Belief in bad omens is characteristic of residents different countries peace. For example, in China, it is customary to avoid the number "4", because it is believed that this number symbolizes death. In Haiti, they do not sweep the floor at night, so as not to invite misfortune on their home. In India, you cannot wash your hair on Saturday and cut your nails on Tuesday.

In Russia, too, there is a whole "bouquet" of bad omens, known to almost everyone. An old woman with empty buckets walking towards her, a black cat crossing the road... But is there any sense in these bad omens? It turned out that there is - they not only warn of the approach of trouble, they help prevent misfortune.

TOP 10 worst signs

10. spill the salt . Let's start with the most harmless of harmful signs. Even little child it is known that . But where did this superstition come from? It turns out that in ancient times, salt was valued almost worth its weight in gold. She was put on the table only if they were waiting for a dear guest. Therefore, it is quite natural that spilled salt could provoke family quarrel. To neutralize the effect of a bad omen, it is enough to sprinkle sugar on top of the salt.

9. Look in the mirror after sunset . In Rus', mirrors have long been considered an invention of the devil. People believed that through a reflective surface, evil spirits could penetrate our world.

Good Christians were not supposed to look at their reflection for a long time, especially after sunset, when the forces of darkness gain power over this world. Seeing a vague silhouette in the mirror at night is a very bad omen.

8. Spit on the ground (to the well). always gave people food, and springs and wells - water.

Therefore, those who spit in wells or on the ground, in fact, showed black ingratitude towards mother nature. This was followed by an inevitable retribution - a person had "lean years".

7. Black cat crossed the road . This bad omen has its own history. practically invisible in dark time days. If she crossed the road to the equestrian rider, then the horse could be frightened and suffer from surprise. In this case, the rider was in serious danger. Over time, a sign has formed that says - if a black cat crossed your path, then it is better to put aside all your affairs for another time and return home.

6. An old woman (alternatively a woman) with empty buckets .

This is a well-known omen of failure. If you saw a woman with empty buckets, then this means that the planned business will not succeed.

Unfortunately, from this bad omen there are no protective equipment or conspiracies.

5. Say hello across the threshold . To greet someone, as well as to hand something over the threshold, means to give away your luck.

In Rus', it was not customary to greet on the threshold, the guest should have been invited into the house. This rule was observed even if the visitor was deeply unsympathetic to the hosts. However, not everyone observed such etiquette.

4. Leave the knife on the table or eat straight from the knife.

If a knife remained on the table after a meal, it was believed that a scandal was inevitable. However, our ancestors figured out how to avert trouble from themselves. To do this, it was required to stick a knife into the bread, or simply cut off a slice of bread. It was not supposed to eat from a knife for the reason that a person who begins to do this regularly will inevitably deteriorate in character.

3. Borrow money after sunset .

He who gives money or salt from his house after sunset dooms himself to poverty. Together with money or other material object, you run the risk of passing on your luck. If it is not possible to refuse the petitioner, then when handing over money or a thing, you should say to yourself: “I give you (this and that) but I leave luck to myself.”

2. Leaving nut shells on the table .

Another bad omen that can attract evil spirits into your home. Our ancestors believed that if, after a meal, a nutshell is left on the table, then evil spirits will definitely come to crunch for fun. Everything would be fine, but the evil spirit may wish to stay in your house and begin to cause all sorts of troubles for you.

1. Bird that hit the window . If the bird hit the window, then expect trouble. Such a bad omen portends a serious misfortune - fire, ruin or even death. There was a special ritual to ward off misfortune. It was necessary to go out into the field before dawn, throw a handful of wheat or other grain in front of you, and say: “Birds of heaven, peck the grain, but forget about my house! Fly all over the world, take trouble and sadness with you.

In Denmark It is not customary to throw away fragments of broken dishes. The shards are supposed to be kept for the time being, so that later they can be handed over to their loved ones on New Year. This is such a present! The Danes believe that the more porcelain fragments the owner of the house has, the more successful the coming year will be for him.

Egyptians There is a strange superstition about scissors. They believe that if a person opens and closes scissors without cutting something, then he can bring trouble on himself. In addition, scissors are not supposed to be kept open. And if a person is haunted by nightmares, then to help him get rid of unwanted dreams, you just need to put scissors under the pillow.

Have you ever thought about taking care of your belly button? And in Japan, every child knows this! They have a belief that if a person does not cover his stomach during a thunderstorm, then the god of thunder will appear and eat the navel. Such a strange superstition ... However, not the strangest. Inhabitants South Korea believe that they should not be left overnight in closed room turned on fan. They believe that this electrical appliance is capable of killing a person in their sleep.

A person spends half of his life in his home. Therefore, it is not surprising that so many signs are associated with the house, family affairs, household items.

Door

A large knife should be stuck into the door jamb with the tip, then the sorcerer will not be able to go into the house.

If the door suddenly creaks, unfortunately.

Buckthorn is considered a good amulet at home from witchcraft and the evil eye. Being hung on doors and windows, the buckthorn destroys the intrigues of sorcerers and demons.

Lock

In order to prevent evil spirits from entering the house and to avoid the evil eye, door lock insert simple pins with the sharp end outward.

Curtain

The curtain was torn - to a quarrel between friends.

Ash

Scatter ashes - to a quarrel.

Icon

If something obscene happens in the house, the images are closed.

The icon fell - to death.

Painting

The picture fell - unfortunately.

Book

Books should be kept in closed closet otherwise your head will hurt.

indoor flowers

Indoor flowers affect the situation in the family in different ways: ficus brings prosperity and family happiness; climbing plants(ivy, creeper) lead to discord.

You should not keep a palm tree in the house - unfortunately, to illness.

A plant with narrow leaves with a white vein in the middle (chlorophytum) is popularly called “Man, get out of the house!”, It provokes divorces.

Geranium protects the house from insects (moths, bedbugs). A geranium leaf placed in the ear relieves headaches and earaches.

It is good to plant a juniper bush at home or store some thing made from a juniper tree. This plant drives out evil spirits from dwellings and protects against all sorts of magical slander.

If split flower pot- the fat is in the fire.

Flowers in the house grow well in the world family: the flowers wither - the house is restless.

Bed

Arshin (or ruler, centimeter) do not put on the bed - to the deceased.

Garlic, hung at the head of the bed, helps with headaches and evil spirits.

Shovel

Garden tools (shovel, chopper) should not be kept in the house - a fire may occur

Soap

Soap in the bosom saves from spoilage. Love talks are slandered on soap: “As soap clings to the body, so the husband would cling to his wife.”

Scissors

Scissors that fell so that the blades stuck to the floor portend a quarrel. If such a case is repeated two or more times within a month, a divorce or adultery is possible in the family.

Blanket

The blanket has fallen - a good guest is in a hurry.

Window

You can’t spit through the window, throw garbage, pour out slop - there is a guardian angel under the window.

At the commemoration, a towel or a piece of cloth is hung out of the window, and a vessel with water is placed on the windowsill so that the soul of the deceased comes to wash.

Accidentally seeing the light in the window of your house is good luck.

Until dawn, do not look out the window - you will see the unclean.

Stove

If someone carries firewood for the stove and one log falls - to be guests, the same if the brand falls out of the stove by itself. If a burning coal falls out - to an angry guest.

Aspen firewood destroys stove soot.

You can’t spit on the fire - blisters will jump up on your tongue.

While bread is being baked in the oven, do not sit on the oven - the bread will be thin.

A brick fell out of the oven - not good.

If the oven sweats - to the tears of the hostess.

IN chimney buzzing - someone's soul is tormented.

If there is some rustling or ringing in the pipe, there will be a trial over a trifle.

Threshold

Through the threshold you can neither greet, nor say goodbye, nor pass anything - to a quarrel or loss.

If a young guy is sitting on the doorstep, then not a single girl will marry him - so a bachelor will die.

Candle

If church candle burns unevenly in the house, leaves a lot of soot - the house is unclean.

You should not blow candles on fire - acne will jump on your tongue, you need to extinguish the candle by licking your fingers

Flame with soot - unfortunately. When you put a candle in a church, and it does not burn for a long time, leans or goes out - unfortunately.

Table

Do not put the keys on the table - not good. Hat and keys on the table - to a quarrel.

An inkwell and a knife are also a quarrel.

You shake the crumbs off the table with your hand - there will be no money.

sit on dining table You can't, one of your parents will die. v Clock

The wall clock will fall - to the death of the owner of the house. They will stop on their own - to a change in life. After the death of the owner, the clock stops or it needs to be stopped on purpose. 8

The clock strikes at the wrong time - to trouble.

Fur coat

The fur coat fell - to a big quarrel in the family.

lucky omens

Accidentally scatter boxes of matches (by the way, you need to collect them one at a time and take only the “leg” of the match, and not the “head” - so for a penny, for a ruble you will collect wealth in the house);

Spill wine during a toast - Fate will appreciate your grand gesture and compensate for the spilled a hundredfold (only, of course, you need to spill the wine by accident).

Unlucky omens

If someone goes into the house with an open umbrella, all that remains is to wait for misfortune;

Drop a raw egg(it doesn't matter where, on the floor or a soft chair). If it remains intact at the same time, failures will accompany you all day.

Signs for happiness and good luck

Thread with a needle

Buy a needle on Monday, and on Thursday stick it with a thread into a blouse on your chest, so go - it will be good.

If you sew and the thread gets tangled, you will live a long time.

Before the wedding, the bride and groom need to stick pins into their clothes so that they do not jinx them.

A pin on clothes and a needle and thread above the door of the dwelling are protected from the evil eye.

Money

If you don’t recognize a familiar person - be rich for him.

Take money with your left hand, and give it with your right - there will always be.

If, having sold the first thing of all those intended for sale, you touch it with money, then you will easily sell all the goods.

At the table

He who eats stale bread swims well and is not afraid of lightning.

Feed the extra bread to the birds - fortunately and prosperity.

At the beginning and end of dinner, eat a piece of bread with salt - fortunately.

An apple fell from the table - to a meeting with a lover.

A teaspoon floats in a glass - for a gift.

If bread and salt are offered, the more you bite off, the more luck.

You sit between people with the same names - make a wish. Will come true.

Signs - rules

Aim not to the threshold, but from the threshold, otherwise you will sweep away wealth.

A woman salts food - it means that she has fallen in love.

The broom must be held with the handle down - money will be found and the house will be protected from misfortunes.

Sweep the house with a broom made of wormwood - the unclean one will not start.

Moving into new house, carry an old broom with you to take a good brownie with you.

Do not stir coffee or tea in the cup of a partner or relative - you will “stir” a quarrel.

Something broke - do not worry, fortunately. At weddings, it is generally recommended to beat the dishes so that the spouses have a happy life.

Finding a horseshoe is lucky. Hang found over the door - to long-term happiness.

Never pour boiling water into an empty cup or glass (first pour tea, coffee or at least sugar into it) - you will call yourself poverty.

Leaving the scissors open is a quarrel.

Don't sit on the windowsill - you won't get married.

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Folk omens and superstitions, I have long wanted to tell you about some of them. Over the centuries, a large number of signs and superstitions have accumulated. I can’t tell everything, firstly, it’s impossible to know everything, and secondly, we don’t need everything. We only know what is peculiar to our region. There are indeed some subtleties on some points, so I want to start with them.

Folk omens and superstitions.

How to hang a horseshoe.

How to hang a horseshoe. All of you must have heard that the horseshoe is a symbol of well-being and protection from evil forces and evil spirits, and it was considered good luck to find. It is as relevant now as it was before. The only difference is that they used to find horseshoes on the road, but now they mostly buy souvenir horseshoes. Horseshoes were usually placed either above or near the entrance. It was believed that a horseshoe should hang with its horns down above the entrance. Mostly hung inside the house. Thus, she did not let evil spirits into the house. And if a horseshoe hung near the entrance to the house, then they hung it with the horns up. And if you look at the horseshoe, it resembles a bowl. The people said so “a horseshoe will bring a full cup of good”, meaning prosperity and abundance of material wealth. And if they hung a horseshoe on a barn, then they wanted all animals to be found in abundance in the barn, i.e. believed in the power of the horseshoe to make livestock prolific.

How to wear a safety pin.

In almost every village there lived a grandmother healer, less often a healer. They treated not only physical diseases. And they treated not only with herbs, but also with various conspiracies and actions incomprehensible to us. One of these actions was a pin pinned to the chest. They used to talk, but now we wear them just like that. And our protection from evil people also depended on how it was pinned. For example, if the pin hung upside down, it was believed that this would protect us from the evil eye. We sort of gouged out our eyes with this pin. If the pin hangs head down, then it protected from an evil tongue, from various slander. We seemed to prick the tongue of those people who would like to slander us. Now the pins are very widely represented by our jewelers as in pure form, and in the form of various brooches. It is not necessary to wear a pin strictly vertically, you can also wear it horizontally with a slight inclination in the direction you need.

Folk signs and superstitions have been known for a long time, but not all of us understand their meaning. I remember as a child, my mother often said: don’t eat from the knife, don’t come back half way, don’t give anything over the threshold ... you just can’t do this and that’s all, that’s what my mother said. And so I was always very interested, well, why not ... Today I want to talk about the most common signs and superstitions and tell the reasons for the emergence of all these signs. All signs, whether good or bad, originate from antiquity, then mankind did not yet have scientific knowledge to correctly interpret them. Centuries have passed since then, and folk omens and superstitions have become very deeply rooted in human mind. It’s impossible to do this or that ... but it’s impossible to explain why, not everyone can, what is the reason for this?

Among the most common folk signs and superstitions, there are more bad ones than good ones. This is due to people's fear of some objects, dates, prejudices, superstitions.

It is believed, for example, that dishes beat for good luck! In no case should you scold children or get upset yourself if you break even your favorite cup or plate, because our most beloved dishes accumulate negative energy and if it crashed, then you need to get rid of it. Do not store broken, broken or beaten dishes in the house, you can no longer pour tea and pour food into such dishes, it is better to throw it away immediately.

The most common folk omens and superstitions.

• A fork or spoon fell - for the visit of a woman.
• The knife fell - for the visit of a man.
• An empty bottle on the table - to lack of money.
• Sweep crumbs from the table with your hand - there will be no prosperity.
• Salted food is a sign of love.
• A thing dressed inside out means: to be beaten.
• Giving sharp objects - to trouble and quarrel(if the gift contains something sharp, you need to take a coin for it).
• Laugh for a long time - to tears.
• Sew on yourself - there will be no memory(if you still have to do this, you need to bite the thread and not talk while you are sewing something on yourself).

Salt spilled out.

I remember as a child my mother often said that if you sprinkle salt, there will be a scandal in the family. Where did this omen come from? Previously, in Rus', salt was considered a symbol of prosperity, salt was highly valued, not everyone could afford to buy salt, so not every home had salt. Guests were greeted with “bread and salt”, and if a guest spilled salt, it was considered disrespectful to the hosts, which led to a quarrel between them ... Agreements that were concluded between tribal leaders were also sealed with salt, from one dish each leader took a little salt into his mouth, so in this way, if you sprinkle salt, it was considered to be enmity ... Honestly, I’ll tell you what you believe in, that’s what happens, because you believe, if the salt crumbles, then there will be a quarrel and you are already on the “platoon” waiting for this quarrel.

Why not celebrate 40 years?

The answer to this question is extremely simple, because the number forty is associated with funeral traditions, it coincides with the memorial day after death and is considered fatal in almost all religions. It is believed that if you celebrate your fortieth birthday, then it's like greeting own death. However, according to this logic, it turns out that it is also not recommended for a child to celebrate 9 years old, but there is nowhere not to talk about this.

Why can't you eat with a knife?

Well, first of all, because you can cut yourself. Some people believe that if you eat from a knife, you will become evil, others believe that if you eat from a knife, you will have an operation, some people believe that licking food from a knife can make your heart hurt ... From where did this sign come from. Well, firstly, a knife has been the most common murder weapon since ancient times, and the approach of a knife to a person negatively affected his biofield. Secondly, negative, negative energy is concentrated on the tip of the knife; when the knife is brought to the body, the human energy field is disturbed. It is believed that as a result of this, a person's mood worsens, a feeling of apathy, malaise arises.

And in the Caucasus, mountaineers eat with a knife, and there it is considered a sign of courage.

They say it's bad luck if a black cat crosses the road...

remember the song? Another sign is considered not good if a black cat crosses the road. Where did this omen come from? In the Middle Ages, during the Inquisition, people believed that a black cat could turn into an evil witch or sorcerer. There is another version, the witch received from evil spirits as her servants the house spirit that accompanied her everywhere, it could be a cat, a crow, a goat ... And people also believed that evil witches prepared their mysterious potion using the brain of a black cat. As a result, the black cat began to be considered by the people as a symbol of failure.

Get on the track.

Why do people sit down before leaving the house when they are going on a trip? They sit most often on a bag, backpack or suitcase. There is a logical explanation for this. When we are going on a long journey, we are always very nervous, we pack things, we have a lot of questions in our head, what to take, what to put out ... and we also need to turn off the lights, turn off the water, do not forget the documents ... we are nervous, worried. Sitting on the path is an occasion to sit down, relax, think about whether you forgot something important and calmly leave home. There is another option, while a person sits “on the suitcases” for several minutes, he can think about whether he should go on this trip at all or not ...

Why can't anything be passed over the threshold?

It is believed that it is best to either give a thing, for example, in a house or leave the house and in no case pass it over the threshold. Where did this superstition come from? The thing is that in ancient times the ashes of the dead were kept under the threshold of houses, passing something through the threshold meant disturbing the dead ancestors, it was considered extremely dangerous. For the same reason, one should not sit on the threshold of the house, it is believed that the threshold is the border between two worlds, the world of the living and the dead.

Why can't you return halfway home?

Probably this happens to everyone, you left the house on business, and then you remember that you forgot something, you return home ... The sign that you can’t return halfway is connected with the threshold, that is, the border between the worlds. The man did not fulfill his plan, returned home, but not satisfied, and the spirits of his ancestors are supposedly waiting for him on the threshold. So what if you still need to go home? Entering the house, take a look in the mirror, looking in the mirror doubles your energy and strength.

Why can't you donate a watch?

What is it for? They say that to give a watch for separation. Somehow they gave me a watch for my birthday, after that we really didn’t communicate with this person, not because we quarreled, but because we went to different cities and somehow didn’t even call up ... This superstition arose back in China, a gift in the form of a clock is an invitation to a funeral. We believe that if you donate a watch, then mutual insults and even quarrels can arise between people, since the clock hands are sharp, which can cause disagreements between people. You can avoid failures by giving a coin for a watch, thus, it turns out that you bought a watch.

Friday the 13th.

Friday the 13th is sometimes referred to as Black Friday. This superstition originates from the Old Testament, it is believed that on this day Cain killed his brother Abel. Also, there were 13 participants in the Last Supper, and the betrayal of Judas is mentioned in chapter 13 of the Gospel. Over time, many troubles and misfortunes began to be attributed to the number 13. In some hospitals, for example, there is no 13th ward, and in some hotels there is no 13th floor.

Why is it not allowed to borrow money and give any things from home after sunset?

This is considered a bad omen, there will be no return ... It is also believed that the sunset symbolizes the time of the kingdom of darkness, as well as dark forces, and dark forces want to quarrel people and make them enemies. After sunset, it was not even allowed to start cutting a new loaf of bread, that is, to start a new business. Also, you can’t throw garbage out of the house in the evening, they say there won’t be money in the house, that is, you take wealth out of the house, wealth. You need to have time to take out the garbage before sunset.

Why can't you pick up items at the crossroads?

Crossroads has long been considered a mystical place where parallel worlds intersect. There is a lot going on at the crossroads magical rituals which are aimed at bad deeds. It is believed that if you transfer your illness or, for example, failure to some object or coins, and throw the object or coins at a crossroads, then you can get rid of illness and failure forever. In order not to take on other people's troubles, failures, illnesses, you do not need to pick up anything at the crossroads. Remember, the more valuable and expensive the thing you find there, the stronger the trouble that is transferred to it.

Knock on wood.

Where did this tradition come from to knock on wood three times, spit three times over the left shoulder? Some people even knock three times on the head. The answer is simple, so that we do not jinx it, or we do not jinx ourselves if we boast of something. We inherited this sign from our ancestors, since even in ancient times people believed that if you touch wooden surface means to touch Christ, who was crucified on a wooden cross, so we ask for protection from evil forces. This superstition arose precisely because of the custom of giving refuge to a fugitive criminal in a church. Whoever touched the church gates, he considered himself saved, it was from that moment that the church took a person under its protection. It is very good to knock or touch the oak, since the oak has long been a symbol of the family, the oak can avert misfortune that you yourself sometimes call with your boasting ... Of all the trees, only the aspen is considered a cursed tree, since according to legend, Judas strangled himself on the aspen, the aspen is extremely rarely used in crafts and construction. Why knock 3 times? Because 3 is a sacred number for all Christians. Why is it necessary to spit over the left shoulder? According to beliefs, an angel sits on our right shoulder and shows us the right path, and on the other sits a "devil" and pushes us to do all sorts of stupid things, and spitting three times, like a sign of the cross In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we give so to speak “resistance” to evil forces, so that evil forces cannot harm us. Therefore, it is customary to knock and spit over the shoulder in order to expel evil spirits.

Folk signs and superstitions to attract money to the house.

• In order to attract money into the house, the broom in the house should be upside down with a whisk, and not with a handle.
• To make money, eat before dinner and after dinner a small piece of bread with salt, and it is also believed that this brings good luck.
• If you decide to borrow money, then it is best to do it on a growing moon, and give it away on a waning one.
• Always take money with your left hand, but let's take it with your right.
• To attract money to the house, you can lend in the morning.
• In your wallet, keep paper bills facing you.
• Banknotes of different denominations should lie together in the wallet, and not mixed up.
• You can’t keep crumpled banknotes in your wallet, the money should lie flat.
• The table should always be covered with a beautiful tablecloth. Put money under the tablecloth, so there will always be money in the house and there will be prosperity.
• Money “loves counting”, so count them often to attract money.
• After the guests leave, shake out the tablecloth on the street so that the money flows.
• If you want to give a beggar a coin, then do not give the coins that you received for change when buying bread or salt.
• To attract money into the house, put a coin in each corner and do not touch them.
• To attract money to the house, you need to put a coin in front door under the rug.
• And in order for big money to come to you, be sure to carry a bill with you, do not spend it and do not exchange it for anyone, just always carry it with you, this bill will attract other money to you.

Of course, it will accept, there are a lot of superstitions and prejudices. I believe that if you strongly believe in something or think, for example, about the bad, then this will definitely happen. We ourselves attract everything good or bad into our lives. You need to believe that nothing bad will happen to you and it will. Well, you decide for yourself to believe in signs or not ...

In the past, people attached importance to every little thing. In everything they saw signs of fate. To this day, many of us believe in folk omens and superstitions. There are many signs associated with the fall of household items. These beliefs are still popular today. Let's look into all these superstitions: should they be trusted?

If a spoon or fork falls

If during cooking or at the table the device falls - wait for the guest, and the woman. According to popular belief, if the spoon falls, then the house will come good woman with good news. If dropped fork- you will have an unwanted guest, a gossip and a squabbler. In order to avoid uninvited guests, you need to knock the fallen device on the table three times.

If the knife fell

dropped knife- Wait for a man. If you do not want to host guests on this day, then cut the bread with this knife, then no one will disturb you.

If a plate falls

If a plate falls and breaks- This good omen prophesying happiness. But do not rush to rejoice. It is believed that if the dishes break, and often, then there is a lot of negative energy in the house. The dishes accumulate it in themselves, and when the negative energy overflows it, the plate breaks. So if dishes often break in your house, then try to cleanse the house of negative energy.

If the plate fell and did not break, then this is also good sign. A fallen plate indicates that you and your home are protected from the negative effects of people around you. An atmosphere of kindness and safety reigns in your home. But the very fact that the plate fell suggests that someone is jealous of you or wishes you harm. In this case, it is recommended to strengthen the protection of your home. This can be done with the help of amulets and talismans.

If the ring fell

Dropped ring- expect trouble or illness. This is a warning to be heeded Special attention. If you are faced with this folk sign, then do not pick up the ring with your bare hands. Raise it with a handkerchief or towel and put it in the freezer for a day. This will help you avoid trouble.

Remember that bad omens can always be avoided. To do this, they simply do not need to believe. Trust only signs for happiness, then you can attract good luck. Be happy and don't forget to press the buttons and

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In ancient times, people believed that clothing was strongly associated with its owner. In the world there are a large number of signs and superstitions associated ...

Signs associated with the human body:

Scratch your elbow - sleep in a new place.

The mustache itches - before the gift.

The head itches - scolding to hear.

Right palm itches for profit, the left one - for a loss.

The neck itches for a feast.

The nose itches for news, wine, christenings.

The eyebrow itches for a date, tears.

The left eye is itching to tears, the right eye is looking at the sweetheart.

Cheeks burn to tears.

Lips itch for kisses.

Hurt your leg - hurry.

The soles itch towards the road.

Bite your tongue - to a quarrel.

House-related notes:

You should not give and accept knives as a gift - this is enmity.

It is impossible to wipe the table with paper - this leads to quarrels and losses.

Also, you can’t knock with keys and put them on the table - this leads to conflicts.

Do not put an open umbrella in the bedroom or living room - this can be the cause of shed tears.

To avoid a quarrel at a party, cross the threshold with your right foot.

They do not sweep the floor when a person dear to you has left, so as not to cover his way to your house.

Do not play with a knife - a quarrel may arise.

After sunset, new bread is not cut, as this can lead to quarrels and lack of money.

The salt shaker should not be passed from hand to hand. You need to put it on the table.

If you have to pass a needle to someone, you need to lightly (jokingly) prick this person. This is done so that there is no enmity with him.

So that two brothers do not quarrel, one magnet is sewn into their clothes.

If someone is called by the name of the person who left, then this person will be angry when he arrives.

Item-related notes:

The brick fell out of the oven - not good.

If the pin was found, the friend remembered.

If the dishes remain untidy on the table, then the devil or other evil spirits will settle in the house.

Salt spill - quarrel, to avoid this, you need to laugh or hit yourself on the forehead.

Wipe your hands with a tablecloth - there will be burrs.

If you step on the place where the bucket stood, then sores will go through the body.

If the keys are left on the table - to a quarrel.

A girl pricks her finger with a needle - she will hear praise.

Stepping over a broom is hard to give birth to children.

Notes on the weather

Faithful weather forecasters, especially for the forecast for the near future, are plants and animals.
Cats are probably the most sensitive to weather changes.

Signs in the cold:
A cat in the stove - a cold in the yard; a cat in a ball - in the cold. And expect frost if the cat covers its muzzle with its paw during sleep.

Notes for warming:
The cat lies on the floor, fast asleep; lies in the middle of the room, tail thrown back; lies belly up; sits on the windowsill and looks out the window.

And if a cat scratches the floor, then there will be a blizzard. Some similarities can be found in the behavior of dogs. Curled up and lie in a ball - in the cold; stretched, spreading their legs - for warmth; ride in the snow - for a thaw and for a snowstorm. To a snowstorm, if the dogs chase each other and play in the snow.

People's observation did not bypass other domestic animals:
If, in good weather in winter, cows and sheep from the fence themselves go to the barn, expect a snowstorm.
Calves in a warm room played out - there will be a blizzard.
If in the evening when milking a cow, the nipples are warm, it will not be warm, and if they are cold, it will be frosty.
In winter, goats knock their feet, flap their ears and sneeze - to the snow.
Piglets squeal - to the frost.
Before frost and a snowstorm, adult pigs squeal, and at the same time they carry straw with various garbage in their mouths, apparently to protect themselves from the oncoming cold.

Signs in the Sun:
If at sunset the sky is light azure, golden, light pink, or a predominance of a greenish tint is noticeable, the weather should be good, even if the sun is covered with clouds.
The red disk of the sun sets in a cloud or fog - to rain or wind, in the mist - to drought.
After sunset, the sky in the west turned purple-red - to a strong wind and rain.
If the sun rises from the reddened clouds around it - to rain, in fog - to clear, calm and stuffy weather.
If the sun rises from the reddened clouds around it - to rain, in fog - to clear, calm and stuffy weather, with a clear sky and seems smaller than usual, and its rays are very bright - to drought.
If at sunrise the sky turns red - to rain in one or two days, it turns into all colors - to rain on the same day.
The morning sun is red - the weather will change for the worse, rain and wind are possible.
At sunrise it is stuffy (soars) - to rain on the same day.
The sun is covered by clouds in the morning - it will rain.

Notes on the Moon:
If the moon seems larger than its usual size and it is reddish in color, it will rain.
During the full moon, the moon is light and pure in color - the weather will be good, dark and pale - to rain.

Signs on the Stars:
The stars seem very shiny - to be hot, twinkle a lot and look smaller than usual - to rain.
Starry sky - to clear weather, rare stars - to rain.
The stars in the fog - to the rain, the stars are falling - to the wind.
If the stars twinkle strongly, and in the morning there are clouds - there will be a thunderstorm at noon.
Strong twinkling of stars at dawn - to rain in the coming days.

Signs on the Wind:
Strong north or northwest winds - to cold, inclement weather.
Wet wind - to prolonged bad weather, gusty and stripes - to calm weather.
If the wind increases towards night, the weather will worsen.
Strong wind in the rain - good weather.
The wind blew from the north - to be a clear and cold day.
If at noon in good weather the wind increases and white clouds appear in the sky, similar to cotton wool, and in the evening they disappear and the wind weakens, then this is for good weather the next day.

Rain tips:
Light rain in the morning - to a good year, if bubbles form from raindrops on the water - to be protracted by bad weather.

Signs on Rosa:
Abundant evening and morning dews for good weather, and the more abundant they are, the more sultry the coming day will be. But if dew does not appear, it dries quickly - the weather will worsen.

Fog notes:
If the fog spreads along the ground or quickly dissipates in the rays of the sun, be stable, good and even sultry weather, and if it rises in the form of a column - to rain.

Signs on Thunder:
Deaf thunder - to a quiet rain, and rolling - to a downpour.
Long peals of thunder - to a protracted bad weather.
If lightning flashes after rain without thunder, the weather will be clear.

Notes on the Rainbow:
If a rainbow appears in the morning before noon - be rain; in the evening - good weather.
If the rainbow soon disappears after the rain - to clear weather, it stays for a long time - to bad weather.
If rainbows appear during rain, it will rain for several days.

People's clairvoyance did not bypass household signs of the weather. Here are some of them for the rain:
tight open wooden lids, plugs, window frames, doors; dew falls on the glass in double frames, the windows seem to weep; bubbles appear on the surface in a bowl of water, the same bubbles are visible on any water surface.

Now let's turn our attention to the behavior of animals. Domestic animals usually eat grass greedily before rain (even cats and dogs) and drink little, the horse shakes its head and throws it up; the cows raise their muzzles up, greedily inhaling the air as well, the cattle run away from the yard to shelters; the dog intensively digs the ground, climbs into the water; the cat shakes its muzzle, go ahead.

And here is how the birds behave before the rain: chickens bathe in the sand, flap their wings; a rooster crows for no reason in the middle of the day, a domestic goose splashes in the water and dives; loudly, often anxiously screaming, gathering in flocks, rooks, crows, jackdaws, seagulls. Well, the fishermen are well aware that before the rain, the fish jumps out of the water, does not bite; earthworms crawl on the surface of the soil; mosquitoes and midges bite more strongly.

But it will take the behavior of smaller animals to improve the weather: the cat washes, licks its paw; the horse snorts; the rooster sings at the beginning of the day in rainy weather; birds in bad weather suddenly begin to chirp; seagulls land on the water and swim.

Signs: Not good

Place the bread with the top crust down.

· Cut the bread at once from both ends.

Take the last piece from the plate. But if you are offered to take the last piece, grab it immediately - this will bring happiness in love or material profit.

Spilling salt - to trouble. But if you are going on some important business, a pinch of salt in your left pocket will save you from trouble or disappointment.

Passing the salt shaker across the table means passing your troubles to someone.

Do not do this and in no case do not accept a salt shaker from others, even if it is handed to you without malicious intent, out of ignorance it will be accepted.

· When eating, one should not give a piece to another person to finish eating, as he will eat all his strength from the first. You can’t also let them finish drinking after themselves, so that they don’t recognize your thoughts.

· To prick bread with a knife or fork - forever deprive yourself of happiness.

If the child brought food to the house from strangers, under any pretext, make him take it out of the house and throw it away - the food can be charmed.
· Bad sign- overturned by accident wooden chair especially if it happened in a hospital.

· If someone has moved a chair for you, in no case, after sitting and getting up from it, do not put it back in its original place. Away, this means that you will no longer be in this house.

If you have accidentally dropped a comb on the floor, do not rush to pick it up, let someone else do it, or, before picking it up, step on it with your left foot and spit three times over your left shoulder. Almost the same thing should be done with dropped gloves, but if someone else picks up and hands you a dropped glove, this sure sign that a pleasant surprise awaits you.

· If you forgot gloves in someone's house, and then returned to pick them up, then do not take them through the threshold, but enter the house, even if you are in a hurry, sit down and put them on your hands. Only after that you can leave - otherwise you will be in trouble.

Giving gloves - to a quarrel, but if out of ignorance this happened, then a little money should be given for the gift.

Humming on an empty stomach is a bad omen, you will have to cry in the evening. It is strictly forbidden to hum while playing cards or preparing flour dishes (pie, pancakes, etc.).

· To always have money in your pocket, put a bent coin or a coin with a hole in it. But she will help as long as, when you receive new money, you do not forget to spit on them.

Whistling in many cases brings misfortune. You can not whistle in the mine - a collapse may occur; on a ship - a whistle scares off a fair wind; behind the scenes of the theater - the audience will boo.

Gathering at a table in the amount of 13 people is a very bad omen. If this happened, in order to avoid misfortune, you need to set up an extra device and not leave it empty, but fill it with the same as the guests' plates.

· A bad sign is to follow the guest with your eyes until he is completely out of sight. A person can turn around, after which he will be very homesick and loved ones.

· An old sign says that when passing over the bridge, it is better not to talk to anyone, even with your companion.

· To protect yourself from bad omens, you need to spit over your left shoulder three times: after a quarrel or an unpleasant incident; before embarking on a dangerous and risky business, and especially when you feel that someone has looked at you with an unkind look.

Protects from bad omens and knocking on wood. A real tree in our time may not be at hand, so carry at least a small piece of tree bark in your pocket.

· To protect yourself from the evil eye, mentally place a mirror between you and this person facing him or, looking in his direction, say in a whisper: "I wish you the same."

The easiest way to protect against the evil eye - safety pin Maybe bigger size pin it closer to the heart, but so that it is not visible to others. The head of the pin should be pointing down.

If you feel that the person walking behind wants to jinx you or spoil you, turn your head sharply towards him, right hand pull back in his direction and make a goat sign with your fingers: middle, nameless and thumb squeezed together and the rest stretched out. In this case, the hand is directed to the ground.

· According to folk beliefs, if water is drained through a sieve three times, it helps against spoilage and many diseases.

Red thread bandages on the left hand protect from the evil eye and relieve joint pain. The power of the red color is also transferred to plants with red berries - viburnum and mountain ash. The mountain ash is believed to ward off witches.

To protect against the influence evil person, hang a branch of St. John's wort at the entrance to the house - it will save a person from bad thoughts. At family damage with a burning branch of St. John's wort, you need to baptize the corners in the house within ten days. Can be in window frame or stick it in the door in the most visible place kitchen knife. An ordinary person will not notice this, and a person with bad thoughts will fly out as if scalded.

· When a person leaves the house for the first time after a serious illness, he should walk around the house in the course of the sun. If you do not do this, the disease will definitely return.

· The easiest way to protect against the evil eye or damage is to cross your arms or legs in a conversation with a person from whom you can expect trouble.

· Tie two rowan sticks with a red thread crosswise and hang this cross between the lining and the top of your outerwear. No sorcerer and no witch can hurt.

Boy or girl? Signs of determining the future sex of the child.

Determining the future sex of a child is a topic that has always interested future parents. After all, you need to prepare for the emergence of a new person and it is easier to do this, knowing who will be born: a boy or a girl. At least in order to come up with a name for this new person.

Of course, now there is modern medical equipment that makes it possible to determine the sex of the unborn child with almost 100% certainty, but there are cases when the position of the fetus in the womb is such that even ultrasound cannot determine the sex of the child. In addition, many parents refuse ultrasound, and many simply do not have such an opportunity.

Here, signs come to the rescue, allowing you to find out the sex of the unborn child even before birth. Naturally, such signs often do not have any scientific justification, but for inexplicable reasons, they come true.

Some signs for the birth of a child
If the tummy is sharp and protruding - then this is a tummy with a boy, round and wide - inside a girl.
Leg hair grows more during pregnancy - there will be a boy. If hair is not added - a girl.
If the father and mother, at the time of conception, are already married or married, then a girl will be born, and if not, then a boy. The boy, as it were, will replace his father and become a man in the house.
If a woman loves more in a couple, a girl will be born. Instead, it's a boy.
If, before conception, the spouses often live sexually, then a girl will be born, and if with a break of several days, then a boy.
If a man wears tight underwear, then a boy will be born, if free - a girl.
If conception occurred on the day of ovulation, a boy will be born. If a couple of days before - a girl.
The expectant mother sleeps with her head closer to the north - a boy will be born, to the south - a girl.
The mother's feet became colder than they were before pregnancy - there will be a boy.
Expectant mother gets prettier during pregnancy - expect a boy. Appearance began to deteriorate - wait for the girl. Sometimes this sign mentions only the woman's face or chest. It is said that girls "steal" their mother's beauty. Dont be upset! Pregnancy is temporary.
A needle on a thread describes circles above the stomach - a boy will be born. If it sways from side to side, it's a girl.
If you are drawn to sweets, fruits - this means that you have a girl. If for salty or sour, as well as for meat and cheese - a boy.
A slightly swollen nose indicates a boy.

These are the most common signs of determining the sex of a child.

Remember: the birth of a child in itself is already a great joy and, perhaps, the most significant event in your life. And what gender he is - this is secondary. The main thing is to be healthy.

Last sign (especially for men):

Fathers often want a boy, but then love a girl more. She reminds her father of her mother and his wife in her youth. Naturally, the sign also applies to mothers expecting girls.