In describing their ability to deflect the evil eye, Ralph Merrifield described the Roman phallic charm as a "kind of lightning conductor for good luck".Peisistratus hung the figure of a kind of grasshopper before the Acropolis of Athens for protection.Another way for protection from fascination used by the ancient Greeks and Romans was by spitting into the folds of the clothes.Ancient Greeks also had an old custom of dressing boys as girls in order to avert the evil eye. Around the world
Belief in the evil eye is strongest in West Asia, Latin America, East and West Africa, Central America, South Asia, Central Asia, and Europe, especially the Mediterranean region; it has also spread to areas, including northern Europe, particularly in the Celtic regions, and the Americas, where it was brought by European colonists and West Asian immigrants.Belief in the evil eye is found in the Islamic doctrine, based upon the statement of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, "The influence of an evil eye is a fact..." [Sahih Muslim, Book 26, Number 5427]. Authentic practices of warding off the evil eye are also commonly practiced by Muslims: rather than directly expressing appreciation of, for example, a childs beauty, it is customary to say MashaAllah, that is, "God has willed it", or invoking Gods blessings upon the object or person that is being admired.A number of beliefs about the evil eye are also found in folk religion, typically revolving around the use of amulets or talismans as a means of protection.
Relapsing linear acantholytic dermatosis is a cutaneous condition characterized by relapsing linear erosions and crusting, histologically identical to Hailey–Hailey disease. : 849  It is not to be confused with transient acantholytic dermatosis. See also
Linear porokeratosis
List of cutaneous conditions


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