The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

CURSE EVIL EYE HOW TO AVOID IT

YOU CAN USUALLY PURCHASE A SMALL NUT LIKE THING,
WHICH LOOKS LIKE AN EYE FROM SOMEONE IN YOUR TOWN
WHO KNOWS ABOUT SUCH THINGS, IT IS CALLED
EL MAL DE OJO. THIS IS SAID TO
PREVENT ANYONE FROM BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE EVIL EYE.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT NOTED THAT WHILE THESE THINGS
ARE PRACTICED IN SMALL TOWNS OF MEXI
YOU WILL
SELDOM OR NEVER SEE THEM IN THE BIG CITIES.

Where learned: WESTERN YMCA

Date learned: 11-11-1971