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<blockquote data-quote="Maraxle" data-source="post: 1094691" data-attributes="member: 5538"><p>I've got one, but it's nothing too scary.</p><p></p><p>When I was 5 or 6, my family and I were all sitting around my great grandmother's kitchen table. My great aunt decided to show us this great party trick she knew where she could cleanse people of "the evil eye". (I put that in quotes because I can't remember what she called it, but it was something along those lines) Anyway, she went to the cupboard and got a bowl, brought it to the sink, and filled it with water. Then she went to the other cupboard and got a bottle of olive oil. She said that if the oil separated from the water, like it's supposed to, that you were free of the evil eye. If it blended with the water, she'd have to do some incantation until it separated. Well, she started with my mother, touching her forehead, whispering something, and then dropping oil into the water. It separated like normal. She went to my dad, and at first it blended, but after she said her "incantation", it separated. It continued like this with mixed results (people being afflicted to varying degrees, or some not at all, like my mom) until it got to me. When she dropped the oil into the water, it blended. No matter how many times she said the incantation, it stayed that way. After several minutes of trying, she decided to move on to my cousin who was sitting next to me. When she touched his forehead, the oil separated. </p><p></p><p>I've always assumed that she was just messing with me somehow, but to this day I haven't figured out how. I thought maybe she had dish detergent on her hand or something, but I don't get how she could have timed that last part so well without touching the bowl.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maraxle, post: 1094691, member: 5538"] I've got one, but it's nothing too scary. When I was 5 or 6, my family and I were all sitting around my great grandmother's kitchen table. My great aunt decided to show us this great party trick she knew where she could cleanse people of "the evil eye". (I put that in quotes because I can't remember what she called it, but it was something along those lines) Anyway, she went to the cupboard and got a bowl, brought it to the sink, and filled it with water. Then she went to the other cupboard and got a bottle of olive oil. She said that if the oil separated from the water, like it's supposed to, that you were free of the evil eye. If it blended with the water, she'd have to do some incantation until it separated. Well, she started with my mother, touching her forehead, whispering something, and then dropping oil into the water. It separated like normal. She went to my dad, and at first it blended, but after she said her "incantation", it separated. It continued like this with mixed results (people being afflicted to varying degrees, or some not at all, like my mom) until it got to me. When she dropped the oil into the water, it blended. No matter how many times she said the incantation, it stayed that way. After several minutes of trying, she decided to move on to my cousin who was sitting next to me. When she touched his forehead, the oil separated. I've always assumed that she was just messing with me somehow, but to this day I haven't figured out how. I thought maybe she had dish detergent on her hand or something, but I don't get how she could have timed that last part so well without touching the bowl. [/QUOTE]
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