Evil eye in the western Highlands
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1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTION3. EVIL EYE4. LOCALITY OF BELIEF5. SOCIAL POSITION OF BELIEVERS6. DESCRIPTION OF POSSESSORS OF EVIL EYE7. OBJECTION TO MEETING AN EVIL EYE8. AVOIDING SUSPICION OF EVIL EYE9. ACTION OF EVIL EYE INDEPENDENT OF POSSESSOR10. EVIL EYE TAKES EFFECT EVEN ON THINGS NOT SEEN11. MORAL SOURCE OF THE EVIL EYE12. THINGS THAT SPECIALLY ATTRACT13. STRANGERS SPECIALLY LIABLE TO BE ACCUSED OF THE POSSESSION OF THE EVIL EYE14. PEOPLE SHOULD GIVE WHEN ASKED15. SYMPTOMS IN ANIMALS ASCRIBED TO EFFECT OF EVIL EYE16. BENEFIT TO THE OWNER OF AN EVIL EYE17. DISADVANTAGE TO THE OWNER OF AN EVIL EYE18. CONSEQUENCE OF DIRECT PRAISE19. A LOOK DOES IT20. AVOIDING THE LOOK21. CONVERSION TO BELIEF IN EVIL EYE22. GIVING AWAY MILK DANGEROUS23. SCIENCE VERSUS EOLAS24. HURTER AND HEALER25. TRANSMISSION OF EOLAS26. FORMS OF INCANTATION27. FORM OF PAYMENT28. THE NECESSITY OF FAITH29. PREVENTING EVIL BY BLESSING30. PREVENTING BY DISPRAISING31. PREVENTING BY ROWAN AND JUNIPER32. PREVENTING BY HORSE NAILS AND SHOES33. PREVENTING BY A SMALL GIFT34. A PREVENTATIVE BY BURNING CLOTHING35. PREVENTION BY SPITTING36. PREVENTING BY CHURNING37. PREVENTION BY PECULIARITY IN CLOTHES38. TAR AS PREVENTATIVE39. NICKING THE EAR40. URINE AS PREVENTATIVE41. A BURNT OFFERING42. CHARMS. (STRING)43. UISGE A’ CHRONACHAIDH (WATER OF INJURY)44. STONES AND WATER45. IRON AND WATER46. WOOD AND WATER47. SALT AS CURE AND PREVENTATIVE48. MOST SUITABLE WATER49. TABOO WHEN IN POSSESSION OF WATER50. WATER, WHERE APPLIED51. ODD CURES52. AN EYE FOR AN EYE53. SHOWING WHO IS THE MISCHIEF MAKER54. PUTTING ELSEWHERE55. APPENDIX56. INDEX