Evil Eye in the Western Highlands e-bog

Excerpt: "e;Anybody may have the Evil Eye, but that certain people suggest the Evil Eye to others from their appearance must be admitted. A minister, himself a son of the manse, who has had Highland surroundings all his early life, bears witness, "e;The possession was more frequently ascribed to females than to males, and for the most part to elderly women."e; Another minister, an older man than the former, says of the Evil Eye: "e;They were chiefly women that were suspected, and were generally much disliked in the communities."e; These two reciters were as far apart as Arran and Ross-shire."e;