If you do,you might give them 'the evil eye'.
No matter if you intend to or not.
The evil eye is a negative power we all carry inside,and by
staring at someone in envy or admiration,this negative
power surfaces and is passed on to the person we stare at.
If you catch the evil eye,it's bad spirits will posess you and
you will get sick both physically and mentally.
The only way to get well again is to seek help from a woman
with the special power to drive the bad spirits away.
This talent passes on from mother to daughter.
Luckily you can protect yourself against the evil eye by
wearing a charm like the BLUE EYE.
Blue is considered a protective color.
You can also use garlic.Hang it in a corner of your home.
Garlic is believed to have great healing powers.
If you wish to compliment someone then spit 3 times
and you chase all evil away.
If you hand someone a knife you will get into fights
with them.
Instead of handing over the knife,put it down and
let them pick it up by themselves.
or are being rude.
Greeks believe that spiting chase the devil and misfortune away.
When someone speaks of bad news,they spit 3 times to
avoid attracting further misfortune.
If you compliment a child,the parent will spit 3 times at the
child to protect it against the evil eye.
They make the spiting sound and do not actually spit
at anyone.TVI TVI TVI!!!
A date of bad luck.
immediatly say 'piase kokkino' (touch red).
And they both have to touch something red at once.
Whatever item as long as it is red.
They believe it's an omen and that the 2 persons involved
will get into a fight or argument if they don't touch any red
item straight away.
know about it.
But there's a way to figure out who's doing the talking!
Ask someone for a 3 digit number.Then add the 3 digits and
you'll get a new number.
Use the final number and count down from the start of the alphabet.
The letter the number falls on,is the first letter in the name of
whoever is talking about you.
The number can't be higher than the maximum number of letters
in the alphabet(26 in Greece).
If it is then add them again and you'll get a smaller number.
To be talked about might pass on the evil eye so spit 3 times towards
your chest to protect yourself if you think someone is talking about you
Say out people's names and if you stop sneezing then
you know who it is.
Or try the advice above.
