Do "Kennahora" and the "evil/bad eye" have a connection? to this day, when I say ANYTHING in a positive way, regarding any subject, my wife says: "Keep quiet, don't give yourself a "Kennahora". It's probably the incorrect spelling so I tried to write it phonetically
Phil
>From my early childhood I remember all kinds of possible transgressions that
had to do with the "bad eye" &/or invoking evil powers (probably because
there were plenty of those lurking about) - yes I remember the "kenein
ehore " said for any good thing that happened to protect from the power of
evil or envy...these thing stay with one...it's a little about the magic
realism of literature - on the one hand the bricks and mortar of practical
life - on the other the world or the spirits, the intangible, unknowable...
Sylvia
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