This is one of the best things I’ve found recently at a sale. I’ve been looking for one of these for years, but have never found one that looks quite right. My maternal grandma used to wear one of these every day, so it has some real sentimental value to me. She found hers in Greece, I believe, when she traveled there with her sister. My grandpa insisted that she be buried wearing it, so no chance of inheriting it. Also, I think her three children all wanted it–they’d get first dibs anyway. Hers looked a lot like this, but was larger. An evil eye is something that protects you from being cursed by someone.

My grandma was a really superstitious person, and I am certain that that’s why I am so incredibly superstitious (my own mother is as well)… Over the years, I’ve learned tons of weird rituals that you have to do in order to prevent something “bad” from happening. One of the ones that Adam cannot ever seem to remember is that shoes cannot ever be placed on a table. I adhere to this rule very rigidly, and if I realize that I’ve had, say, a box of shoes ready to ship out to someone from eBay on my kitchen table, I sort of freak out a little inside.

Also, if you forget something and have to go back inside the house to get it, you’re supposed to sit down and count to 10. I break this rule all the time because I’m really forgetful.

Anyway, I found this at a sale in a baggie with two other evil eyes that aren’t as cool. I’m planning on trying to sell those. I called my mom right after I found it because I was so excited. Her response could not have been more perfect: “Do you think it’s bad luck to buy someone else’s evil eye? That seems sort of creepy.”

-Sarah