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Old 12-04-2014, 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Halibut View Post
My grandmother was from Sicily and she truly, truly believed that a woman there had given her the evil eye and caused a miscarriage. She would never praise a child publicly because compliments draw the attention of the evil eye.

I have been known on occasion to make the sign against the evil eye behind someone's back.

You could share it with us. You never know when you need these things. I love The Villages. You learn all kinds of new stuff.
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