Manuscript no No 4647 from Imam Essayouti
Library, Timbuktu.
It is probably from the 19th century and
copied by a certain Muḥammad
al-Amīn Ibn Fūdiu bn Muḥammad who might be a descendant of the famous
Ousmān Dan Fūdiu who founded the Sokoto Caliphate in Nigeria)
Maktūbfī-l-Ikhtilājwa-l-Ayyām: Convulsion
مكتوب في الاختلاج والأيّام
A manuscript of 10 pages
describes the meaning of various forms of bodily trembling. For instance:
trembling of hair= fortune will arrive
trembling of right eyelid= a meeting with a
stranger will occur
trembling of left eyelid= people are talking
about you
trembling of right side of nose= illness is
coming
trembling of left side of nose=your wishes
will be fulfilled.
in addition the manuscript claims that the
first of every month is a propitious day because God created Adam on the first
day of the month, and the second is also good because then He created Eve. The
third, on the other hand, is not so good, because then He chased them both out
of Paradise...
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