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1. People with Evil Eye (continued)

   

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   too and he had an evil eye. One day he came into a house and the bean - a - tige had a fine flock of chickens. Everybody that comes in to a house would generally say "That is a fine flock of chickens God save them". Well, when this man came into the house he said nothing only "that is a fine flock of chickens". The bean - a - tige didn't like it at all when he didn't say "God bless 'em" or "God save 'em" or something of that kind. Anyhow he went away and the next day the woman of the house went out to the fowl house she saw all the chickens and they sitting down the very same as there penguins. She gave them something anyhow but they werent a bit the better and finally they all died.

   A person with an evil eye doesn't want anybody to

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   History Edit

   Date

   24 July 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Mrs Kennedy