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Show Evil Eye on Crops Women dragging plows through the first furrows in the Holds to prevent evil spirits blighting tho crops may lie seen within short distances of Moscow. Mos-cow. Idolatrous worship and superstitious supersti-tious practices continue almost wllli-In wllli-In the shadow of the Moscow universities, univer-sities, according to a report liy the ethnographic department of Hie coin-mlssnrlnt coin-mlssnrlnt of education. The goil o: hens Is still placated with special offerings In villages close to Moscow, wizards are asked to cure illnesses by applying toads to Hie skin of the sufferer, quacks nnd voodoo men conduct n thriving tmdo, nnd ninny other dark nnd dismal magics persist, In spile of the active educational educa-tional work of the 'government. |