Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-02
The Evil-Eye.

We find that In many countries there
has been, and there still is, more or less,
a belief in the evil effect OF certain eyes
The malignant power supposed TO exist is
not said 20 be due to any particular color,
size or shape of the visual organ, and in
fact even those who most firmly believe
in it do not attribute it to any physical
popularity, although Boguet affirmed that
sOrcerers had two pupils in one Of their
eyes, and some in both eyes; they NOR
tally bewitched those they looked at, and
killed them if they kept their eyes fixed
on them.
In Italy there were sorcerers supposed
to devour with one look the heart Of
man. The Greeians firmly believed In the
"evil-eye," while in Spain there were peO-
pie much feared because their ewes could
distIll poison into those they looked at.
One Spaniard, IL is reported, had such a
powerful bad eye that he could shatter
every pane Of glass in a window Just by
looking at it. Another was employed by
the king to look on certain criminals con-
demned to death, and his look sufliced TO
kill them.
The people in Scotland also have great
dread OF the evll-eye, believing that the
look of certain persons produces very IN
fortunate results, such as turning the
milk sour, making the goats barren, etc.
At Plaudern, near Landerdeau. in Brit
tany, IL the left eve OF a corpse does not
close, one ofthe nearest relations is threat
ened by death. - .a'l,
In the lovely island of Cozumel we were
acquainted with a good old priest who
was supposed to be the unfortunate pos
SCISSOR Of an eYil-eye. An Old lady, a
near neighbor of his, said to us, fk "a most
impressive manner: "When the Senior
Cura admires anything it is just as we'll
10 give IL to him at once, for as sure as
you keep it, IL will die''
The good old man was quite grieyed
! about his eye, and said 10 US: 81 have
done all the good in my power to every
body, never refusing 10 serve the poor
who could not ray me, yet 1 have an evil
eye, though do not know how 1t hap
pens. One day walked through yard
without CHANGING TO the right or to the
left. Almost Immediately woman came
running after me, saying: oh, Senior
/ Cura, you have looked at nv pig, and it
has just dropped down dead! You must
| pay me for it; II Is worth So 'Whatp
shouted. Middleton! Go To l have
not even seen the Internal pig, and you
want to make me pay for itp You see it
was enough 10 make a saint swear" added
our mild old friend.
/ Then be told us another case. "One OF
my Pensioners, who had very pretty
| little pig, called on me one day and SAID:
Il wish to offer my pig to Saint Anthony.
/ You will please celebrate mass, and the
pig is yours So at 4 o'clock next morn
Ing chanted the mass, and leaving the
pig where IL was, sent corn TO IL every
day. When the pig had eaten more than
a bushel OF corn, and was well iattened,
the neighbOr paid me another visit. Said
he: 'senor, will pay you for the corn
used and for the mass, as also for sec
ond one wish 10 have celebrated when
| convenient 10 you, but l should like TO
/ keep my Pig or course / had no objeo-
ton, and told the man / was perfectly
| satisfied.
"Next morning when / arrived at the
church / found man waiting outside the
| door with 81 to pay for the mass. just as
the bells were being rung the owner Of the
! pig rushed up 10 me. 'Oh, Senior Cura,
the pig has swollen and is dyingP What
fault had II Well, that man did not pay
/ for the corn, and even accepted the s.
that | offered 10 return 10 him.
''on another occasion wanted TO pur-
chase some fowls from an old woman
but she didn't care TO part with them
and could not oblige her. nor did
wish TO- so dismissed the matter from my
mind. ! chatted with her awhile, then
took my leave; but before l reached the
garden gate the fowls fell dead in the yard.
Then the woman said: 'Ah. Senior, your
eyii-eye has killed all my birdsl Why
/ did ! not sell them 10 yOuY What fault
had ~ The heat OF the sun must have
| killed the birds"
The topic was evidently so painful 20
the old gentleman that we told him TO dis
miss it from bis mind, and join us In q
game Of euchre.