Do you know why a large number of moles is considered a good sign? Why can't you cross a sitting person? Why can't you sew clothes on yourself? Why can't you shake the water off your freshly washed hands?
"Reading while eating is eating up your memory." The observation is based on the peculiarities of the functioning of the human body. When a person reads and thinks, blood rushes to the brain, providing it with oxygen. When a person eats, the blood rushes to the stomach, because at this time it should ensure its normal functioning (therefore, after a hearty dinner, you want to sleep so much). When a person reads while eating, the brain does not perceive the read in full force, we do not remember what we read, we "seize" the memory.
“If the guests leave after dinner before the hostess takes the tablecloth off the table, the brides in this house will not marry.” This primarily applies to guests. It turns out that they only came to eat, and when everything is eaten, they immediately leave, although the rules of decency require you to thank the hostess and talk. They say about it this way: a table is not a trough to eat and run away.
But, I think, a deeper meaning is contained in this belief in relation to the mistress. If she is such that she only knows how to feed, and the guests in this house do not expect anything else, or if she is so clumsy that she cannot remove the tablecloth from the table for two hours after dinner, then it is no wonder that the suitors will bypass such a house. After all, what a mother is, such is a daughter.
"Wash your hands - dry them, but do not shake off the water, do not bear devils." The prohibition goes back to a long-standing legend about how a devil who fell from the sky and was left alone asked God for an army. God advised him to dip his hands in water and shake off - that will be as many devils as splashes. Everyday explanation is hygienic, and it is primarily associated with children: from the habit of not wiping wet hands, spikes appear, the skin cracks and itches.
“If the barley jumped up on the eye, you have to bring the fig to the eye and say:“Barley, barley, you have a fig on you: whatever you want, you can buy it. Buy yourself a hatchet, cut yourself across! »» No matter how ridiculous it may seem, the fig, accompanied by a conspiracy, has long been considered a reliable talisman against evil spirits. Some believe that it is a matter of mini-warming with heat that comes from the hand. But the cookie "works" sometimes without a conspiracy, it has been checked more than once. You fall asleep curled up in front of the barley and quickly passes.
“You don’t recognize a familiar person - to be rich for him.” This belief is one of the so-called "deceit" beliefs. When they wanted rich flax to be born, they sowed it naked: let the flax see that the sower has nothing to even dress in, and therefore will be born. They sowed grain from hand to mouth: let rye and wheat know that the peasant has nothing to eat, and therefore they will take pity. To be deceived when meeting a friend means to symbolically meet not one, but, as it were, two, and therefore double his wealth.
"Until the hostess finishes her tea, guests shouldn't leave the house." This everyday belief echoes the belief about the tablecloth not removed from the table. As there, so here: really, what a hurry? While the guests were drinking and eating, having fun, the hostess looked after them, served them. And now, when everyone is already full and happy, the poor fellow, she sat down to drink a cup of tea, to hear the praise of her dishes, and the guests are going to leave instead. Of course, it is useless to offend, to upset the hostess.
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"The knife is stupid - the owner is stupid, the tablecloth is black - the hostess is stupid." Is there any clarification required here?
In the Annunciation, girls cannot braid their braids: they will not have their own house. The clue is in the proverb: "In the Annunciation, the bird does not build a nest, the maiden does not weave braids."
Once the cuckoo broke this rule and was severely punished for that. She built a nest in the Annunciation - and now all cuckoo mothers pay for it, leaving eggs in other people's nests. The same can threaten a girl if she dares even for such a small job as braiding. The belief is based on the highest reverence for one of the most solemn Christian holidays.
"It is not good for a simple-haired woman to be." Only girls could walk with bare hair (without a headscarf or cap on their heads). Their hair was always neat: long hair was braided in a braid. On the wedding day, the girlfriends unraveled the girl's braid with a ribbon, carefully combed her hair, braided it into two braids and laid them with a crown around the head. In the future, a woman could no longer collect her hair in braids, but in a bun, covered with a handkerchief or cap, primarily so that hair would not accidentally fall into her during cooking.
However, at home, a woman could still afford to walk with a simple hair; going out into the street, she certainly covered herself with a handkerchief, in cold weather - and a shawl over the handkerchief. Shawls and shawls were traditionally beautiful, with a variety of patterns, woven or lace. It was believed that a simple-haired woman did not like her own Guardian Angel, and was deprived of his help and protection. So the woman was tuned in to be neat and at the same time saved from unnecessary worries about her hair.
Leave your hair on the floor or throw it around the yard - your head will hurt. The belief is associated with the cult of hair. They symbolized health and wealth. In addition, hair is a part of yourself, and therefore you should not throw it anywhere. From the everyday point of view, we are again talking about elementary neatness.
"In the next world you will have to account for every hair." This and many other superstitions related to hair can be traced back to totemism, that is, to the days of worship of hairy animals. But the explanation, which boils down to intimidating sluts, seems more real. IN AND. Dal sarcastically on a similar occasion: "Not a bad rule, otherwise, perhaps, heaps of cropped hair would be scattered throughout the hut and around the yard."
"There are many moles on the body, especially those that you yourself cannot see, - be happy." The belief is associated with popular ideas about spoilage. The gaze of the spiteful critic immediately falls on something unusual, attracting attention, and loses its power. Amulets and jewelry serve as an artificial distraction, moles as a natural one. On the other hand, moles attract the attention of the person himself, cause thoughts about his health (especially if they begin to change). On the other hand, you think less about moles that you can't see (on your back). For a suspicious person, this is also almost happiness - not to worry about health.
"Do not wash and do not wash my head before a long journey - you will avoid trouble." The recommendation may be aimed at preventing a person from catching a cold, since everything is done in a hurry before the trip. This prohibition is also explained by the fact that a person washes away his home, protective aura and appears among strangers unprotected. Maybe there is a reason for this, and that is why some people (even cleaners) prefer to take a full shower only before going to bed, and only partially wash before leaving the house. And the advice after the street, after a crowded environment, to take a shower to wash away negative energy, is not meaningless.
"Don't sew anything right on yourself - you can sew your memory." A belief based on the fact that something done in a hurry will not lead to success. In addition, having casually sewed something right on himself and staying all day in these clothes, a person mentally returns to whether his clothes are in order, whether they look at him like a slob. In other words, he gets distracted from business and does not remember everything. Hence the threat to "sew up memory".
"Itched in my ear - to be in the rain." This omen can be considered correct (unless, of course, we are talking about long unwashed ears). Before rain, atmospheric pressure drops and the eardrum in the ear plays the same role as that in a barometer; it bends a little and it itches. By the way, this sign existed in ancient Rome and was called timutusaurium - "ringing in the ears."
"When they praise bodily virtues (beauty, stoutness, health, etc.), you have to spit over your left shoulder three times so that you don't jinx it." Now many are inclined to believe that the look is to some extent material, that is, it carries a certain energy. The evil eye is "black magnetism". This belief is by no means only Russian - similar existed in ancient Rome. The Romans worshiped a deity named Fascinus, supposedly protecting people from the evil eye. Black eyes are considered especially dangerous. To spit over the left shoulder in response to praises (naturally, symbolically) means to express disbelief in them, not to take them into the soul. The nature of the evil eye was explained in the medieval Witches' Hammer. But modern researchers also attach considerable importance to this issue, "the main cause of the evil eye is other people's envious views"; therefore, most often those who are in sight suffer,people in public professions, such as singers and singers.
Probably, many paid attention to the fact that such people, as a rule, wear excessively bright clothes, abundantly hang themselves with shiny jewelry. This reveals a latent desire to avoid the influence of the evil eye, because the public pays attention to the clothes, to the "amulets" of the idol and, thanks to this, does not damage his inner world, does not violate his energy. Sometimes they protect themselves with the help of dark glasses, but this is not the best way of protection, since a person wearing dark glasses not on a sunny street or beach irritates people and thus provokes the evil eye.
"Sneeze - confirm the veracity of the words just spoken." The compilers of the "Encyclopedia of Superstitions" write: "… one famous doctor authoritatively told us that at the moment of sneezing a person is closest to death." Maybe this is the key to the omen? Feeling the closeness of death, a person always becomes truthful. However, for a long time there was also a custom to induce sneezing with the help of snuff for health reasons.
"Hiccups overpower - it means that someone remembers." This is just one of the many beliefs associated with hiccups: they also say that someone envies, scolds, etc. Long-standing beliefs say that with a hiccup, a demon who has possessed a person makes itself felt. The idea that hiccups are related to someone's memories seems to me as unfounded as the sign of sneezing.
"To step over someone's outstretched legs is to interrupt his growth." If this happens, you must immediately step back. The meaning of belief is in the prohibition to "suppress", symbolically violate the integrity. From an everyday point of view, a very useful warning for the seated person himself: do not stretch your legs in tightness, as this interferes with the rest.