"hex sign" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1984, Thomas Edmund Graves, The Pennsylvania German Hex Sign: A Study in Folk Process, page 256",
          "text": "This association will partially pay for the repainting of hex signs in the tourist areas.",
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          "text": "1984 Futharc A Handbook of Rune Magic, Edred Thorsson, Samuel Weiser Inc, 0-87728-548-9, page 107.\nCommon in Dutch hex signs and a powerful framework for talismans and visual magic."
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          "ref": "2006, Patricia Wanger Smith, “Southeastern Berks County”, in Postcard History Series, Arcadia Publishing",
          "text": "Note the hex signs on the barn, an old Pennsylvania Dutch custom used to ward off the evil spirits.",
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          "ref": "2008, Ivan E. Hoyt, Hex Signs: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Learning the Craft, Stackpole Books",
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        "A geometric design usually consisting of a star or flower placed in a circular field, used by the Fancy Dutch on buildings such as barns, often said to be intended as a ward against evil in former times."
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        "(US, chiefly Pennsylvania) A geometric design usually consisting of a star or flower placed in a circular field, used by the Fancy Dutch on buildings such as barns, often said to be intended as a ward against evil in former times."
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        "A protective symbol used in Heathenry comprising a six-petaled flower or star set within a circle, as a New Age adaptation of the above."
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        "(Germanic paganism) A protective symbol used in Heathenry comprising a six-petaled flower or star set within a circle, as a New Age adaptation of the above."
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      "ipa": "/ˈhɛks saɪn/"
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