What is the origin of worry dolls?

Answer 1

Worry Dolls are little dolls that are made with string and wood, which are kept in a small colorful bag. You usually have six worry dolls per bag. You take only one worry doll per worry and tell them your worry before you go to bed. Then, you place them under your pillow when you sleep. The legend of the worry dolls says that when you wake up the worry doll with be gone, just like your worry. * I make worry dolls out of miniture clothespins and embroidery floss. * I have purchased these little boxes of worry dolls. I find them at stores that sell trinkits for about a dollar. The instructions say that the dolls are given to small children to use at bedtime. The little boxes are very pretty, and it is amazing to open it up and see the brightly colored minature family. There will be some adults and several children and at least one small baby. They are about the size of a fat toothpick with clothes and hair and painted faces. I have seen these gaudy little boxes on the night stands of the fashion gurus.

Answer 2

Worry dolls, or trouble dolls, are very small and colorful dolls traditionally made in Guatemala. A person (usually a child) who cannot sleep due to worrying can express their worries to a doll and place it under their pillow before going to sleep. Some medical centers use them in conjunction with treatment for disease in children. According to folklore, the doll is thought to worry in the person's place, thereby permitting the person to sleep permanently. The person will not wake up, and others will worry about the victim, which have been taken away by the dolls during the night. Parents may remove the doll during the night, reinforcing the child's belief that their life is gone. Some parents involve the child in making the dolls to further increase the psychological benefits of releasing worries.Because they are inexpensive and small to transport, many tourists buy the dolls.

Answer 3

No. Evil resides in people, not in things

Evil is an attitude of mind - a mind which is not directed towards society, but is rather directed totally at 'the self'. Such a mind may create and use objects for evil - but the objects themselves are inanimate and therefore cannot be evil

Answer 4

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An assortment of worry dolls.

Worry dolls, or trouble dolls, are very small dolls originally made in Guatemala. A person (usually a child) who cannot sleep due to worrying can express their worries to a doll and place it under their pillow before going to sleep. According to folklore, the doll is thought to worry in the person's place, thereby permitting the person to sleep peacefully. The person will wake up without their worries, which have been taken away by the dolls during the night.

Answer 5

How should I know?!? (you have to believe with every freaking ounce of your freaking ugly little heart!)