[178] The School Master of Gondal. [↑]
[179] The School Master of Kotda Sangani. [↑]
[180] The School Master of Vanod. [↑]
[181] The School Master of Rājpāra. [↑]
CHAPTER VI.
THE EVIL EYE AND THE SCARING OF GHOSTS.
The superstitious dread of an evil eye is to be seen mostly among ignorant people, especially among women. If a boy were to fall ill, they say, “Chhotio (the name of the boy) was playing in the house wearing a fine dress and was prattling sweetly, when that wretch came to the house and her evil eye fell on him”[1] or “The boy was eating a dainty dish when that devilish woman came up and her evil eye influenced the boy.”[2]
Persons born on a Sunday or Tuesday are generally believed to have an evil eye.[3]
The evil eye causes its victim to vomit what he has eaten in its presence.[4]