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Folk Lore Notes. Vol. I—Gujarat

Note 64 — Chapter VI · THE EVIL EYE AND THE SCARING OF GHOSTS.

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An amulet made of a piece of cloth is called dhāga.64 It is either a piece of cloth used by a holy man, a piece of cloth containing a mixture of red lead and oil offered to the god Hanumān,65 or a piece of cloth in which are wrapped up the things put into an amulet. The dhāga is either worn round the wrist or suspended from the neck.66

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