Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1927-08-26 | Page 3 | Evil Eye on Crops

Evil Eye on Crops Women dragging plows through the first furrows in the Holds to prevent evil spirits blighting the crops may be seen within short distances of Moscow. Mos-cow. Idolatrous worship and superstitious supersti-tious practices continue almost within with-in the shadow of the -Moscow universities, univer-sities, according to a report by the 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 illnesses by applying toads to the skin of the sufferer, quacks and vootloo men conduct a thriving trade, ajid many other dark and dismal magics persist, in spite of the active educational educa-tional work of the government.