 197
WHISKY CURE 198
LEAD DROPPING 198
AN EYE FOR AN EYE 200
SHOWING WHO IS THE MISCHIEF MAKER 205
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