111.   President Fidel Ramos guided successor Joseph Estrada around the presidential palace Thursday, giving him household tips, including ways of warding off evil spirits.

112.   People decorate homes and stores with pine boughs, straw rope and other objects thought to ward off evil spirits and welcome the good ones.

113.   Police on Thursday arrested six Buddhist monks accused of convincing ill or troubled worshippers they were possessed by evil spirits and then charging a fee to exorcize the demons.

114.   A prominent surgeon testified Wednesday he could not rule out the possibility that evil spirits killed a woman as they were cast out of her during an exorcism.

115.   Aborigines traditionally hold smoking ceremonies to drive out evil spirits.

116.   According to Chinese custom, pyrotechnic bangs scare away evil spirits.

117.   Balkan superstition has it that garlic wards off evil spirits.

118.   Authorities in most major Chinese cities have banned the traditional practice of setting off strings of firecrackers to ward off evil spirits, official reports said Wednesday.

119.   Before the attack, villagers were locking themselves into their houses and bolting doors and windows after sunset to prevent evil spirits from entering.

120.   Before the attack, villagers were locking themselves into their houses, bolting doors and windows after sunset to prevent evil spirits from entering.