Signs about the threshold - folk wisdom. The most common superstitions and signs

Very often we do some things that are “accepted”, but we don’t even know about their history or reason. In this topic, we will look at the 10 most common superstitions, and you will understand the reasons for the occurrence of all these signs.

1. Why not take any action on Friday the 13th?

This superstition about Friday the 13th most likely has its roots in the Old Testament. Cain is believed to have killed his brother Abel on this day. Centuries later, this legend was overgrown with conjectures, giving the number 13 an aura of troubles and misfortunes. For example, there were 13 participants in the Last Supper, and the betrayal of Judas is mentioned in the 13th chapter of the Gospel.
The fear of the number 13 is sometimes panicky. Franklin Roosevelt, for example, never traveled on the 13th, some hospitals don't have a 13th ward, and some hotels don't even have a 13th floor. They say that in a family where thirteen children were born, one of them will certainly become a criminal.

2. Why can't you send anything over the threshold?

I am sure that you know people who never say hello, and do not pass anything over the threshold! Where do you think the roots of this strange superstition come from?
It turns out that in ancient times the ashes of their ancestors were buried under the threshold of the house, and they tried not to disturb them by passing something through the threshold.
For the same reason, according to the sign, you can’t sit on the threshold

3. Why can't you return halfway?

This sign just the same connected with the threshold, as the boundary between the worlds. Having failed to fulfill the planned, a person returns home dissatisfied, and the spirits of his ancestors are supposedly waiting for him on the threshold. They say that in order to neutralize failures after returning, leaving again, you need to look in a mirror that doubles the strength and energy of a person.

4. Why you can’t give a watch

Even in our progressive time, such a gift as a watch is considered not entirely appropriate. What is the reason?
This superstition originated in China, where a gift in the form of a watch is an invitation to a funeral. In our country, they say that such a gift will count the time of friendship with a person, and sometimes even count the time of the life allotted to him. especially suspicious people believe that the clock hands are sharp objects, which are also undesirable to give, in order to avoid quarrels and mutual insults.
But you can avoid all these failures, just ask for a coin for a watch - it turns out that you did not accept the watch as a gift, but bought it. That's how it turns out to be simple :)

5. Why can't we celebrate forty years?

Forty years is the only date that is not customary to celebrate, especially for men.
This superstition arose because of the association of the number "40" with death.
Even in Kievan Rus, it was customary to "check the dead" for incorruptibility, and the period by which the incorruptibility of the body was determined was set at 40 days. Until now, the number 40 is directly associated with funeral traditions. It coincides with the memorial day after death, and in all religions is considered fatal.

6. For what reason should you not immediately leave the house without “sitting on the path”?

This superstition is based on people's belief in spirits that rule the whole world. It has long been believed that household spirits cling to a person, interfering with him on the way and trying to return him back, which means there will be no good road. Crouching in front of the road, they could be misled - as if no one was going anywhere. This sign is also associated with a ban on returning halfway. Spirits can get angry that they were deceived, and cause even more problems along the way.
This sign also has a logical explanation, sometimes it can turn out to be useful - before going out it is always useful to think about whether nothing is forgotten, put your thoughts in order and then hit the road

7. Why can't you eat with a knife?

It is believed that if you eat from a knife, you can become evil. Where did such a sign come from? It turns out that the knife has an ancient history.
This is one of the first and main tools for protecting and obtaining food - initially it was not just a piece of metal, but an object with a sacred meaning.
It is considered not only a tool of labor, but also protection - both from real dangers and evil spirits. Such a strong magical item requires a special attitude, eating from it means angering the spirits, which will make a person aggressive.
In addition, eating with a knife can simply cut yourself.

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

Crossroads has long been considered a mystical place where intersect Parallel Worlds. In such places, many rituals are performed, not always aimed at good deeds.
It is believed that one can "transfer" a disease or bad luck to some object, and throw it at the crossroads, and in this way one can get rid of it forever. It is precisely in order not to take on other people's problems that you do not need to pick up anything at the crossroads, since the more expensive the thing found there, the stronger the trouble transferred to it.

9. Why can't you walk in one shoe?

This custom has been followed for a long time. Old people say that if you walk in one shoe or slipper, you can become an orphan early. The Bible says, "A pair of every creature," and two shoes are a pair. Superstition says that by separating a pair of shoes, you can separate those who gave you life, i.e. parents

10. Why you can't take out the trash after sunset.

This is probably one of the most popular signs that everyone knows about. Where did it come from?
First of all, it is believed that if you throw out the garbage after sunset, bad rumors will circulate about you - why suddenly throw anything out of the house under the cover of darkness? After all, the neighbor's old women are always on the alert and will not fail to discuss why you hide your trash so much. Another explanation is connected, again, with the belief in good and evil spirits. In order for good spirits to enter the house at night, you need to prepare for their meeting and throw out all the garbage from the house. Who did not have time to do this, will attract only evil spirits to the house

In addition to this topic, we recommend that you read about the most common historical misconceptions that should not be believed.

This is a mystical place.
The place where Yav and Nav meet.
Where the worlds converge: the world of the living and the world of the dead.
The threshold holds a huge number of secrets and mysteries.
Many rituals are performed on the threshold.
Among the Slavs, the threshold is on a par with crossroads and borders, which are also considered the most mystical places.
It is believed that two roads converge on the threshold - one leads to the house, the other - from the house.
This is the contact of two realities: entry and exit.
A place of resistance of two forces: dark and light.
And the threshold is the place where these forces are powerless.
The threshold is the so-called place of doing nothing.
According to legend, it is on the threshold that evil spirits live.
And according to this, many magical rites are done precisely on the thresholds.
That is why many signs are associated with the threshold.

For example, illegitimate dead children were buried under the threshold so that the priest, entering the house, would sanctify the soul of the baby with his presence.
Do not stand on the threshold;
Nothing is passed over the threshold;
They don't say hello across the threshold...

Let's talk about this mystical place in more detail. Sit down comfortably, we are starting ... They don’t greet through the threshold, they don’t say goodbye, they don’t sit on it, so as not to anger the household god and so that they don’t attack evil forces. Merchants never stood on the doorstep, so as not to frighten off luck, buyers and, in general, income. At dusk, garbage is not taken out through the threshold, this can lead to losses. They say: take out the trash over the threshold after sunset to failure and bad luck. If you take out the trash after a departed friend, he may never return. But if the enemy left, then the opposite is true: after him you need to spit over the threshold and even say a hot word - the threshold will endure everything and will not allow the enemy to come to him again.

The threshold helped to get rid of the unnecessary: ​​from longing, from habit, from illness and suffering. For example, a healer outside, in front of the threshold, sprinkled water on the patient, who was outside the threshold, in the house. Under the threshold of the house, evil spirits often cause damage: they scatter needles - so that there is no health, salt - for quarrels, and torn money for lack of money. In no case do not take all this with your bare hands, do not step on it, and do not even step over such a lining! It is necessary to collect all these tosses carefully with a broom or paper. And rather, in the trash can, away from home. And throwing away, be sure to say:

Where it came from, where it will go

Evil and misfortune will carry away."

(Lena Oparina)

or:

I won't take someone else's, but I won't give up my own either.

Given by man, carried away by the wind.

(Lena Oparina)

You can’t stand on the threshold, otherwise you will interrupt the well-being going into the house.

After the guests leave, it is necessary to shake the tablecloth over the threshold, into the street - there will always be prosperity in the house and many guests.

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

To ensure that there is always money in your house, hide three new shiny coins under the threshold by saying three times:

Silver to silver

money to money to this doorstep to this house

You can not sweep the garbage through the threshold, especially a pregnant woman, otherwise she will have a difficult birth, and the baby will often vomit.

In Rus', there was a custom: young people, leaving the house, stepped over a lit torch, after which an open lock was placed on the threshold; and when they returned from the church, they stepped over this castle. After that, the lock was closed with a key, and this key was thrown into the water (river, ..).

If a woman could not give birth in any way, then the midwives took her through the threshold three times so that the baby would come out of the mother's womb more easily.

But the newborn was wrapped in a fur coat and laid on the threshold, saying:

As the Threshold lies quietly, calmly and quietly, so my child (name) be quiet, calm and healthy.

During the rite of baptism, the mother passed the child (especially the boy) to the godmother through an ax lying on the threshold of the house, so that he would become the guardian of the house.

Numerous folk rituals and therapeutic actions.

So on the threshold, the mother could cure her child's hernia. Why did she sit on the threshold and, as it were, bite off a hernia.

On the threshold of treatment and fear. The patient himself should stand on the threshold, the healer with a knife and an ax in her hands goes around him, and then sticks them into the threshold, while saying:

What are you cutting?"

“I cut the fear, I cut it with an ax, I cut it with a knife, I calm the pain and fear.”

You can’t cut anything on the threshold - you will let the evil spirits into the house.

If a single guy sits on the doorstep, then the brides will bypass him and his house.

If the longing for the dead is not appeased in any way, then you need to sit on the threshold and eat a loaf rye bread.

In order for the child to wean easily from the breast, the mothers carried out the last feeding on the threshold, but only so that the legs were on different sides threshold.

When building a house, protective objects and objects were laid under the threshold, promising prosperity and peace to this house.

There's a lot more to the threshold.

But you can't tell everything at once.

So if you want to know more, then often look to us for a light, and what if you draw something else useful for yourself ?!

Good luck to you, Love and Happiness! And let the misfortunes pass you by!

With love, your Lena Oparina.

In fact, the house begins with a threshold. It starts not only in the physical plane, but also magical. As far as the threshold is magically “strong” and protected from negativity from the outside, the owners of the house will be so prosperous.

Nowadays, unfortunately, this aspect is practically not given attention, and then they are surprised why money, luck and prosperity flow out of the house so easily, and instead they are attacked by negativity and illness. In many cases, the reason is that the threshold to the native house does not cope with its protection function.

How to magically strengthen the threshold

The threshold is strengthened by talismans and amulets. In the old days, even during the construction of a house, an amulet was laid in the threshold itself, a talisman was placed under it, and security amulets were hung above the threshold. For example, the well-known horseshoe, sharp objects or branches of magical plants: wormwood, mountain ash, aspen, and so on. Nowadays, you can hang a hot pepper.

Of course, the thresholds of modern apartments are far from the mighty thresholds of old houses, but here you can also protect yourself. If you can’t place a security amulet, then you can either draw it or draw it with something sharp on your doorstep. As a drawing, maybe, again, a horseshoe or a cross - all this will indicate that the entrance of people with negativity into your house is securely closed.

Signs associated with the threshold

There are many signs associated with the threshold.

• Nothing can really be passed through the threshold, otherwise you can lose your luck.
• It is also not recommended to talk across the threshold - relations with that person can deteriorate.
• During cleaning, you should not start sweeping the floor from the threshold, otherwise you can sweep the evil spirits into the house, and sweeping garbage across the threshold also promises disaster.
• Stumbling over the threshold is not good. This means that the path will be unsuccessful and some kind of trouble may happen along the way.
• But it is especially bad luck when the threshold begins to creak - such a creak portends illness and even death. The creaking threshold must be repaired as soon as possible.

However, the threshold can act as an assistant and even a healer. So, knowledgeable people they advise you to sit on the doorstep for some time if you are suddenly overcome by sadness or melancholy or a bad mood has fallen. They also sat on the threshold and ate a piece of rye bread sprinkled with salt, if they could not get rid of the longing for another person who had gone into the world.

Conspiracies and rituals for the threshold

In order for the threshold to better fulfill its protective duties, conspiracies can be read on it. One of the most common is this:

“Roll with a roll, the share is thin, the lover of the gossip. Roll - don't drag, don't spin at the threshold, don't cling to the porch, don't hang on the gate! Leshov's song, crow's help. Roll from the threshold! Amen".

And here is another conspiracy charm for the threshold:

“Carry, Lord, past my house all the enemies whom I know and whom I do not know, whom I am waiting for and whom I am waiting for. My word is the first, the enemy's word is the last. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".

And so that everything goes well with you yourself, then make it a habit, every time you leave the house and step over the threshold, to say such words.

In many cultures, the threshold is associated with the overall energy of the home and the well-being of its occupants. It is the front door that separates the external and internal space, protecting the home from the negative penetrating from the outside. Hence, all sorts of superstitions arose, claiming that one should not sit or stand on the threshold.

The threshold is a peculiar feature that separates the living from the dead.

Why not sit on the doorstep?

1. The esoteric teaching of Feng Shui, popular in the East, endows the area adjacent to the front door with special properties, our ancestors put sacred meaning into it. They believed that the good spirits of the house dwell under the porch. This belief serves as one of the explanations for the prohibition to sit on the threshold of the house. By his actions, a person can accidentally anger the guardians, which will entail subsequent misfortunes both for him and for everyone living in the house.
2. In Rus', there was a custom according to which the ashes of deceased relatives were buried near the house. Thus, this place became a kind of border between the two worlds of the dead and the living. Although the burial procedure itself has changed over time, the echoes of the ancient rite are reflected in folk signs. For superstitious people, the threshold remained a kind of line separating the living from the dead, which is why those living in the house were forbidden to sit on it.
3. One of the customs associated with the doorway has survived to this day. We are talking about a cat, which is customary to run in new house first. It is believed that the animal takes on the negative energy that has accumulated during the past inhabitants or during construction.
4. Fans of feng shui give their own explanations for the prohibition of sitting on the doorstep. In their opinion, the sign is associated with the negative energy of "shi". When you sit in the doorway, unfavorable streams freely run from the street to the dwelling, disturbing the harmony, depriving the house and its inhabitants of health, financial well-being, peace of mind.

According to folk signs, you can’t stand on the threshold for a long time.

Why not stand on the threshold of the house?

According to folk signs, you can’t stand on the threshold for a long time. The threshold is the beginning of the journey and an indecisive hitch, as they say, at the start, hardly promises success. Most likely, the person will continue to act indecisively. It will be difficult for him to decide on the choice of a life partner, work, hobbies.

However, in some cases, folk signs not only allow, but also strongly recommend standing at the door. It is believed that in this way one can overcome longing for a person who has died or left the house. At the same time, the position of the legs and arms should resemble a diagonal cross based on the four corners of the lintels of the entrance doors. A kind of meditation can be accompanied by prayer.

Other folk omens associated with the threshold

1. It is undesirable to greet the guest who has come through the doorway. It is believed that this will lead to a quarrel or discord in relationships.
2. In order for pregnancy and childbirth to proceed safely, a woman in position was not allowed to step on the threshold, so that the negative energy that had been accumulated there would not be transmitted to her.
3. Passing things or money across the threshold is not recommended not only by our ancestors, but also by modern esotericists. It is believed that when passing the border between the two worlds, banknotes lose their energy, which leads to financial losses.
4. A creaking threshold is a very bad sign. Considering that this place is associated with the souls of the deceased, it is easy to explain why the unpleasant sound is of concern. The structure must be repaired immediately as soon as such a defect appears.
5. By the way, the saying that it is unacceptable to take out quarrels from home is also magically connected with the threshold. This means that it is undesirable to sweep the garbage out the door of the house, family happiness will go with it, peace and harmony between the spouses will be violated.

The threshold can bring not only trouble, but also good luck, financial well-being and family happiness. It is not for nothing that female rituals are associated with him, aimed at attracting a betrothed and divination for material wealth. What do you need to do to get what you want?

• a coin placed under the threshold attracts money into the house;
• charmed salt, thrown after an unwanted guest through an open door, will save him from visits;
• going on important business, you should step over the threshold with your right foot;
• to recharge for the whole day with luck, leaving home, hold on to the corner of the table, and before
• exit, knock twice on the lintel.

If a person stumbles over the threshold, it is believed that the spirits refuse to support his plans. After that, you can expect minor and major troubles.

Sorcerers and soothsayers have long believed that the threshold enhances magical rituals.

Magic and sorcery

Sorcerers and soothsayers have long believed that this place enhances magical rituals. These properties of it were used to induce damage, cause a quarrel between loved ones. The charmed objects are left under the steps or rug. Their role is most often played by:

• large sewing needles;
• cemetery land;
• keys or locks;
• wax or church candles;
• animal hair;
• poultry bones.

When a person steps over the charmed objects several times a day, he receives a maximum of negative energy from them.

It cannot be denied that in most superstitions there is some kind of folk wisdom that warns a person about certain events. Observe folk recommendations and don't worry about your future.

1. Why can't photograph sleeping people?
This superstition is common in the society of photographers, and among ordinary people. Many young mothers are especially reverent about this issue, forbidding photographing their children in a dream.

In the 19th century, there was a tradition in Europe to photograph dead people as if they were just sleeping. The deceased was dressed in smart clothes and laid on the bed or "seated" on an armchair and photographed. Often one could come across photographs in which the deceased was depicted during an impromptu family tea party “sitting” at a common table. What now causes at least bewilderment was considered commonplace at that time. Hence the origin of superstition - originally from eyes closed the dead were captured in the form of sleeping people in the photo. Therefore, in order not to associate a sleeping person with the deceased, it is impossible to photograph sleeping people.

According to another version, a person photographed sleeping will not live long. After all, being imprinted with closed eyes, in the form of the dead, he thereby, as it were, attracts a quick death to himself.

The most popular version is that the soul of a sleeping person leaves the body. At this time, a person is absolutely defenseless, and imprinting him during the period of “little death” (as the time of sleep has long been called), this can negatively affect his energy. And a person who simply woke up from the flash of a camera can be frightened by surprise.

Well, if a photograph of a sleeping person falls into the hands of an unscrupulous person, evil and envious, then grief cannot be avoided. Indeed, since ancient times, magicians and sorcerers have used the image of a person for various magical rituals. With the advent of photographs, it has become much easier to do this - a photo captures not only a human image, but also reflects its bioenergetics.

From a photo you can find out everything about a person: the past, the present, and the future - as well as cause irreparable harm (damage and evil eye, bewitch, curse). That is why it is impossible to photograph sleeping people - after all, a photo of a sleeping person with weak bioenergetics is especially vulnerable in this regard. Therefore, if you already have photographs of sleeping relatives and friends (especially children), delete them or take care of them in a safe place, not exposing them to the public.

2. Why can't you send anything over the threshold?
Tell me, don't you know people who never say hello, and even more so do not pass anything over the threshold? Where do you think this strange superstition came from? The thing is that in ancient times the remains of the ancestors were kept under the threshold of the house, and disturbing them by passing something over the threshold was considered extremely dangerous. Therefore, it is impossible to sit on the threshold, which is still considered the border between 2 worlds - a safe house and an evil world, or even worse - the world of the living and the world of the dead.

3. Why can't you return halfway?
This superstition is also connected with the threshold, with its function as a boundary between worlds. Having not reached the goal, a person returns home weakened, and anything can expect him on the threshold-border - from the spirits of ancestors offended by excessive anxiety, to entities dreaming of penetrating into our world. In order to neutralize the failures attracted by the return, leaving again, it is worth looking into the mirror, capable of doubling the strength and energy of an inhabitant of our planet.

4. Why can't you give a watch?
This superstition came to us from China, where it is believed that receiving a watch as a gift is considered an invitation to a funeral. In our country, it is believed that a donated watch will count the period of friendship with a person, or even count the time left to his life. In addition, the hands of the clock belong to sharp objects, which, together with piercing ones, are highly discouraged in order to prevent quarrels and mutual insults.

To neutralize the destructive event of the watch, you need to ask for a coin for it - then it will be considered that you did not give the watch, but sold it.

5. Why can't we celebrate 40 years?
40 years is a single anniversary that is not customary to celebrate, especially for men. The tradition is based on the idea of ​​the connection of the numeral "forty" with death.

Approximately, this is due to the fact that even in Kievan Rus it was customary to “check the dead” for incorruptibility, and in the 17th century the period by which the incorruptibility of relics was determined was set at 40 days. Therefore, the number "forty" was directly associated with the funeral. Moreover, it is so "consonant" with the memorial, the fortieth day of death, and in general, in all religions it is considered fatal.

Accordingly, the one who celebrates the fortieth birthday does not show proper respect either to the dead, or to death itself, and incurs ailments, failures, and even death.

6. Why is it impossible to immediately leave the house, but is it necessary to “sit down on the path”?
The sign is based on the ancient faith of the inhabitants of our planet in good and evil spirits, ruling the world. It was believed that family spirits cling to a person, interfering with him on the road and trying to return him back. Sitting down in front of a long road, the spirits can be fooled - they will think, as if no one is going anywhere at all, and lose their attentiveness. And accordingly, it will be possible to go on a journey without excessive “luggage”. By the way, this sign echoes the ban on returning halfway. Spirits can get angry at being deceived and cause even more mischief along the way.

Moreover, this sign also has a practical explanation - before a long journey it is always useful to sit down, put ideas in order and think it over again.

7. Why can't you walk in one shoe?
This sign was observed at all times. Old people say that if a person allows himself to walk in one shoe or one slipper, then he becomes an orphan extremely early. Even the Bible says: "Each creature in pairs." Shoes have always symbolized unity. Two shoes are a pair. By sharing a pair of shoes, you are sharing those who gave you life. And these are your ancestors. It’s not so bad if your parents don’t have a common life, and they just disperse. And if there is true love in the family, then, apart from death, nothing will be able to separate loving hearts.

8. Why can't you choose anything at the crossroads?
The crossroads has always been considered a fantastic place, where the worlds - ours and the invisible - literally intersect. A huge number of rituals are performed at the crossroads, which are focused on the good and justice. Almost all people, passing through the intersection, talk, as if they feel an incomprehensible anxiety there. It is possible that the power of self-hypnosis comes into play, or maybe not ...

It is believed that if you “transfer” illness or misfortune to some thing, and throw it at the crossroads, evil spirits will take it away. In order not to take away other people's problems for yourself, you should not choose anything at the crossroads, because the more expensive the thing found there, the more serious the trouble or illness reduced to it.
It seems that the founders of the Perekrestok trading network did not work out the concept of the name...

9. Why can't you eat with a knife?
They say if you eat with a knife, you will become vicious. Why is that? The thing is that our ordinary knife has an old and rich history.
A knife is one of the first and main tools for the protection and extraction of food by an inhabitant of our planet. For a long time, it was not just a piece of alloy, but an object of sacred significance.
A knife is not only a tool of labor, but also a tool of protection: both from real threats and from all kinds of evil spirits. Such a magical item required a special attitude towards itself, and was used only after special rituals were performed. To eat from it meant to anger the spirits, which make the inhabitant of our planet vicious and brutal. Not to mention the fact that you can cut yourself corny like that.

10. Why can't you take out the trash after sunset?
Everyone knows this well-known sign, but not many people know its roots.
Firstly, it is believed that if you take out the garbage after sunset, gossip will circulate about you, and this is logical - why would you be happy to take something out of the house under the cover of darkness? After all, the neighbors will not stop discussing why you hide your own garbage like that. They also say that when you take out the trash at night, you take funds out of the house, but this defies logical explanation. Another explanation has to do with the belief in good and evil spirits. In order for good spirits to enter the house at night (to protect the household from evil spirits), it is necessary to prepare for their visit and remove all rubbish from the house. Who did not have time, he was late, and there is no point in taking out the garbage, respectively.

11. Why can't you take pictures in the mirror?
In ancient times, the mirror was associated with the evil demon Mara, who cultivates pride in human souls, urging them to dress up and admire themselves in front of the mirror. Today, of course, no one believes in this. But at the same time, everyone, without exception, hangs mirrors in the house where the deceased is; every girl knows perfectly well how dangerous baptismal divination on the mirror; and there are few people who can for a long time peer into the eyes of your own reflection without feeling anxious or uncomfortable.

Mirrors are able to accumulate energy from the surrounding space. And first of all it concerns negative energy. And any image of a person, including a photograph, carries a piece of his soul. Thus, photographing your mirror reflection, you kind of open your destiny to the energy that has been accumulated by the mirror for many years.

There is a belief that a person who keeps a photograph of his mirror image at home dooms himself to misfortune in personal life. Maybe this is not so, it is not for nothing that many brides are photographed against the background of a mirror. But still it is better not to experiment. Moreover, you should not show such a photo to strangers.

12. Why can't you tear photos?
From the same series. Many interpreters believe that by tearing up a photograph, we thereby bring illness to the one who is depicted in it.

It is also believed that any photograph is an imprint of the soul of the person depicted on it, a graphic cast that has an aura. By tearing the photograph, we break the aura. Burning in this sense is harmless - it does not disturb the aura.

13. Why can't you do something on the 13th?
Belief in the terrible day, Friday the 13th, arose approximately from a free interpretation of the Old Testament. On this day, Cain killed his own brother Abel. Over time, this legend has acquired a huge amount of speculation, turning the number 13 into a terrible symbol of troubles and misfortunes. For example, 13 accomplices were calculated in the hidden supper, and the betrayal of Judas is mentioned for the first time in the 13th chapter of the Gospel. Over time, the attitude towards 13 has only worsened. So, for example, Franklin Roosevelt never wandered on the 13th, in some clinics there is no 13th ward, and in some hotels there is no 13th floor. And in a family where there are thirteen children, one of them will certainly grow up as a lawbreaker. But sometimes the 13th salary))

14. Why can't you kill spiders?
Since ancient times, the spider has always been an insect that brings good luck, but also in some beliefs it was mentioned that the appearance of a spider is to receive some kind of news. People who wanted to be healthy never touched spiders.

The spider is valued by people, as it once saved Jesus when he fled to Egypt. It is written in the legends that Jesus, during his journey, hid with the Holy Family in a cave. A spider came and protected the entrance to the cave with cobwebs, after which everyone thought that no one had been in it for a long time.

There are similar stories about Moses and Mohammed. A spider has always been a good omen, if a spider descended on a person, this indicated that he would soon become rich. Little red spiders are called "money spinners".

It was believed that if such a spider crawls over your clothes, then soon you will change it to a new one, if you catch a spider and put it in your pocket, then the pocket will always be filled with money. Older recipes constantly used spider webs as an ingredient. Some even ate the spiders alive with a piece of butter.

15. Why can't you cut your hair?
There is a belief that the life force lies in the hair. Accordingly, cutting your hair is deliberately shortening your eyelid. And also hair is a conductor between worlds (like a mirror, for example), an attribute for evil spirits (well, there, a strand of hair in magical rituals etc.), loose hair is a symbol of freedom (in the old days married women they didn’t let go of the braid in public) and sin (from a dissolute girl to a witch) at the same time ... Slavic mythology, pagan motives - everything from there.

What you believe in will happen to you. A pregnant woman should not cut her hair - the child may be born dead. It was believed that it was in the hair that the life force of a person was hidden. A child up to a year was categorically not recommended even to comb. part with hair - reduce your vitality shorten your life. In some places, it is believed that if a child is cut before the age of seven, then his "mind is cut out."

All the main rituals are also associated with hair: baptism (rolling locks of hair in wax), wedding (bride's braid), burial (widow's hair loosening) and so on.
Hence the belief that any sorcerer, having human hair, can harm him, cause damage. Therefore, it is not recommended to leave cut hair in plain sight.

16. Why can't you give an even number of flowers?
IN different countries there are traditions related to the number of flowers given, for example in the USA, Europe and some Eastern countries It is believed that an even number of given flowers brings happiness. In Russia, it is customary to bring an even number of flowers only for the funeral of the dead.

There is an opinion that odd numbers are characterized by instability, movement, that is, they symbolize life, living matter. And even - stability and peace, that is, dead matter.
This conditional division is relevant only up to a dozen. Florists have a rule: if there are 12 or more flowers in a bouquet, then their number does not matter.

In the old days, people believed in the magic of numbers, where everything good was associated with odd numbers, and bad things with even numbers. That is why, for example, at Christmas, an odd number of dishes were always put on the table. People believed that odd numbers symbolize the constant continuation of life, incompleteness. And even ones, on the contrary, mean the finiteness of all living things, the stoppage of movement.

17. Why is it impossible to give gifts?
The main reason is ethical - after all, this gift was originally made to you, and in relation to the person who spent time and money on this, redistributing his gift would be elementary disrespect. Especially considering that you will not spend anything on finding and buying this gift, which will be disrespectful to the new owner as well. In order to give this gift to another person with impunity, you must at least be sure that the first giver will not know about it, and will not ask at the meeting: “How is the fondue pot that I gave you?”

Another reason is the uselessness of the gift. If it was not useful to you, then there is a chance that it will not be useful to someone else, so donate the gift only to those people who will definitely find a use for it.

There is also a belief that a gift contains a piece of the soul of the giver, but following this logic, you can turn your house into a warehouse, never throwing away even broken gifts.

In many countries, it is customary to give a gift with a check so that a person who does not like the gift can go to the store, turn it in and get something more suitable.

18. Why can't you cut your nails in the evening?
The appearance of electricity in every home happened not so long ago, especially in our country. Before the advent of electricity, everyone safely used candles, kerosene or gas lamps.
Naturally, such a light source was not of high quality. Most people suffered poor eyesight because of the dim light in the room.
It is quite logical to assume that cutting nails in poor lighting is fraught with minor injuries that cause a lot of pain and inconvenience. So people decided that it was better to warn future generations against these mistakes and created a superstition of this kind.

Another significant reason that follows from the first is low level medicine. If we remember in which houses our grandmothers and great-grandmothers lived, it becomes obvious that there was no talk of sanitation and disinfection at all. When people cut their nails with devices that are completely not designed for this, they received a lot of injuries. The likelihood of blood poisoning and tetanus increased. There was no exact explanation of why diseases appear precisely after the evening cutting of nails, people began to associate everything with bad omens.

19. Why can't you whistle in the house?
Many people know the sign - you can not whistle in the house. Where does she take her roots from?
For ordinary people, a whistle is a sharp sound that disturbs peace. Now even the rules of etiquette do not provide for whistling - it is considered a sign in bad taste. The beliefs said that a whistle can bring trouble on oneself, or it can become main reason grief. They also say: if you whistle, there will be no money. Indeed, if a person just walks around holding his hands in his pockets and whistling, then there can be no talk of any money. The main thing is work.

The sign cannot be taken literally. But most people willingly believe in this sign, equating whistlers with loafers. There is a version that the saying "do not whistle in the house - there will be no money" arose in the 19th century, because of the locomotive drivers.

20. Why can't you sleep with your feet towards the door?
Many believe that the matter is in omen: this is how the dead are carried out of the house. But those who have the bed in this way sleep and feel fine.
If you turn to the Feng Shui system, you can find the answer: "If a person sleeps in this position, he loses a lot of energy."

The bed is a special, cleanest place in the house, the energy of which must be carefully protected.
A home for a person is his shelter, a place for comfort and harmony. And the door is, as it were, a "checkpoint" of the building, a symbol of transition, unification and separation, a symbolic meeting of one's own and another's. Therefore, you can not sleep with your feet to the doorway.
But if the room does not allow you to put your bed differently, that's okay. Thousands of people sleep in this direction and live happily ever after.