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Has it ever happened that someone has asked you about the situation and you have touched a wood lying nearby as soon as you have called ‘Touchwood’ in your mind. There are many tricks that come to know unknowingly in our practice. But have you ever wondered why you do this. Does not touching or repeating something does not make a bad eye.

Let us take you today in the streets of the world where people sometimes pretend to spit to avoid evil eyes, and somewhere they cross the two fingers and start waving in the air. Know what kind of practices are done to avoid evil in different places of the world and what are done.

Touch Wood: God’s blessings

The roots of Touch Wood’s tradition are in ancient Celtic civilization, where it was believed that souls or gods reside in trees. When you say something good and then touch the wood, you are actually saying to those gods, “Do not look, do this happiness.” Some people also associate it with Christian traditions, where wood was considered a symbol of Jesus’ cross. So it is considered to touch the wood, that is, their blessings are considered.

India: Desi jugaad to look at

Praise someone in India and you will get the answer – “Hey, don’t look bad!” Then the practice of taking an eye on it starts. Many types of tricks are prevalent for this. At the same time, it is mandatory to apply black vaccine behind the forehead or ear of children. Lemon-pepper hanging outside shops, houses or vehicles is considered a weapon to drive away evil eyes. Also, in many places the grandmother and grandmother are seen lightly “thu-thu” on the child’s head, so that the eye of the eye is averted.

Turkish: Blue Eye Magic

In Türkiye and Greece, a blue glass eye named “Nazar Bonju” looks everywhere … in the houses, in vehicles or in place of jewelery. It is believed that this blue eye, seeing the evil eye, throws it back on it. That is, it looks at every evil eye and overturns and attacks it.

Russia: Spit on the left shoulder

If you say something untoward in Russia, then people immediately do “tu-tu-tu” three times behind their left shoulder. There it is believed that Satan is sitting on your left shoulder and this is the way to drive away the sound of spitting.

Italy: Horn made of fingers

In Italy, if someone comes out of a bad eye, people take their index finger and middle finger forward and make a mark of ‘horn’. This gesture directly tells Satan “run away”. In this way, the evil eye is driven away by the gesture of its fingers here.

Brazil: Do not put the purse on the ground

We all want our house to be prosperous. That is why many beliefs to money are prevalent worldwide. Talk about Brazil, here you have to keep your purse very handled. If you put your purse or handbag on the ground, then you have humiliated your money. It is believed here that by doing this, Lakshmiji gets angry. Therefore, people there never keep purse or handbags on the ground or down.