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Signs for the night will tell you what not to do at night, so as not to call trouble into the house. They will also tell about the actions before going to bed, which will help to attract good luck.

Predicting the future after sunset

After sunset, animals can warn of upcoming events. Seeing a spider at night is a matter of worries and troubles. Roosters sing all night long - to the trouble that will affect entire area or town. Chickens also warn about this if they scream or fly off the perch before dawn. The birth of puppies before dawn - to quarrels in the house, and unreasonable barking - to trouble.

At night, when all sounds subside and the lights go out, the brownie comes out of his hiding place, where he spends the day. He can stroke a family member, and in the old days, the future was predicted by the nature of this touch. If the hand is warm and soft, the family will soon become rich and happy. Cold and hard - trouble hurries into the house.

Wake up from the singing of a cricket - to wealth. If a cat gave birth to kittens when it is already dark outside, your financial situation will change for the better.

If you wake up at three in the morning for several days in a row, this is not a good omen. It means that someone is casting a spell on you. It is unlikely that we are talking about positive rituals. Most likely, the matter is in damage or love witchcraft.

Falling or breaking things at night is a negative belief. Broken dishes portend bad news about what has already happened, but you don’t know about it yet. If an icon or other object of worship has fallen - to trouble. Maybe it's black magic. A burning lamp can go out, but in the dark it is not lit again, so as not to attract the bad.

The time after sunset is a great time to improve your financial condition. So, signs for the night recommend putting money near the mirror in the evening. Put them in your wallet in the morning. This will bring you prosperity.

What not to do before going to bed - folk wisdom

Beliefs about mirrors endow them with magical powers, often called portals to other dimensions. That is why it is forbidden to look at your reflection at night - so as not to involuntarily invite guests from other worlds. It is far from certain that they will be friendly. In addition, in the old days they believed that in the dark, mirrors take away beauty and youth.

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It is better to take off your underwear at night so that it does not collect the negative energy of evil forces. Therefore, it is highly undesirable to wash before going to bed. You can’t shave, cut your hair, cut your nails until morning. This applies to both men and women. Those who violate the ban face problems in their personal lives.

One of the things not to do before bed is to be active. Noise, laughter, fun games from sunset were strictly prohibited. The old people said that in the evening children play with devils. Perhaps the fact is that after the fun, the child is difficult to put to sleep.

In the old days, pregnant women slept under the moonlight so that the baby would be born healthy. According to other superstitions, sleeping in the rays of the moon is crazy. Therefore, before going to bed, you should not leave the windows uncurtained.

Before going to bed, you should remove vampire plants from the bedroom. For example, one is monstera. Sleeping in the same room with her threatens with fatigue and poor health in the morning.

You can't leave the house at midnight. Wait until the first hour of the night. Opening the door before going to bed is also undesirable. If someone made a mistake with the door, this promises you problems in the government house.

night omens

Our ancestors left until the morning all things immediately after sunset. So, beliefs forbid taking out the trash until the morning. At night, an unclean force wakes up, which can take away wealth from the house through the rubbish taken out of it. Along with the garbage, money luck is also taken out.

Don't leave a knife on the table. The brownie is afraid of sharp objects, this can offend him. Such negligence brings illness and problems to the family.

Dirty dishes, salt shaker with salt, onion and garlic prevent the brownie from fighting evil spirits. Therefore, these things should be removed in kitchen cabinets. Money on the table at night - to their loss, keys - to the loss of property, an empty bottle - to poverty. Food is not left on the table also because evil spirits can move into it.

After sunset, they do not give bread and salt from the house. These items are often damaged. In addition, it is a sign of poverty and failure. Among the things not to do at night is cleaning. To notice in the dark - sweep the brownie out of the house, lose his protection and patronage. Wash the floor - wash good luck, love and prosperity.

Signs about money forbid borrowing or lending after sunset. This portends a deprivation of monetary luck; you can remain in debt for a long time. According to superstition, money sleeps at night. Therefore, you should not count them, shift them from place to place.

They also do not give oaths and promises after sunset, it will be almost impossible to fulfill them.

In the old days, they didn’t collect water at night, they didn’t go swimming in natural reservoirs - after sunset, water and mermaids wake up. The exception is some church holidays, for example, Epiphany night. You can’t take a bath in the bath only after midnight - at this time the devils are steaming there.

There are many signs about what not to do before dawn. They are designed to protect a person from evil spirits and black sorcerers, who at this time become more active. Knowing the old signs, in the dark, you can attract wealth or good luck to the house, predict the future, protect yourself from trouble.

Flowers donated in pots will not grow unless they are given a symbolic ransom.

About the reason for at least a symbolic payment for a gift, especially a living one (whether it is a cat, a bird or a plant), we have already said: there must be a gift for a gift; since you can forget about a gift for an inexpensive thing, it’s better to “buy it out” right away. On a mystical level, one can also accept the following version: a plant, simply left in a strange house, considers itself a stranger here, and if it was bought, it understands that it has a new owner.

Before the Apple Savior, it is a sin to eat apples.

The belief originated on a mystical level: before the Savior, apples cannot be eaten by those whose children have died - so that they get apples in the next world (meaning the spiritual substance of the fruits stored on the tree). But this was forgotten over time, and only a ban for everyone remained. It is based on the fact that in the villages before August (that is, before the Savior), not all apples have time to ripen; children, having eaten green apples, then suffer from indigestion. To avoid temptation, they are told about this ban.

An indoor flower will bloom in winter, which until then bloomed in summer - to death in the family.

This belief is widespread not only in Russia, but also in many other countries. Moreover, it applies not only to indoor plants, but also to those that will not bloom in time in the yard (especially fruit trees). The reason can be sought on a symbolic level: to bloom in the middle of winter means to die soon. There is also a more benign belief: a flower that has not bloomed at the right time - to news that was not expected.

Do not sleep near henbane - you will not wake up.

The use of henbane or long inhalation of the smell of its flowers leads to hallucinations, temporary mental disorder and rash acts. They say: "He's fooling around, as if he ate too much henbane." If you inhale its scent for a long time, you can actually die.

Stolen flowers and other plants take root better than bought or donated ones.

This is quite a household sign, leaving aside both ethics and mysticism. The stolen ones take root better than the bought ones, because they are planted in the ground faster before they have time to catch them. In addition, the roots of a plant bought or received as a gift can dry out, and a stolen one can just come out of the ground and back into the ground.

Scatter peas - to tears.

The belief is built on the external similarity of a tear and a pea. But there is a more legendary explanation, when the human race was punished by hunger for sins, then, in order to save people, the Mother of God wept and her tears became peas.

Peas this only when the night before was starry.

A very simple relationship: the desire to have as many peas as there are stars in the sky.

I’ll scout someone else’s misfortune on beans, but I won’t apply my mind to my own.

This refers to the widespread divination on beans, which are credited with mystical, supernatural properties. They do not just guess on beans, but seek to prevent trouble, spread it “in different directions”, and destroy it.

Rowan can not be cut, especially near the house. He cut it down - it means that you will die soon or there will be a dead man in the house.

With a toothache, you need to take a rowan rod, chop it four times and put it on the aching tooth. But rowan berries after this can not be eaten for several years.

There are many signs and beliefs associated with mountain ash - both because of the red color of the berries, similar to blood, and because its fruits are used in home medicine. In particular, rowan kvass is both a laxative and an anti-inflammatory agent; it is given at high temperatures as an antipyretic, etc. A plentiful harvest of berries on mountain ash portends a long cold winter. Some researchers believe that in this way nature itself takes care of food for birds for the winter. To cut down a rowan-nurse, especially near your own house, is to deprive yourself of natural medicine for the winter and leave birds without food. The ban on berries after using the rowan rod is an “apology” to the tree for the harm caused.

If you see a lilac flower with five petals, eat it. This is good luck.

It is believed that happiness is as rare as a flower with five petals. Therefore, having become its full owner (having eaten), a person secures luck for himself. By the way, you can compare this with the discovery of a "chicken god" - a stone with a hole in the middle - on the sea coast. The finder is considered lucky and must make a wish that will surely come true.

If the snow melted and mold appeared in this place - to the mushrooms.

It is not just about the harvest of mushrooms, but about the abundance of mushrooms in this particular place. The mold that appeared from under the snow testifies to the mycelium (it is also mycelium) - the thinnest branched and intertwined threads that form the vegetative body of mushrooms.

The garden blooms late - to the death of the owner.

The explanation is the same as for the winter or untimely flowering of plants: untimely flowering threatens death - and this is symbolically transferred to the owner. Explicit search with similar signs in the collective consciousness of the people is evidence of their hard life for many centuries.

Whoever plants a willow near the house with his own hands prepares a spade for himself.

It means that this person will die when it will be possible to carve a shovel out of the willow planted by him. The belief is among the sparing: the willow grows for a long time, and by that time you can really die of old age. Unlike the young willow, which symbolizes health and fertility, the old willow was universally considered “cursed” because it does not give fruit or shade. The proverb “fell in love like the devil with an old willow” confirms the negative attitude. Such a tree, especially a hollow one, was known as a refuge for evil spirits. One of the explanations may lie in the already forgotten legend about the nails with which Jesus was crucified: they were not made of iron, but made of willow.

A large harvest of mountain ash - for a long and frosty winter. Mountain ash in the forest is fruitful - by rainy autumn, if not - to dry.

The sign is time-tested and captures the regulatory functions of nature. As already mentioned, before a long frosty winter, mountain ash bears more fruit than usual, because without its berries, birds will not be able to survive until spring. The question is how nature maintains this regularity. But the sign itself is true, like the second of those given here.

The birch, planted next to the house, scares away evil and protects from lightning.

Any tall tree protects from lightning, since it serves as a natural lightning rod (lightning arrester). That is why in the field during a thunderstorm you cannot hide from the rain under a tree: being the only towering object, it will first of all become a victim of lightning. As for the peculiarity of the birch to scare away evil, this is due to its white color and legends. Once a birch sheltered the Mother of God and Jesus from bad weather, and another time it hid Holy Friday in its branches from evil spirits, which is why it enjoys the patronage of all three. One of the explanations may lie in the legend that on the Trinity the souls of deceased relatives move into the birch branches, who continue to help the survivors.

If you give a patient to Maxim with birch sap, he will recover.

Day of Maxim and Jason (Jasson) - April 28 old style - May 11 new. On this day, birch sap is usually collected. The most healing is the juice from the upper part of the trunk. The extraction of juice was furnished with magical rites and strictly regulated so as not to damage the tree. The meaning of the sign is that it is on this day - “on Maxim” - that birch sap has the greatest healing properties.

If you go on a journey with an elder staff, then neither evil people nor wild animals will be afraid.

This attitude towards elderberry was recorded by researchers not only in Russia, but also in England, Germany, Scotland and other countries. This is based on its healing properties and beneficial smell. An infusion of elderberry flowers cures fever. An elderberry branch is carried with them from the evil eye. Naturally, these features are transferred to the staff, which can also physically protect the traveler.

Mushrooms grow on the wall - to wealth.

We are talking, of course, about the outer, and not the inner wall of the house. The meaning of belief has been forgotten, and now few people can reveal its true origin. Many say that the basis is quantity: they say, wealth will be like mushrooms. Or that it will appear by itself, as mushrooms appear.

You can’t cut a century-old spruce - to trouble.

It is believed among the people that the old, centuries-old spruce is the dwelling of the goblin. If it is cut down, then the goblin will begin to take revenge by all means available to him, up to and including arson. And he will certainly start knocking him off the road in the forest, where he is the owner.

A man addicted to cannabis can remain childless.

Previously, this was just a sign based on experience, on observations. Now, knowing about the narcotic properties of hemp and its effect on the body, one can be convinced of the fidelity of a long-standing popular observation: indeed, the use of hemp (meaning very frequent) reduces potency.

If you fumigate a gun with thorn grass, then it becomes well-aimed.

Of course, the gun itself, without a hunter, cannot be well-aimed or not well-aimed. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that we are talking about the impact of thorn smoke not on the gun, but on the hunter's vision.

If you want good flax to be born, sow it naked.

Belief was born in pre-Christian times, when nature was spiritualized and deified; The Slavs believed that any plant thinks and feels the same way as a person. Getting naked, they wanted to deceive flax - so that he would think: I need to ugly, otherwise a person has nothing to put on himself! After all, linen served as the main fabric for clothing: all the everyday clothes of Russian peasants were made from coarse linen, and festive clothes were made from finely crafted and decorated ones.

Linden dried up in the garden - for worse.

The explanation here is the same as in the case of mountain ash and other plants that are a natural pharmacy. Linden cures colds and other diseases, provides honey collection, in the old days it also shoed (bast shoes made of lime bast), and served as raw material for wooden handicrafts. To lose a linden in your garden is really for worse.

If, during the case, an onion is tied around the neck of the animal, it will not become infected.

A completely logical and correct observation, since onions (like garlic) have medicinal properties. This was fixed in the minds of the people by such, for example, a proverb: whoever eats onions, God will deliver him from torment. The recommendation has also been preserved: eat raw onions with bread, salt and kvass - to be healthy and bright in face.

He who loves almonds also loves his wife.

This observation can be attributed to any nuts (including forest nuts and walnuts). All of them are recommended for men as food. have a positive effect on the sexual function of the body. Recipes, both ancient and modern, there are a great many. In addition, nuts are well satiated, and vegetarians successfully replace them (as well as beans) with meat.

To find an overpowered grass and carry it with you - to find talent and goodness.

Odolen-grass - the popular name of the water lily. It was endowed with special properties because it was used in medicine, serving as an antidote and a remedy for toothache. Over time, based on the name, she was credited with the ability to overcome not only pain, but also evil people, sorcerers, all kinds of misfortunes.

In order to protect the newlyweds from spoilage, they put pieces of alder bark in their pockets.

Alder has become a magical amulet because of the red color of the bark, which is associated with blood. Like everything bright, the red bark attracts the eye and, accordingly, protects from the evil eye. Even if the bark is hidden in a pocket, a person has confidence that he will not be jinxed.

Whoever carries a double nut with him will be rich.

The belief is based on the quantitative principle and the belief that an empty nut is for hunger, and a full one is for prosperity. Especially - a double walnut.

A vampire can be disposed of either by stabbing him in the chest with an aspen stake, or by burning him on an aspen fire.

The roots of the belief lie in the attitude to the aspen as to the tree on which Judas hanged himself. It is believed that if this tree coped with the betrayer of Jesus, then it will certainly cope with the ghoul. The ghoul, who had taken possession of a man, was blamed for the suicide of this unfortunate man.

It is possible to cure a patient of a fever by hiding his hair and nails in an aspen stump.

In order for the child to outgrow his illness, his hair and nails must be hidden in the trunk of an aspen at the level of the child's growth. When the aspen grows up, it will carry away the disease.

If a sick person sits on a fresh aspen stump, the stump will take away his illness.

When a child has insomnia, you need to put a sprig of aspen in his cradle.

At the heart of these and many other beliefs is the attitude to the aspen as a talisman. At the same time, it was forbidden to plant it near the house, to heat the stove with firewood unnecessarily (although it was noted that the smoke of this firewood destroys soot in the stove) and to use it in construction.

Petunia-grass protects from intoxicating drink.

Indeed, this plant, often found in gardens, has the property of neutralizing the effects of alcohol. The recipe is simple: before drinking, mix a spoonful of olive oil with two tablespoons of crushed petunia and take it inside.

If you attach a tear-grass to the lock, it will immediately open or shatter into pieces.

Gap-grass breaks iron, and steel, and gold, and silver. If you throw it into the forge, then the blacksmith will not be able to work.

These and many other beliefs associated with the legendary tear-grass do not yet have clear grounds. It is believed that the leaves of this mysterious herb are shaped like crosses. Like a fern, the gap-grass blooms only on the night of Ivan Kupala. It blooms for a very short time - during this time it is only possible to read “Our Father”, “Theotokos” and “I Believe”.

If a straw stuck to the tail of a chicken - to the dead.

This sign is more a consequence than a harbinger. From a mystical point of view, it can be based on the fact that a chicken that lays eggs symbolizes the continuation of life, and straw - something outdated, dead. But if we proceed from the custom of throwing straw into remote places, on which the deceased was washed, and the chicken habit of roaming everywhere and raking everything, then the real reason for the connection between this straw and the deceased will become clear.

Whoever eats sleep-grass will sleep all winter and be able to predict the future.

There are many herbs that have a pronounced hypnotic effect. These include: dope, adonis, atropa belladonna, pulsatilla patens, viscaria vulgaris, popularly known sleep-dream, dog cherries, blue anemone, dream book, samsonchik, etc. In other words, sleep-grass is a collective name. As for its features to endow with a prophetic gift, then we should talk about a light narcotic state into which a person falls. And, as you know, some dreams are prophetic.

Keeping dried shamrock in the house is for well-being.

It seems that storing in the house any dried herb that is used in folk medicine, whether it is St.

If you cut a radish or radish with a knife not from above, but from the root, then there will be no belching.

Indeed, this is how the fibers of this plant are arranged. By the way, folk jokes are built on this feature using another plant: if a hot pepper is cut across, then its bitterness is obvious, but if the same fruit is cut lengthwise, then you can safely eat it, instead of bitterness, feeling sweetness.

If you cook turnips and wash the boils with the remaining water, they will soon disappear.

An observation based on the experience of traditional medicine. This remedy has entered some, herbalists. It is likely that turnip decoction contains substances that help heal.

Accidentally waking up rye is good luck.

The belief is based on the same principle as the shedding of newlyweds with grain: grain is a symbol of fertility and life.

Evidence-grass returns the husband to his wife, and the wife to her husband.

It is possible that this herb really has such a feature. A conspiracy has been preserved that must be pronounced, preparing a drink from evidence-grass for someone who has fallen out of love: “As you, grass, bowed your head to the ground, so would he (she) bow his head to me and be with me heart and soul to the tombstone!” Herbalists report that this grass is red-cherry in color, the flowers are yellow, the leaves are paws.

Whoever carries dry hops with him, he is saved from spoilage.

Hops is among the natural amulets due to the fact that it is used both in medicine and in the manufacture of food products (for example, beer). Therefore, the concept of fun and health is associated with it.

If they swear in the house, then the flowers die.

An old and certainly true observation. Many paid attention to the fact that in some houses the flowers grow magnificently, while in others they do not take root. It can be both in quarrels, and in character, in the biofield of the owner. Some types of flowers even react to harsh sounds.

Withered flowers in the house - for renovation.

It is quite natural, since you will have to buy or breed new ones. The sign is aimed at consolation, which, unfortunately, is not so common in the beliefs and signs of our people.

Whoever eats Chernobyl with food, he may not be afraid of either sorcerers or snake bites.

If you hang a Chernobyl in the house, then evil spirits will not appear there.

Who, before the day of Ivan Kupala, puts a wreath of Chernobyl on his head, that headache and eye pain will pass.

Chernobyl (he is Chernobyl, he is also an alarm clock, artemisia vulgaris) is a type of large wormwood. Its root is given for epilepsy. Like many plants with a pungent odor, this herb serves as a talisman: it either scares away or causes dominant attention, leaving no strength to the envious eye.

If you take a thistle with you on the road, it will save you from temptations.

With a decoction of thistle stalks, it is good to rub the sides and back with a cold.

Thistle protects the house from witches, and people from damage.

Thistle, also known under the names: murat, thistle, thistle, repets (species cirsium and carduus), is a prickly weed. Frightening properties are attributed to her because of the thorns. It is believed that everything piercing (needles, pins), directed with a point at an evil person, deprives him of the ability to induce damage, since his gaze stumbles upon a sharp one.

Whoever eats garlic is even afraid of evil spirits.

If crushed boiled garlic is applied to boils, they will soon pass.

When bitten by a snake, this place should be smeared with garlic fried in wooden oil.

Whoever eats bread with garlic will not get sick.

Eat roasted garlic on an empty stomach - your voice will be ringing.

If the fever has overtaken, it is necessary to insist on garlic vodka and drink a little after the attacks.

There are a lot of signs and beliefs associated with garlic. This plant is equally revered by the Slavs, and the Egyptians, and the British, and the Germans, and the Persians, and the Turks, and the Greeks, and many other peoples. The reason is that garlic is a natural pharmacy, a pantry of vitamins. Nowadays, as often as in the old days, garlic is used in the fight against colds. As for the ability of garlic to scare away evil spirits, protect against the evil eye and spoilage, this ability is attributed to it due to the persistent pungent smell that distracts “eyed” people and the evil spirits themselves. Since ancient times, garlic has been treated as a precious product, and this has cemented its mystical cult.

Humans have been eating onions for over 6,000 years. Our ancestors ate a lot of onions and also used them as a medicine. The ancient Egyptians and Sumerians considered the multi-layered onion to be a copy of the structure of the earthly world and a symbol of immortality. They were sure that the bow gives courage and provides protection to the owner. It is known that even the English king Richard the Lionheart had a bow amulet.

Currently, more than 40 varieties of onions are grown. Many folk signs about onions that have come down to us from antiquity are confirmed by our contemporaries on a scientific basis.

Notes on the bow.

1. In order for a good crop of juicy and “sweet” onions to grow on a personal plot, a husband and wife should plant it together, and in the process of planting they definitely need to kiss several times.
2. Our ancestors believed that onions should be planted after the frogs “sing”. Because frogs "sing" after warm days are established and the earth warms up.
3. It is impossible to burn onion peel, otherwise poverty will come to the family for a long time.
4. You can not bake the bulb before harvesting the entire onion crop on the site. Otherwise, all the onions grown on the site will dry out.
5. The winter will be warm if there is only one or two layers of thin husks on the ripe onion and vice versa.
6. The onion peeled from the husk cannot be stored, it must be used immediately for food.
7. Onions are used to recognize poisonous mushrooms. If the onion added during the preparation of mushrooms turns black, then the mushrooms are poisonous.
8. If you have nightmares, you need to peel the onion for 7 nights in a row before going to bed, cut it in half and put both halves at the head. In the morning, the onion should be thrown away, but it is better to bury it. This procedure will get rid of nightmares forever.
9. A bunch of onions hung in the house will protect from negative energy and will not allow people with evil thoughts to cross its threshold.
10. To speed up the recovery of the patient (flu or SARS), it is necessary to lay out several peeled onions in his room. Bulbs disinfect the room from pathogenic bacteria and viruses. Bulbs should be replaced with new ones every 2 hours, used bulbs must be thrown away and in no case should they be eaten.
11. To speed up the recovery of the child, it is necessary to spread the cut bulbs next to his crib for 4 hours, then throw them away.
12. There is a superstition that a bow cannot be passed from hand to hand. This is for tears.
13. An unmarried girl will see her betrothed in a dream if she puts an onion under her pillow before going to bed the night before the feast of St. Thomas (from December 20 to 21).
14. In the old days, to prevent the loss of livestock, several small onions strung on a thread were hung around the necks of horses or cows.
15. The Church celebrates the day of memory of one of the authors of the Gospel of St. Luke on October 31, and among the people this day is called Onion Day. In order not to get sick during the year, it is necessary to eat a small amount of fresh onions on this day. Spicy food is not allowed on this day.
16. On Onion Day, women should rub onion juice on their heads so that their hair is thick and lush. To be beautiful and prevent the appearance of wrinkles, it is recommended to apply onion juice on the skin of the face on this day.
17. Onions and onion skins are used in many occult and magical rituals.

Spring at the gardener is a time of serious business and worries. But you also need to rest, don't you agree? This article is addressed, first of all, to those who are not inclined to look at everything with excessive seriousness, who are not alien to curiosity and a bit of frivolity, for whom "superstition" is not a dirty word, but another way of looking at the world. Maybe different from ours - rational and based on rigorous scientific knowledge - but still interesting. If all this is not about you - do not read further, please.

We will talk about signs, beliefs and superstitions associated with vegetables and spicy herbs, about the magical properties that our ancestors endowed these plants with. Well, to believe it or not to believe - everyone decides for himself.

Anise

He is credited with the ability to protect, protect. If you are suffering from nightmares, make a small pillow filled with seeds and put it under your head - bad dreams will bypass you. Fresh leaves of the plant, spread out in the house, will help drive away any evil from the home.

Basil

It is believed that the smell of basil helps to overcome differences and generates sympathy between people. Wanting to attract a loved one, the girls rubbed their skin with fresh leaves, added sprigs of dried basil to aromatic bags that they carried with them or kept at home. With the help of basil, you can check the loyalty of a partner: if a fresh plant instantly wilts on someone's hand, you have a lover of “walking to the left”.

A friend wants to lose weight, but can't resist the temptation of delicious food? Secretly (this is important!) Place a sprig of basil under her plate - an old superstition claims that she will not be able to eat a single piece from this plate. And presented for housewarming in a pot will surely bring good luck and prosperity to the house.

Note to summer residents: they say that basil does not let drunkards, and ... scorpions into the site :)

Peas

If you are going to plant, do not drive the kids out of the garden - let them play next to the garden, then the harvest will be noble. And if you accidentally spilled peas in the house, you need to make sure that no one tramples on it - otherwise there will be a quarrel.

Cabbage

The girls, who have no suitors yet, guessed differently. On All Saints Day, girlfriends in pairs, holding hands, walked to the garden, without fail with their eyes closed. And so, blindly, they plucked a head of cabbage each. And then they carefully examined what they got, and drew conclusions: the size and appearance of the head of cabbage should have told whether the betrothed was good, and the taste should tell about his character; the earth remaining on the roots spoke of the prosperity of the future husband.

By the way, landing is a very serious matter. In any case, according to popular belief, it is impossible to laugh during such work categorically - otherwise the leaves will wrinkle.

Coriander

The simplest amulet is made from seeds: they are poured into a small linen bag, tied and carried with them. It is believed that it strengthens love, and also relieves its owner of headaches. If a pregnant woman wears such an amulet, her child will be distinguished by ingenuity and resourcefulness.

Onion

To prevent evil forces from entering the house, they put a small white onion on the windowsill, tightly studded with tailor's pins with black heads. And you can just grow - and fresh vitamin greens, and a reliable shield against evil. By the way, onion flowers also have protective properties.

Those who are overcome by doubts, who cannot make a choice in any way, make some important decision, can tell fortunes - he will tell you. True, the answer will have to wait. They take identical bulbs, write one of the solutions on each and put them in a dark place. The choice will be determined by the one that sprouts first. And you can also put the onion under the pillow at night - the dream that you have will be prophetic.

At the wedding, they threw an onion after the bride - it was believed that this would save her from tears in marriage. But cleaning should not be thrown onto the ground - they say that this way you can throw away your wealth. In order for the money to flow, the husk must be burned in a fireplace or stove.

Mint

But the beliefs associated with it are the same. For example, they say that mint is able to attract money. All you need to do this is to carry a few leaves in your purse or wallet. If you put a sprig of mint under your pillow, you can see your future in a dream, and tied around your wrist (like a bracelet), it will protect you from ailments.

Parsley

If you are unlucky all the time, take a bath with a decoction of parsley: it is believed that it banishes evil (including that which caused chronic failures). , growing in the garden, serves as a kind of amulet that removes all evil from the house, but in food it kindles passion and bestows fertility. Only here in love, according to popular belief, it is impossible to cut parsley. It is better to entrust this to someone else so that you do not lose your love.

Rhubarb

Housewives use it for jam and compotes, make stuffing for pies out of it. They say that if you treat your loved one with such a dish, he will always be faithful to you. Don't feel like cooking? Just cut the stems into pieces and sprinkle with sugar. Such a dessert will benefit the body, and will attract happiness to the house. A piece of rhubarb hanging around the neck on a thick thread is considered a reliable protection against pain in the stomach.

Rosemary

A wreath of rosemary is believed to improve memory. To get rid of depression or just a bad mood, the leaves of the plant, ground into powder and wrapped in a linen patch, will help (this amulet should be worn on the right hand). Those wishing to keep youth longer are recommended to take a bath with rosemary infusion or to smell its wood more often.

Before the Apple Savior, it is a sin to eat apples. - The belief originated on a mystical level: apples before the Savior should not be eaten by those whose children have died - so that they get apples in the next world (meaning the spiritual substance of the fruits stored on the tree). But this was forgotten over time, and only a ban for everyone remained. It is based on the fact that in the villages before August (that is, before the Savior), not all apples have time to ripen; children, having eaten green apples, then suffer from indigestion. To avoid temptation, they are told about this ban.

An indoor flower will bloom in winter, which until then bloomed in summer - to death in the family. - This belief is widespread not only in Russia, but also in many other countries. Moreover, it applies not only to indoor plants, but also to those that will not bloom in time in the yard (especially fruit trees). The reason can be sought on a symbolic level: to bloom in the middle of winter - to die soon. There is also a more benign belief: a flower that has not bloomed at the right time - to news that was not expected.

Do not sleep near henbane - you will not wake up. - The use of henbane or long inhalation of the smell of its flowers leads to hallucinations, temporary mental disorder and rash acts. They say: "He's fooling around, as if he ate too much henbane." If you inhale its scent for a long time, you can actually die.

Stolen flowers and other plants take root better than bought or donated ones. - This is quite a household sign, leaving aside both ethics and mysticism. The stolen ones take root better than the bought ones, because they are planted in the ground faster before they have time to catch them. In addition, the roots of a plant bought or received as a gift can dry out, and a stolen one can just come out of the ground and back into the ground.

Scatter peas - to tears. - The belief is built on the external similarity of a tear and a pea. But there is a more legendary explanation, when the human race was punished by hunger for sins, then, in order to save people, the Mother of God wept and her tears became peas.

Peas this only when the night before was starry. - A very simple relationship: the desire to have as many peas as there are stars in the sky.

I’ll scout someone else’s misfortune on beans, but I won’t apply my mind to my own. - This refers to the widespread divination on beans, which are credited with mystical, supernatural properties. On beans, they do not just guess, but seek to prevent trouble, spread it "in different directions", and destroy it.

Rowan can not be cut, especially near the house. He cut it down - it means that you will die soon or there will be a dead man in the house. With a toothache, you need to take a rowan rod, chop it four times and put it on the aching tooth. But rowan berries after this can not be eaten for several years. - Many signs and beliefs are associated with mountain ash - both because of the red color of the berries, similar to blood, and because its fruits are used in home medicine. In particular, rowan kvass is both a laxative and an anti-inflammatory agent; it is given at high temperatures as an antipyretic, etc. A plentiful harvest of berries on mountain ash portends a long cold winter. Some researchers believe that in this way nature itself takes care of food for birds for the winter. To cut down a rowan-nurse, especially near your own house, is to deprive yourself of natural medicine for the winter and leave birds without food. The ban on berries after using the rowan rod is an "apology" to the tree for the harm done.

If you see a lilac flower with five petals, eat it. This is good luck. - It is believed that happiness is as rare as a flower with five petals. Therefore, having become its full owner (having eaten), a person secures luck for himself. By the way, you can compare this with the discovery of a "chicken god" - a stone with a hole in the middle - on the sea coast. The finder is considered lucky and must make a wish that will surely come true. The author of these lines within one day, to the envy of vacationers in Koktebel, accidentally discovered two dozen such stones with holes. But the wish made - to buy a ticket for the Moscow train - came true only two days later.

If the snow has melted and mold has appeared in this place - to the mushrooms. - It is not just about the harvest of mushrooms, but about the abundance of mushrooms in this particular place. The mold that appeared from under the snow indicates a mycelium (it is also a mycelium) - the thinnest branched and intertwined threads that form the vegetative body of mushrooms.

The garden blooms late - to the death of the owner. - The explanation is the same as for the winter or untimely flowering of plants: untimely flowering threatens death - and this is symbolically transferred to the owner. Explicit search with similar signs in the collective consciousness of the people is evidence of their hard life for many centuries.

Whoever plants a willow near the house with his own hands prepares a spade for himself. - It means that this person will die when it will be possible to carve a shovel out of the willow planted by him. The belief is among the sparing: the willow grows for a long time, and by that time you can really die of old age. Unlike the young willow, which symbolizes health and fertility, the old willow was universally considered "cursed" because it does not give fruit or shade. The proverb "fell in love like the devil with an old willow" confirms the negative attitude. Such a tree, especially a hollow one, was known as a refuge for evil spirits. One of the explanations may lie in the already forgotten legend about the nails with which Jesus was crucified: they were not made of iron, but made of willow.

A large harvest of mountain ash - for a long and frosty winter. Mountain ash in the forest is fruitful - by a rainy autumn, if not - to a dry one. - The sign is time-tested and captures the regulatory functions of nature. As already mentioned, before a long frosty winter, mountain ash bears more fruit than usual, because without its berries, birds will not be able to survive until spring. The question is how nature maintains this regularity. But the sign itself is true, like the second of those given here.

The birch, planted next to the house, scares away evil and protects from lightning. - Any tall tree protects from lightning, since it serves as a natural lightning rod (lightning arrester). That is why in the field during a thunderstorm you cannot hide from the rain under a tree: being the only towering object, it will first of all become a victim of lightning. As for the peculiarity of the birch to scare away evil, this is due to its white color and legends. Once a birch sheltered the Mother of God and Jesus from bad weather, and another time it hid Holy Friday in its branches from evil spirits, which is why it enjoys the patronage of all three. One of the explanations may lie in the legend that on the Trinity the souls of deceased relatives move into the birch branches, who continue to help the survivors. In general, birch is the most beloved tree by the Slavs. It was included in various magical rites of pre-Christian times. Birch bark served as "paper": birch bark scrolls were preserved in Novgorod and other lands until the 20th century, testifying to the literacy of the ancient Rus (even before the adoption of Christianity).

If you give a patient to Maxim with birch sap, he will recover. - Day of Maxim and Jason (Jasson) - April 28 old style - May 11 new. On this day, birch sap is usually collected. The most healing is the juice from the upper part of the trunk. The extraction of juice was furnished with magical rites and strictly regulated so as not to damage the tree. The meaning of the sign is that it is on this day - "on Maxim" - that birch sap has the greatest healing properties.

If you go on a journey with an elder staff, then neither evil people nor wild animals will be afraid. - This attitude towards elderberry was recorded by researchers not only in Russia, but also in England, Germany, Scotland and other countries. This is based on its healing properties and beneficial smell. An infusion of elderberry flowers cures fever. An elderberry branch is carried with them from the evil eye. Naturally, these features are transferred to the staff, which can also physically protect the traveler. Let us recall that Pushkin went on distant lonely walks around the neighborhood of Mikhailovsky, then still rich in forests, always with a staff - perhaps just an elder one, for he knew well the signs of the people.

Mushrooms grow on the wall - to wealth. - We are talking, of course, about the outer, and not the inner wall of the house. The meaning of belief has been forgotten, and now very few people can reveal its true origin. Many say that the basis is quantity: they say, wealth will be like mushrooms. Or that it will appear by itself, as mushrooms appear. In fact, the forgotten meaning is that the mushroom was one of the phallic symbols (it is no coincidence that mushrooms are still divided into "male" and "female"). That is why the interpreters of dreams to this day interpret the mushroom as a groom or as a pregnancy, that is, in any case - "profit". On the surface, there is an explanation - in the proverb: "If it's mushroom - so it's bread." That is, the abundance of mushrooms is also associated with the grain harvest. Well, even if mushrooms appeared on the wall of the house, it’s sure to be wealth (bread).

You can’t cut a century-old spruce - to trouble. - It is believed among the people that the old, centuries-old spruce is the dwelling of the goblin. If it is cut down, then the goblin will begin to take revenge by all means available to him, up to and including arson. And he will certainly start knocking him off the road in the forest, where he is the owner.

A man addicted to cannabis can remain childless. - Previously, this was just a sign based on experience, on observations. Now, knowing about the narcotic properties of hemp and its effect on the body, one can be convinced of the fidelity of a long-standing popular observation: indeed, the use of hemp (meaning very frequent) reduces potency.

If you fumigate a gun with thorn grass, then it becomes well-aimed. - Of course, the gun itself, without a hunter, cannot be well-aimed or not well-aimed. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that we are talking about the impact of thorn smoke not on the gun, but on the hunter's vision.

If you want good flax to be born, sow it naked. - Belief was born in pre-Christian times, when nature was spiritualized and deified; The Slavs believed that any plant thinks and feels the same way as a person. Getting naked, they wanted to deceive flax - so that he would think: I need to ugly, otherwise a person has nothing to put on himself! After all, flax served as the main fabric for clothing: all the everyday clothes of Russian peasants were made from coarse linen, and festive clothes were made from finely crafted and decorated ones.

Linden dried up in the garden - for worse. - The explanation here is the same as in the case of mountain ash and other plants that are a natural pharmacy. Linden cures colds and other diseases, provides honey collection, in the old days it also shoed (bast shoes made of lime bast), and served as raw material for wooden handicrafts. Losing a linden tree in your garden is really a bad thing.

If, during the case, an onion is tied around the neck of the animal, it will not become infected. - A completely logical and correct observation, since onions (like garlic) have medicinal properties. This was fixed in the minds of the people by such, for example, a proverb: whoever eats onions, God will deliver him from torment. The recommendation has also been preserved: eat raw onions with bread, salt and kvass - to be healthy and bright in face. At the same time, it is worth warning against excessive amounts and excessive frequency in the use of onions and garlic: everything needs a measure, and busting with these medicinal products is also harmful.

He who loves almonds also loves his wife. - This observation can be attributed to any nuts (including forest nuts and walnuts). All of them are recommended for men as food. have a positive effect on the sexual function of the body. Recipes, both ancient and modern, there are a great many. In addition, nuts are well satiated, and vegetarians successfully replace them (as well as beans) with meat.

To find an overpowered grass and carry it with you - to find talent and goodness. - Odolen-grass - the popular name of the water lily. It was endowed with special properties because it was used in medicine, serving as an antidote and a remedy for toothache. Over time, based on the name, she was credited with the ability to overcome not only pain, but also evil people, sorcerers, all kinds of misfortunes.

In order to protect the newlyweds from spoilage, they put pieces of alder bark in their pockets. - Alder has become a magical amulet because of the red color of the bark, which is associated with blood. Like everything bright, the red bark attracts the eye and, accordingly, protects from the evil eye. Even if the bark is hidden in a pocket, a person has confidence that he will not be jinxed. It is believed that bathing in the river, washing the roots of the alder, protects against diseases, and its branches, stuck along the edges of the field, protect against hail.

Whoever carries a double nut with him will be rich. - The belief is based on the quantitative principle and the belief that an empty nut - to hunger, and a full one - to prosperity. Especially - a walnut-double.

A vampire can be disposed of either by stabbing him in the chest with an aspen stake, or by burning him on an aspen fire. - The roots of the belief lie in the attitude to the aspen as to the tree on which Judas hanged himself. It is believed that if this tree coped with the betrayer of Jesus, then it will certainly cope with the ghoul. The ghoul, who had taken possession of a man, was blamed for the suicide of this unfortunate man. Over time, the barbarian custom of reprisals against the "vampire" changed: they began to put an aspen cross in the coffin of the deceased by an unnatural death or erect an aspen cross on the grave. From the same row - a sign that a dead snake must be hung on an aspen, otherwise it will come to life and bite. It is possible that the basis of the connection in the consciousness of aspen and snake is as follows: aspen bark was used as an antidote for snake bites; having spoken the bark, it was applied to the bite site. A bonfire made of aspen wood is considered the most effective means of combating evil spirits, hence the proverb: let it burn on an aspen tree!

It is possible to cure a patient of a fever by hiding his hair and nails in an aspen stump. In order for the child to outgrow his illness, his hair and nails must be hidden in the trunk of an aspen at the level of the child's growth. When the aspen grows up, it will carry away the disease. If a sick person sits on a fresh aspen stump, the stump will take away his illness. When a child has insomnia, you need to put a sprig of aspen in his cradle. - At the heart of these and many other beliefs is the attitude to the aspen as a talisman. At the same time, it was forbidden to plant it near the house, to heat the stove with firewood unnecessarily (although it was noted that the smoke of this firewood destroys soot in the stove) and to use it in construction.

Petunia-grass protects from intoxicating drink. - Indeed, this plant, often found in gardens, has the property of neutralizing the effects of alcohol. The recipe is simple: before drinking, mix a spoonful of olive oil with two tablespoons of crushed petunia and take it inside.

If you attach a tear-grass to the lock, it will immediately open or shatter into pieces. Gap-grass breaks iron, and steel, and gold, and silver. If you throw it into the forge, then the blacksmith will not be able to work. - These and many other beliefs associated with the legendary tear-grass do not yet have clear grounds. It is believed that the leaves of this mysterious herb are shaped like crosses, its flower blazes like fire. Like a fern, the gap-grass blooms only on the night of Ivan Kupala. It blooms for a very short time - during this time it is only possible to read "Our Father", "Theotokos" and "I Believe". The legend says that few people have seen this magical herb and few people know where it grows. Moreover, its extraction is associated with mortal danger. It is said that ordinary grass thrown into a river floats with the flow, while tear-grass goes against the current. That's how they recognize her. Beliefs about gap-grass exist not only among the Slavs, but also among other peoples, which may indicate either that it really exists in nature, or about the universal dream of it. Some gap-herb qualities are found in chicory. IN AND. Dahl writes that plants close to her are jumper, rosopas, touch me, saxifraga, impatiens.

If a straw stuck to the tail of a chicken - to the dead. - This sign is more a consequence than a harbinger. From a mystical point of view, it can be based on the fact that a chicken that lays eggs symbolizes the continuation of life, and straw - something outdated, dead. But if we proceed from the custom of throwing straw into remote places, on which the deceased was washed, and the chicken habit of roaming everywhere and raking everything, then the real reason for the connection between this straw and the deceased will become clear.

Whoever eats sleep-grass will sleep all winter and be able to predict the future. - There are many herbs that have a pronounced hypnotic effect. These include: dope, adonis, atropa belladonna, pulsatilla patens, viscaria vulgaris, popularly known sleep-dream, dog cherries, blue anemone, dream book, samsonchik, etc. In other words, sleep-grass is a collective name. As for its features to endow with a prophetic gift, then we should talk about a light narcotic state into which a person falls. And, as you know, some dreams are prophetic.

Keep dried shamrock in the house - to well-being. - It seems that storing in the house any dried herb that is used in folk medicine, be it St.

If you cut a radish or radish with a knife not from above, but from the root, then there will be no belching. - Indeed, this is how the fibers of this plant are arranged. By the way, folk jokes are built on this feature using another plant: if a hot pepper is cut across, then its bitterness is obvious, but if the same fruit is cut lengthwise, then it can be safely eaten, instead of bitterness feeling sweetness.

If you cook turnips and wash the boils with the remaining water, they will soon disappear. - An observation based on the experience of traditional medicine. This remedy has entered some, herbalists. It is likely that turnip decoction contains substances that help heal.

Accidentally waking up rye is good luck. - The belief is based on the same principle as the shedding of newlyweds with grain: grain is a symbol of fertility and life.

Evidence-grass returns the husband to his wife, and the wife to her husband. - It is possible that this herb really has such a feature, but the author did not have a chance to meet real evidence. A conspiracy has been preserved that must be pronounced, preparing a drink from evidence-grass for someone who has fallen out of love: "As you, grass, bowed your head to the ground, so would he (she) bow his head to me and be with me heart and soul to the grave!" Herbalists report that this grass is red-cherry in color, the flowers are yellow, the leaves are paws.

Whoever carries dry hops with him, he is saved from spoilage. - Hops is among the natural amulets due to the fact that it is used both in medicine and in the manufacture of food products (for example, beer). Therefore, the concept of fun and health is associated with it.

If they swear in the house, then the flowers die. - An old and certainly true observation. Many paid attention to the fact that in some houses the flowers grow magnificently, while in others they do not take root. It can be both in quarrels, and in character, in the biofield of the owner. Some types of flowers even react to harsh sounds. It has now been proven that flowers also react to unfavorable places in the apartment. Therefore, it is recommended to put a well-growing flower for a month near the bed or desk and monitor its condition. If, with the same care and amount of light, it begins to wither, then you spend most of your time in an unfavorable zone and it makes sense to think about it.

Withered flowers in the house - for renovation. - It is quite natural, since you will have to buy or breed new ones. The sign is aimed at consolation, which, unfortunately, is not so common in the beliefs and signs of our people.

Whoever eats Chernobyl with food, he may not be afraid of either sorcerers or snake bites. If you hang a Chernobyl in the house, then evil spirits will not appear there. Who, before the day of Ivan Kupala, puts a wreath of Chernobyl on his head, that headache and eye pain will pass. - Chernobyl (aka Chernobyl, aka alarm clock, artemisia vulgaris) is a type of large wormwood. Its root is given for epilepsy. Like many plants with a pungent odor, this herb serves as a talisman: it either scares away or causes dominant attention, leaving no strength to the envious eye.

If you take a thistle with you on the road, it will save you from temptations. With a decoction of thistle stalks, it is good to rub the sides and back with a cold. Thistle protects the house from witches, and people from damage. - Thistle, also known under the names: murat, thistle, thistle, repets (species cirsium and carduus), is a prickly weed. Frightening properties are attributed to her because of the thorns. It is believed that everything piercing (needles, pins), directed with a point at an evil person, deprives him of the ability to induce damage, since his gaze stumbles upon a sharp one. A significant role here is played, as in many similar cases, by the effect of self-hypnosis: when a person knows that he is protected by some kind of amulet (for example, a thistle covered with wax in an amulet), he is more calm, and, accordingly, less prone to negative emotions. The grass got its name because of the confidence of people that it is the best thing to drive devils with it. The respectful attitude to the thistle as a talisman was recorded not only among the Slavs, but also among other European peoples.

Whoever eats garlic is even afraid of evil spirits. If crushed boiled garlic is applied to boils, they will soon pass. When bitten by a snake, this place should be smeared with garlic fried in wooden oil. Whoever eats bread with garlic will not get sick. Eat roasted garlic on an empty stomach - your voice will be ringing. If the fever has overtaken, it is necessary to insist on garlic vodka and drink a little after the attacks. - There are a lot of signs and beliefs associated with garlic. This plant is equally revered by the Slavs, and the Egyptians, and the British, and the Germans, and the Persians, and the Turks, and the Greeks, and many other peoples. The reason is that garlic is a natural pharmacy, a pantry of vitamins. Nowadays, as often as in the old days, garlic is used in the fight against colds. As for the ability of garlic to scare away evil spirits, protect against the evil eye and spoilage, this ability is attributed to it due to its persistent pungent smell, which distracts "eye" people and the evil spirits themselves. Since ancient times, garlic has been treated as a precious product, and this has consolidated its mystical cult.