Bad omens - how to prevent your own superstitions from coming true. What to do if salt is scattered: the main folk signs

Sprinkling salt is a bad omen. Therefore, it is important to know what it portends, and what to do so that it does not come true.

Why does salt fall apart?

Bad luck. Sometimes chronic.

A variety of losses are possible: loss of friends or loss of money.

It is believed that each scattered particle symbolizes a tear shed after this event.

Why did such a popular omen arise?

The most popular hypothesis of the birth of superstition from the fact that salt crumbles to bad luck is related to the cost of this product. This is especially important when it crumbles to the floor. In ancient times, salt was valued as worth its weight in gold. She was paid for her work. So in English the word "salary" comes from two Latin words: salt and Roman soldiers. Yes, even the soldiers of the huge Roman Empire were given part of the salary with salt. Obviously, the loss of such an expensive product is already a big bad luck in itself.
The omen also has other, even deeper, roots. Even in prehistoric times, salt was associated with higher powers, with the concept of "God". After all, the substance protected food from spoilage, and dead bodies from decomposition. That is why he was connected with the imperishable, that is, with the divine. And only the forces of darkness could make such a "divine incorruptible" fall asleep. This means that they have become more active. And we must wait for trouble.
Already in the Christian era, another explanation arose. According to legend, Judas spilled salt during the Last Supper. This moment is captured in Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper.

What to do so that the omen does not come true?

The most effective remedy is the following.

You need to take a little spilled salt, no matter where it fell - on the table or on the floor, and throw it over your left shoulder. This is necessary in order to scare away the Devil, the forces of evil. After all, salt is not only sweet to divine beings. It is also terrible for the forces of darkness, which can get close to a person from the left side.

So, throwing a little spilled salt over our left shoulder, we scare away the Devil. But what about the bad luck that is explained by the loss of an expensive product?

What can you do to deal with this kind of adversity? It's simple.

To do this, take a piece of bread and put it on the sprinkled salt. Thus, the failure of unreasonable spending turns into hospitable behavior. And from a bad omen it is transformed into a good one.

Other bad "salt" omens

If you are sitting at a table with your friend and suddenly decide to knock on the salt shaker, this can lead to the breakdown of friendships.
Having tasted the salt of another person, you have established a mystical connection between him and yourself. If you later ignore this connection, it can become a source of bad luck for you.
Salting food that is already on another person's plate can lead to bad luck in their life.
Never borrow salt or borrow yourself. This product can either be gifted or sold. Not on loan. To borrow is to be forever mired in debt.

These are the main folk signs associated with salt, which do not bode well.

Until now, many people continue to believe in omens, not considering them prejudices and relics of the past. Some signs warn us about what needs to be done in order not to miss our happiness, others portend trouble. We will tell you how to proceed so that bad omens do not come true.

♦ Taking the trash out of the house after sunset is a bad omen. It is believed that with him you take material well-being and prosperity out of your home. To avoid these consequences, make it a habit to throw out the trash in the morning. Then happiness and good luck will not leave your home.

♦ A very common omen: if you had to return home for a forgotten thing, there will be no luck that day... However, since this has happened, you need to look at yourself in the mirror or change clothes upon returning home. There is another effective way to protect yourself from trouble. Leaving the house again and crossing the threshold, say:

“It was not the devil who led him in, but the angel led him on the road. Exactly!"

♦ They say you can not look in a cracked mirror, otherwise you will not escape troubles... To prevent misfortune, you must do the following. It is necessary to sweep the fragments of the mirror into one place, place seven candles around them on the floor and light them. Then turn around you three times counterclockwise and blow out all the candles at once. After that, you need to collect the fragments, a broom, candles in a bag and throw them in a deserted place.

♦ You can't throw bread in the trash bin, otherwise bad luck will settle in the house... Why? Since ancient times, with the help of bread, our ancestors summoned good spirits - Dolya and Delight. By throwing away the bread, you can incur the wrath of these goddesses, and then they will take their luck. For the same reason, bread should not be allowed to grow moldy. And one more thing: at night at least a small piece of bread should remain in the house, otherwise you can incur not only bad luck, but also poverty.

♦ You cannot whistle in the house, this can lead to financial difficulties... But if one of the household members suddenly forgot about this sign, it is necessary to spit over the left shoulder three times and say:

"Not in the ears of God, but in the nose of the devil!"

♦ Everyone knows the sign: if a spoon falls on the floor, a guest will soon appear in the house... But not everyone knows that with the help of this cutlery you can protect your family from financial failures, black witchcraft and damage.

♦ It is better to speak a tablespoon: the larger the device, the more good it will hold in itself. The spoon must be new. First, it must be washed in running water, then put in salt water for an hour. Having washed and dried the cutlery, you need to take it in your hands and say the following words:

“Lord, bless. Be a mountain around me, a stone river, fire ground - lairs, copper doors, iron doors, damask keys, locks are laid. Exactly!"

Store the charmed spoon separately from other cutlery. She can't eat.

♦ If a black cat crosses the road, it is known to be bad luck. To avoid trouble, you need to immediately spit three times over your left shoulder, and then, holding on to any button on your clothes, say three times:

"All the trouble has passed by!"

What beliefs do not exist in the world - some are known to everyone, few have heard of others. But not everyone knows that signs are not a prophecy of misfortune, but magical clues from the Universe, with the help of which a person can avoid many future troubles. Here is a story about magic shared by N.

Sit on a Christmas tree without consequences

Every New Year our apartment is decorated with a forest beauty. Our family even has a generic belief: to celebrate Christmas without her is to scare away happiness from home. Only one more family belief is connected with her: if one of the unmarried girls sits on the Christmas tree, she will be an old maid until her death.

Did not save

My grandmother often recalled how this omen came true for our great-grandmothers Nyura and Tony - during the walk, the guys jokingly piled them at the Christmas tree and they both never got married. Although all the signs are now considered prejudices, my parents protected me from the trees. Even Santa Claus left gifts for me not under the Christmas tree, like many children, but under the pillow.

But one day the unexpected happened. Just before the New Year, I brought a kitten from the street. He quickly got used to it and began to play with the serpentine that decorated the New Year's tree. While playing, the kitten got entangled in a shiny garland, and piled the whole Christmas tree on himself.

Hearing the ringing of the beating toys and the plaintive meowing, I rushed to the rescue of the poor kid, and, myself stumbling over a fallen tree, sat right on the thorny branches. My mother, who ran after me, clutched at my heart: “They didn’t save me! Nastenka, daughter, how can you do that! What will happen to you now! What to do so that the omen does not come true! "

The holiday was completely ruined - even at the New Year's table, to the chimes, the whole family sat gloomy, as if at a commemoration.

Family happiness conspiracy

Since that New Year, my quiet life has ended. We burned that ill-fated Christmas tree with the whole family on the Old New Year and poured ashes at the intersection of footpaths with a conspiracy, so that the omen does not come true:

“You, passers-by, trample the ash, carry it on four sides. As the ash spreads around the world, so let the omen not grow together. Amen".

Not a month passed without my mother and grandmother experiencing some kind of magic on me. This is not counting the fact that every full moon my mother combed my hair with a wooden comb with a conspiracy for family happiness:

“As the hair flows in a wave, the hair falls to the hair, so be your share, to trace the path evenly. To know women's happiness, to avoid grief, to be happy to be married, to give birth to strong children. Amen".

Then I had to wait for dawn, so that at dawn I could blow the hair off the comb from the palm of my hand, mentally imagining how, together with each hair, the wind takes away everything bad from my life and fate.

And also mom and grandmother decided to "knock out a wedge with a wedge". They sat me down on anything that could come to mind: buckwheat, poppy seeds, coffee, leaves, mushrooms, flax tow, rings. I even sat on horseshoes and wheels from carts.

But when my grandmother thought of planting me on raw chicken eggs, my patience ran out: “Not only do you keep me awake with your ritual with a conspiracy for family happiness, now this is also! I’m not a queen for you, but a living person! I don't want to get married! I don't need anyone - how much can you torture me! "

Divination by the betrothed

Having seriously taken up my studies - since marriage was not destined for me, I began to refuse to take part in magical rituals outright. Only once did I succumb to my mother's persuasion and agreed to tell fortunes about my betrothed.

On the full moon night, I sat down by the mirror lit by two red candles, let my hair down and waited for someone's reflection to appear in it. Mom behind my back whispered a conspiracy for fortune-telling on the betrothed:

"As the water is black at night, as the moon is full in the sky, so show your betrothed, show yourself to the bride!"

She sat for more than an hour, but the groom, to my mother's chagrin, did not appear in the mirror - it did not work out.

After a failed fortune-telling about my betrothed, I stopped paying attention to my mother's sighs: “And who did you go to: how you look like a teenager - skin and bones, and everyone is at home and at work. At least I could go somewhere ”- and plunged headlong into the study of biochemistry, disappearing in the laboratory from morning until late at night.

When you are doing what you love - time flies unnoticed - and nine years after that incident with the kitten New Year, completely forgetting about the unsuccessful fortune-telling for the betrothed, I met my future husband in the middle of the snow-covered road: I stayed at work, called a taxi, and take the car and shut down on the halfway.

This event magically changed my whole future life - the taxi driver turned out to be the very betrothed whom my mother and grandmother tried to conjure for me all nine years! And the next New Year, the best man on Earth, Sasha, my husband, was sitting next to me at a family holiday dinner.

Margarita Alexandrova

Bad omens - how to prevent your own superstitions from coming true

Even not particularly superstitious people often knock on wood so as not to jinx something good. There are also those who do not really like women with empty buckets walking towards them. Where do all these superstitions come from, and most importantly - how to neutralize bad omens, if you believe in them?

The most effective antidote to any signs is your belief that they do not portend anything bad. The black cat just runs about his business and it is not at all his fault that he was born in this color.

The mirror broke, most likely due to your own carelessness, spilled salt - for the same reason. But often logical arguments are powerless. If you also belong to the category of superstitious people, we suggest you learn how to neutralize bad omens and live peacefully on.

Street signs

As you know, the most common omen is a black cat crossing the road. He, in the opinion of superstitious people, will certainly bring bad luck on this day. If you return home and don't go anywhere, it doesn't work, just grab the button on your clothes and calmly move on. No troubles and curses are scary now.

Manholes are another topic of conversation. According to popular beliefs, they should never be stepped on. And the point is not at all in the banal fulfillment of the simplest safety rules: the point is that some trouble may lie in wait for the one stepping on the hatch, for example, you may be beaten or spoiled by screaming and clarifying the relationship. To shield yourself from scandals, have someone pat you on the back.

Signs related to clothing

Popular superstitions affect all aspects of our life. Clothing as a basic necessity is also on the list of things to be handled with extreme care and even caution. So, be extremely careful when dressing: in no case wear something topsy-turvy. This promises minor troubles and troubles. You can, after taking off your clothes and turning it on the front side, step on it to remove the effect of the omen. Or ask the person next to you to pat you on the back.

You cannot cut the threads from clothes while you are wearing them. It is believed that happiness is cut along with the thread. There is another opinion: along with the thread, you cut off part of your abilities. You can cut it off by taking off your clothes.

Sewing and mending holes in clothes is also not recommended. True, if you clamp a coil in your teeth while sewing on a button, nothing bad will happen to you.

Signs and products

Fragrant fresh bread tastes much better if eaten by breaking off the slices. But this cannot be done, as experts say. They say that by doing so you ruin your life, so it’s better to use a knife anyway: it’s beautiful and doesn’t bode well. Eating with a knife - to become angrier. To prevent this from happening - use classic forks and spoons.

It is not recommended to pass a hodgepodge across the table; along with salt, troubles are transmitted from one person to another. And sprinkle salt and even tears and quarrels. Regular laughter will help neutralize the effect of the seasoning - sincerely laugh and then troubles will bypass you.

Signs on the roads

Signs are not born just like that, moreover, they keep pace with progress, with the advent of new benefits of civilization, new beliefs arise. The appearance of automobiles became the motive for the writing of new characters. For example, it is believed that if you knock on the glass of a car, you will certainly be stopped by a traffic inspector. To avoid an unexpected meeting, simply cross the spot you just knocked on, and the Highway Patrol will let you through without any problems.

It is considered a bad omen for drivers to knock down a dog. And the point here is not at all in compassion for our smaller brothers, just some argue that a person can become the next victim. No "antidote" to this omen has yet been invented, so it remains to hope not for higher powers, but for your own attentiveness and responsible behavior on the road.

As you can see, there are many ways to help quickly neutralize bad omens. But, as they say, the best defense is your firm belief that these superstitions don't work at all. Believing in the good will not allow any evil to enter your life.

Take it for yourself, tell your friends!