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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1

Note 572 — THE HUNCHBACK'S TALE.

Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2

Arab. "Bi'l-Salámah"=in safety (to avert the evil eye). When visiting the sick it is usual to say something civil; "The Lord heal thee! No evil befal thee!" etc.

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