RE: [Cz-L] Kenehore and red ribbons

I was pregnant and planning a trip to Israel thirty five years ago to meet
my relatives there for the first time. My mother insisted that all my
maternity dresses have a small red thread or ribbon attached so that anyone
meeting me for the first time and praising the way I looked, would not
invite an "ein ahora" which might adversely affect the baby.
I was totally sceptical but used the threads and ribbons nevertheless.
And all was well.

Miriam Suss
Melbourne Australia

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[mailto:bounce-30664422-3499507_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of CHEMLA Anny
Sent: Friday, 20 May 2011 9:45 PM
To: CZERNOWITZ-L; HARDY BREIER
Subject: Re : [Cz-L] Kenehore

Hello to all of you,

Its wonderfull to read all those stories. When I was a little girl my mother
and grand mother were saying the tfu tfu tfu and put a red ruban on me
againt the bad eye. I grew up under (in hebreu) BLI AYIN HARA (without bad
eye) or AL TIFTAH PE LA SATAN (dont open your mouth to the devil). Today I
still do the same for my children or grand children.
All the best and shabat shalom
Anny Schäfer Chemla
  

--- En date de : Jeu 19.5.11, HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET> a écrit :

> De: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
> Objet: [Cz-L] Kenehore
> À: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
> Date: Jeudi 19 mai 2011, 22h59
> Ethymology:
> From the Hebrew Ayn (eye) Ha-rah(the bad).
> from here the ashkenazi yiddish contraction Eynehore.
> The negation is yiddish : Kein or Ken (German keine)
> meaning -none.
>    The expression is a negation : You should
> not get a bad eye.
>       "Sollst nisht chappen Keynehore - Ken
> eyn hore or short " Kenehore ".
> Hardy
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