Note 42 — Chapter III · DISEASE DEITIES.
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(v) Tying a magic thread round the arm.42 On a Sunday or a Tuesday a woollen thread or a piece of five-coloured silken thread is taken to a bāvā or a jogi, who mutters a few mystic words, and makes seven knots in the thread. The thread is treated with frankincense, and then tied round the arm.43