Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 230)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 230)

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the same purpose.
ana'an writes:
"The Palestinia Ielilieves that the gold of demon
takes the shape of onion peel and their silver the
shape of garlic peesangs People who were rewarded
ht da th apparently
worthless cift and threw. ‘it away. They always
regretted their mistake but too late" (Cana'an,
1 928 1 162 } e
Of course, most onion and garlic peelings were indeed thrown away,
but on special occasions, such as the construction of a new house,
peel were hung on the house door in order to
onion and garlic pacify
and prevent their entering the house.
The appearance of greenish Mgnt | at dusk, or at night in certain
inhabited by some
Holy men often
ly saints were often
ths. Green branches of trees were also hung
on doors indicating a des prosperity and peace.
ire for
and continues to be, fallaheen
both for cosmetic and decorative purposes.
have been used by Fatimah, the daughter of
d sanctity.
hence has acquire
Below, I briefly refer to some "decorative" elements which acquirec
certain superstitious and symbolic meanings, pertaining to the
ents are still in use
Many of these ele
dof the Virgin
monly used and was often seen gor drawn on
iO wsede
azeh zarga), and blue plates were als
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