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

Peter A. McGraw pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU
Tue Mar 4 18:31:20 UTC 2003


The movie seems to portray the spitting as real.  After the couple runs the
gauntlet, the bride notes smilingly that she's all wet.

Peter Mc.

--On Saturday, March 1, 2003 12:40 AM -0800 Kim & Rima McKinzey
<rkmck at EARTHLINK.NET> 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.
>
> Rima



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                               Peter A. McGraw
                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
                            pmcgraw at linfield.edu



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