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More amulets

Being that we got the Nazar and amulet, I'd REALLY like to get a cornicello amulet (don't really care about the pin... it would be a strange looking pin probably...)!  They both ward off the same "evil eye", just different cultures.  

Little bit of a back story on these amulets and the evil eye for those interested! 


The Evil Eye (malocchio), is something that is cast upon a person by another person typically out of jealousy or malicious intent.  The person who is hit with this curse typically doesn't know about it, and in Italy, the way to see if you have the malochhio is to get a bowl of water and drop small drops of olive oil into the water.  If the oil sinks, the evil eye is present in the person.  To cure yourself of the evil eye, you can use a hand symbol in which you hold out your pointer and pinky finger like horns and its said to dispell the curse!  The cornicello and the nazar eye are just two of the amulets (theres also one in the shape of the hand symbol that some italians wear as well), but i loved the idea of the nazar eye!  


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