The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-28

EVIL eye ID a. justly noted today N Boa
MA as In the medieval t'fnAs Scarcely
score Of years ago woman wa> buried
alive because sne was suspected q witch
cry All good Bosnans cover the fore
head. fer on the forehead 10 an invisible
mark eas;ly detected by any witch who
knows her business. Through this marx
she will diaSAsch some kind OF ackueas or
pain into your system.
While the fear Of the evil eye ID COM
mon in Turkey. Russia and among the
Balkan mountains. II reaches Its highest
,limax IL Bosnia Il you arc 90 unfor-
tunate ~ TO comment ut<,u the good looks
Of q child. its mother viii not rest until
you have consented to take hack your
words. and a. . further preventive against
enchAntn,ent. scratch its face with your
nails. II you refuge to DO this the child
vii! surely Gcken and die. You must new
o. condsscsnd to the uncanny and danger
Gus operation OF admirng Q horse or
Geld. At least not without counteracting
the witch-sncouraging effect OF your ad-
mirat.on by promptly making faces at said
horse or field. and showing your contempt
OF these objects By appropriate gestures.
such a. knocking some wooden thing with
the knuckls q your middle finger.
Fairies Abound IN Bosnia.
People as well as cattle carry amulets.
Quoise: tho nation would not hang to-
gefher without them. Men carry amulets
In the tsssel Of their caps. little children
have them siung about the neck. horses
have their names and tails Embedded with
these little things.
The belief In fairies 10 prodigious. They
call them vita" that 10. supernatural
creatures. maidens who are born In
dense forests below the shadow OF mys-
tertoue trees. The Vita issues forth from
the dew AS II settles on the thirsty leaves.
They know no babyhood. and are perfect
beings as they blossom forth mysterious
ly In tho forest darkness. They wear
long golden hair. and hover about noun
ta.ns and cross roads. Their meetings
places are called the dancing floor Of
the forest ladies'" and certain glades and
openings In the woods are pointed out
ms belonging 10 them. There they dance
and sing and carry on nymph-like, but
II stranger surprises them at their
gambols they revenge themselves on him
by taking away hts shadow. n very cruel
deed. And yet there r. something In It,
for IMAM without n shadow" In the
Bosnian tongue, In a lunAtic; in other
words. the fairies revenge themselves by
making the transgressor insane. There
Is an old story floating about here con-
corning the Bosnian national hero. Kral-
cvitch Marko, who WAS compelled to
serve the Turks because his shadow had
been taken away from him by the Of
Tended vita. Now. n matter OF fact,
Marko was a traitor. but the Bosnian
mind ingeniously invented this little story
To save ths honor OF the country"
], often happens that = vita gets tan
gicd by the hair In the branches Of a tree.
and u Ia said that whoever releases her
che will always protect against all kinds
% evil. The fairy becomes the possstrtna
81 her rescuer fair vita fell IN love
with young ivnsk, or hero HE sister
went out into the woods 90 search for
him Che said:
My golden Ivo will you never return
90 our white house,
The .vnak responded
~ would I were home. my soul, but
vita II preventing my going. She IL
good ana beautiful fairy But " put
the saddle on my horse she takee II or
again. ana ~ I seize my musket she takes
IL away from me and hangs II In the top
~ tree She inpiores me- 20 stay. say
'rg: so fond away. my handsome lion.
The way IL long, the prairie IL endless.
the water Is deep and troublous; remain
with me-. ! bog"
Ceremony Of Marriage Pact.
In the matter OF marriage ceremony
posnian customs are very elaborate.
when the bridal party moves up 70 thu
house of the bridegroom the best man
horse, whereupon ne leads the horse three
times round the house from cas-. 20 west.
to- rymboliae the happiness ~ the young
couple which shcald he IKE the brilliant
course OF the sun In ascendsncy. THE
bride now hnecls before the door. kissing
the threshold, while the women or the
hotss ofrer her bowl filled with new
mown grain she throws the grain over
the root In the direction of the four
points ~ IN. compass Walking into the
house she kisses the fireplace. the center
around which she 10 20 gather her fnm-
nv. aud then the price. concludes the csre-
morv. During the nrs' year ~ IN" mar
r,ase neither wife nor husband must
speak together In the presence 81 o,hers.
and the Young woman mus' wash the feet
~ any guss. that may enter their house
should she hapren "a meet man OUTSIDE
she mus, take paths not 90 crSes hS ROAD;
she mus, also stand s,il' ana wait III he
has pasxsi. ana sh. must how deeply Re"
for, him ~t,h0G, uttsring . word IL she
"a .psk.u 20 sh. may answer n necessary,
No, ueta ,he second year ~ s"r marriage
4. .hs ss~npseA from these rather or~r-
ca. auties Of Inaugural matrmony
pesn,sr rHAst-ns ard proverbs are plant"
r,i ara shHe ,sey are c"heaei IN anything
su, csAr~ies diesion tray hide . scsi
~n-lrs below . crust 81 nArsh-scundins
yorsa A.rs ere u few Of she most com
non.
where TIE s.vr cannot gs' . Ao;i he
s-nis Q wo~nAn"
lyon sAerld no, d-pera too much % year
tsrs. neither your musss, Mr. your VIE"
The ~ogv, powsr In the world are Ere.
water AMI women
sJ,is easier 10 hold your o~a sxa!rAss the
asv,l shaA against . fair woman"
III ycs marty young 10 10 always too
Early. 70 ysu marry eld n 10 always toe
late"
Woman laughs when she car. bat wee?s
vssn she chooses
We whom ossa - anssoss 90 rsnash 10
ssvvn The single 3auGhtss x . family for
VIE"
Wien the asrf 10 hungry he thinks ne
can never Get enough. bat when ~ has GOT
his ~ ne ,Asnss ne wi! never Re hungry
AGAIN
IL 10 easy enough 80 40 aNcg- without q
sswh IN tow- wsere ;hers are 10 toss"
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