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unusual facts about evil eye



Superstition in Pakistan

People, especially children and young girls, wear Ta'wiz (Urdu: تعویز) (Amulet) to ward off evil eye.


see also

Sansevieria trifasciata

In Nigeria it is commonly linked with Ogoun, the Orisha of war, and is used in rituals to remove the evil eye.

Shtriga

Newborns, children or beautiful girls have been said to catch the evil eye more easily, so in some Albanian regions when meeting such a person, especially a newborn, for the first time, people might say "masha'allah" and touch the child's nose to show their benevolence and so that the evil eye would not catch the child.