Poppy Hatonn
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then it could also ward off the evil eye. And so it came to pass that emeralds were worn around the neck with the idea that if a person possessed of the evil eye looked at such a wearer all evil influences would be warded off and reflected back to the evil eye with singularly disastrous results to the latter. There is much evidence in the East that emeralds actually did help in the alleviation of eye complaints.