25.02.2011

Cornu, gran cornu, ritortu cornu... (Part II)

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Firenze

25.02.2011

14.19-14.41

..."The natives weave their hair into fantastic shapes. If a person has very fine hair, he puts a few thorns in it to keep off the evil eye. Should the evil eye fall on his hair, his head would break out in sores."...

...   "Cornu, gran cornu, ritortu cornu;

Russa la pezza, tortu lu cornu,

tu fazzu scornu:

Vaju e ritornu,

Cornu! cornu! cornu!

Trans: Horn, big horn, twisted horn; Red the cloth, crooked the horn, I mock you: I go and come back, Horn! horn!  horn! "...

Source: The Evil Eye: A Case Book, Ed. Alan Dundes; University of Wisconsin Press, 1981, 1992

pp 83_Shilluk's Belief in the Evil Eye, by Rev. D.S.Oyler

pp 136_ Jettatura and the Evil Eye, by Giuseppe Pitrè

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