to ward off bad luck
111Xiangqi — Chinese chess redirects here. For other uses, see Chinese chess (disambiguation). Xiangqi Xiangqi board with pieces in their starting positions Genre(s) Board game Players 2 …
112Pysanka — A pysanka (Ukrainian: писанка, plural: pysanky ) is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated using a wax resist (batik) method. The word comes from the verb pysaty , to write , as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax. Many other… …
113evil eye — evil eyed, adj. 1. a look thought capable of inflicting injury or bad luck on the person at whom it is directed. 2. the power, superstitiously attributed to certain persons, of inflicting injury or bad luck by such a look. [bef. 1000; ME, OE] * * …
114arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
115Assassination of Abraham Lincoln — From left to right: Major Henry Rathbone, Clara Harris, Mary Tod …
116Door god — Colorful door gods adorn a temple door in Taichung, Taiwan …
117Stuart Parker (Neighbours) — Infobox soap character colour = Television colour|Neighbours name = Stuart Parker series=Neighbours first = December 13, 2001 Episode 3919 nickname = Stu Chooka Chook alias = gender = Male age = born = death = occupation = Police Constable title …
118Ryukyan festivals and observances — This is an overview of festivals and observances held as part of the practice of Ryukyuan religion or tradition on the Ryukyu Islands.The information in this article is drawn primarily from [http://www.wonder okinawa.jp/022/en/search/c e01.html… …
119List of confidence tricks — This list of confidence tricks and scams should not be considered complete, but covers the most common examples. Confidence tricks and scams are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type.… …
120Dawkins vs. Gould —   First edition cover …
