77-year-old Hava Cebic, from the village of Crnjevo in
northern Bosnia, is popular for her miraculous, golden tongue. If her
claims are to be believed, she can cure any kind of eye ailment by just
licking sufferers’ eyeballs. She’s been helping her neighbors and
friends for 40 years now, and people from nearby villages travel several
miles for her services.
The incident intrigued Hava and she decided to try the
technique on others with eye problems. To her surprise, it worked
wonderfully – she found that she was able to cure allergies, dry and
tired eyes, conjunctivitis and ocular hypertension. She could even
reduce the symptoms of more serious ailments such as cataracts.
When Hava was married a few years later, her husband
thought the whole thing with the tongue was mumbo jumbo. “At first my
husband was very confused and didn’t want me to do it,” she said. “But
one day he got a piece of wood in his eye and after I licked it out he
agreed that I had a gift, and I should help others.”
“Now, whenever anyone has something stuck in their eye or
whatever, they come to me,” she said, proudly. “They come from different
towns and villages and in a minute or two, their problem is solved. But
I always make sure I wash my tongue in alcohol before or after an eye
lick.”
Hava said that she has recorded the names of all the people
whom she has helped in the past 40 years. She has never asked for a
fee, but people do express their gratitude by offering as much money as
they can afford. Over the years, people have come to her from as far as
Sarajevo, Zenica, Tuzla, Kaknja, and other cities in Bosnia and even
Croatia.
There are times when she is able to provide a cure, where
even hospitals have failed. Like this one guy who had a terrible pain in
his eye and the doctors had told him there was no cure. But Hava was
able to improve his condition with just a single lick. It’s a gift and a
miracle, according to her, and she is sure that her children cannot
take over after her death. She just hopes that her tongue will be cut
off after she dies and it can continue to treat people.
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