Fwd: Re: Query: Spitting in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

[Mark A Mandel]

On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Kim & Rima McKinzey wrote:

#It's in Jewish superstition too - to keep away the "evil eye."  And
#as I've ever encountered it, it was always pretend spitting.

Yes. IIRC, my mother-in-law (orthodox Jewish, born in Poland, immigrated
in early teens shortly before WW2) would mock-spit three times after
mentioning an undesirable possible event.

-- Mark M.