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Show Etii'Z Eye on Crocs AVonit ii dragging plows through the first furrows in the Holds to prevent evil spirits blighting the crops may be se;m within short distances of Moscow. Mos-cow. M"l:ttfro;i worship and superstitious supersti-tious practices cmitinue almost within with-in tlie shadow of the Moscow universities, univer-sities, according to a report by tlie ethnographic department of the commissariat com-missariat of education. The god o' hens is still placated with special offerings In villages close to Moscow, wizards are asked to cure illne-ses by applying toads to the skin of the sufferer, quacks and voodoo men comlint s thriving trade, and many other dark and dismal magics persist, in spite of tlie active odtict-tioi.al odtict-tioi.al work of the government. |