Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variationsin hyphenation and accents have been standardised except in the Gaelicpassages, but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

EVIL EYE
IN THE
WESTERN HIGHLANDS

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE GAMES AND DIVERSIONS OF
ARGYLESHIRE. Demy 8vo, viii.-270 pp.,
cloth, uncut, 10s. 6d. net.

This volume forms No. 47 of the Publications
of the Folk-Lore Society.


EVIL EYE
IN THE
WESTERN HIGHLANDS

BY
R. C. MACLAGAN, M.D.
AUTHOR OF
“THE GAMES AND DIVERSIONS OF ARGYLESHIRE”

LONDON
DAVID NUTT, 57-59 LONG ACRE
1902

Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press


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CONTENTS

PAGE
Introduction1
Evil Eye10
Locality of Belief20
Social Position of Believers22
Description of Possessors of Evil Eye24
Objection to Meeting an Evil Eye28
Avoiding Suspicion of Evil Eye32
Action of Evil Eye independent of Possessor35
Evil Eye takes Effect even on Things not Seen37
Moral Source of the Evil Eye40
Things that specially Attract43
Strangers specially liable to be Accused of the Possession of theEvil Eye46
People should Give when Asked48
Symptoms in Animals ascribed to Effect of Evil Eye51
Benefit to the Owner of an Evil Eye68
...

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