Question

what superstitious things were
said by the peasants?
Poem NIGHT OF THE Scorpion ​

Answer 1

The poem shows the peoples' superstitious reactions: the peasants try to ―paralyse the Evil One‖ (the devil, ie the scorpion) the peasants believe that when the scorpion moves the poison in the mother's blood will move they hope that the pain is cleaning the mother from a sin in the past (―your previous birth‖) .