Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-12
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vERUSALEM.- Have you ever heard
of the Evil Eyo?H
It is abroad in the Holy Land,
~ ana n glance from II viii bring
ydu misfortune. 1t Nill lame your horse,
COW or camel and II may cause your
child to sicken or die. 1t can ruin your
health or your business, and it may
even send your so,l 70 eternal dnmna-
lion. Those who possess the evil eye
are devils incarnutc, but yon cannot
1nll who they arc. They 90 about in the
shape of innoccnt-lo looking men. wome:
and children. and sou VIII not realize
that their spells have been cast upon
YOU until misfortune comes.
GUARDING AGAINST THE EVIL
EYE,
This belief exists throughout Palcs-
tine and is common In this part of tho
world. Every house in Jerusalem.
whether, Jew, Moslem or Christian,
contains charms to ward off such spells.
and every man, woman and child car
rles Il talisman to keep OFF the witches
Some Of these charms are in the shape
of hand. coming from an old Jewish
belief or saying that tho hand of God
will arrest all disasters, and of Il Mo-
hammedan one calling upon the hand
Of Fatlma. the dnusntcr of the pl'oph-
ct 10. guard them from evil Silver
hands rrc sold rs charms and the bet
Tor classes wear hands OF gold tied to
their nccks. Every Jerusalem houS"
has a painting or carving of n hand
on its front door to keep off the evi'
eye; and in the new houses which are
now going up they IRE putting hands
over the windows, ana also at the front
doors. They tic bnrp oc charms over
each dho", which contain an egg. Il
piece OF alum, some garlic and II large
blue bead.
HOW SATAN HATES BLUE.
Blue is believed to be color which
fr!ghtcns the devil. These people think
that everything blue will ward OFF the
evil eye, and for this reason horses.
donkeys and clmels have strings ot
blue beads round their nccks Every
horse and donkey I have ridden since
set foot in the Holy Land has
been decorated With peads. and in Il
carriage trip | recently took across
country, changing my teams sew
oral times, every horse of the three We
dove hnd Il blue necklace. enc was 9
3.year-old colt, which was lively and
skittish. He wore several strands of
Ulut DtubS, tlCll as DIE us lllt lhll u
my thumb. AS he jumped about IL
broke the string ana the beads fell off
and We're lost. The driver went back
to look for them and hunted in vain
He was troubled during the rest Of the
day, and when toward evening the colt
got q stone in his foot and went lame.
he said 1t was the evil eye. which might
have been Kept off had the beads re-
manned on.
see many children here wearing
blue beads, and they have some beads
which are of the shape of an eye.
There Is one special kind made In
Hebron which is very effective. 1t is Il
bead OF blue glass of the shape of
hand with five fingers, 1t is worn as
n charm.
Some of the children are clad in blue
gowns with white circles stamped on
them Every store has some blue In
side II. and In some silver hand Is
hung up on the walls. The bride wears
h1ue beads. at her wedding. and In
Wedding professions salt, rice and
sugar ,plums are thrown ut the bride
and bridegroom to keep off the evil
eye and bring luck.
ALUM AND OTHER CHARMS.
l have been warned that should al
ways have some alum In my pocket.
This Is charm which will keep off
the witches, and 1t is usually carried