| In ancient Rome the performance of Fescennine songs at a wedding was said to avert the evil eye. |
| It is believed that the evil eye can be counteracted by many different protective and curative measures. |
| The shopkeeper had placed a small lump of coal in the centre of each to avert the evil eye. |
| These names are considered to have apotropaic power to protect the new-born from the evil eye. |
| Many Tamils also worship village deities, and believe in such popular superstitions as spirits and the evil eye. |
| I guessed he must be getting his fair share of the evil eye too, if the bewildered expression he threw her was anything to go by. |
