Superstitions Belarus! : Superstitions Belarus!
MOST COMMON SUPERSTITION IN BELARUS :: MOST COMMON SUPERSTITION IN BELARUS : did not look like trash hand on the table - to the lack of money. Cut himself - to poverty. Wash apartment in the evening - to wash away the happiness of the home. Do not wash the floors, since the threshold. Before leaving the house, nothing can sew , drop the keys and back - roads will not. Since the home defense is considered the threshold , then there is nothing to give or take through it. Keep in the house or a bunch of peacock feathers made of reeds - the collapse of the family.
What kind of luck - knock on wood ? : What luck - knock on wood ? This phrase we say when our life is something important and we need some luck . Belief in the magical power of trees born from the ancient Egyptians . And the ancient Greeks " settled " the gods in the trees . And that meant , touching wood, could touch the inhabitants of Olympus. That is to ask them for protection.
Broken mirror! Smash the mirror! The most enduring superstition : If you break the mirror, I have unfortunately . And the "roots" of this prejudice ridiculous. The first glass mirrors have done in the fifteenth century in Venice and , of course, then they were very expensive . In order to make the servants carefully dispense with an expensive object - rich owners and came up with this omen : Who will break the mirror, waiting for seven years of grief.
Sprinkle salt ! : Sprinkle salt ! This offense is considered a serious misfortune for a very simple reason. Before the advent of refrigeration to keep raw foods from spoiling their salted . So, sprinkle salt meant that you did not prosolish their food supplies , find yourself without food and die.
Black cat ! : The most famous sign: if a black cat ran across the road , do not expect good . To prevent disaster , you need to go the other way , or at least three times to spit over your left shoulder and continue towards holding the button . Better yet, wait until this road someone will pass ... Black cat !
Right hand - happy ! : Right hand - happy ! Spit over the left shoulder so as not to jinx it , because that's what we left shoulder allegedly watches the invisible grinning devil . A guardian angel is behind the man on the right side . This superstition confirmed science to prove that the left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for logical thinking and therefore controls the right hand. Hence born and the "rules" : do not let anyone anything with your left hand - to ill health , and if the left palm itches - a loss , and the right - for profit .
Baker's Dozen : Baker's Dozen Where does this fear went before the number 13 ? According to the Scandinavian version , which appeared before the establishment of Christianity , twelve gods happy trapeznichayut peacefully in the palace of the god Odin , when suddenly appeared in the 13th - one of Loki. It was he who started the quarrel , had been transferred into a brawl , resulting in the death of beloved god Balder . And according to the Christian belief in the fatality version of this figure is due Last Supper - the last meal of Jesus with the Apostles 12 : 13 people in society someone die .