Mother's Obsession With Fear Of Evil Eye

Chronicle (Levin), 21 February 1948, Page 5

Mother's Obsession With Fear Of Evil Eye

Received Fridav, 7 p.m. ^ LOADON, Feb. 19. A storv of a niother who nevei aljowed her 18-year-old daughter to mix with other children, locked her up in an empty storerooin trom 10 a.m. until .1 1 p.m., allowed her a bath once a year, and k.ept an opcn umhrella and a bowi of grey liquid in the room to wanl oll evil spirits was told to Plymouth Magistrates. The woman, who carae f'roiti Monte video, was the widow of a Britisii merchant seaman. She was remandeu in custody for a medical report. • llor daughter, who did not know how to eat a boifed egg when oue was given to her in a children 's hoine, told the Court that to dc her homework she used to lie on the fioor with her head on the fender and hold her hook to catch the fight from a panlltin lainp which was kept in ihe lireplace. Her niother luul biiten • her for looking at children th rough the window, ami used to tell her siories about evii spirits that luiunt ed the house. The niotln r, through a Spanish inter preter, said: "She speaks truth. " When the giri left the Court she said: "L am happv now. Mv dreams of plti.v i.ng with other c.hildre.n liave come true. But, do you think happiness wili be as interesting as sorrow?"