Signs for the elderly. At Easter, the old hair is combed to the wish that they had so many grandchildren, how much hair Hair: structure, characteristics of growth and development   color; old woman washed with gold, silver and red egg in the hope of getting rich.

Signs for girls. Rural women in the days of Easter did not take salt, that hands are not sweating. Wash with water and red eggs to be browned, then it becomes an ax to become strong.

Girls believed that all the usual signs of love for Easter come true. So if, for example, the girl hurt his elbow, I had already thought her cute remembered. If the soup fell cockroach or a fly - certainly wait for a date. If lip zacheshetsya - not avoid kissing. If the eyebrow will be scratched - will bow with a sweet.

During the Easter service girl softly whispered: "The Resurrection of Christ! Send me groom idle in chulchonkah Yes porchonkah! "; "God bless the bride well, so boots with galoshes, not a cow and a horse! "

Signs for thieves. Thieves had their signs to mark Easter. For example, they made every effort to during Easter Matins steal a thing from praying in the church, and, moreover, to steal, so that no one had not occurred to suspect them. Then you can easily steal the whole year, and no one will catch.

Signs for the players. Players, going to church, placed in the boot under the heel of the coin firm in the hope that it will bring them a big win. But in order to become invincible player Player in the family: safety rules   and beat each and every need, going to listen to the Easter morning, grab a map to the church. When the priest comes out from the altar in bright garments and for the first time said "Christ is risen", which came with the cards had to answer: "Maps zdesya." When the priest spoke a second time, "Christ is risen" godless gambler replied: "zdesya jerk" and the third time - "Aces zdesya." It is sacrilege to convince the players can bring untold gains, but only as long as the church robber did not repent.

Signs for hunters. Hunters adhere to one of the unwritten rules: never spill blood in the great days of Bright Week, when all the creatures of the earth with people and the resurrection of Christ rejoices in his own praises God. It was believed that the perpetrators of this Christian rules sometimes brutally punished by God, and there were times when a hunter, hunting shells, or accidentally killed himself, or did not find the way home and disappeared without a trace in the forest, where he was tormented by evil spirits.

Hunters specially came to the church with guns, and as soon as the first time started to sing "Christ is risen," they fired into the air in full confidence that this shot will kill the devil and will secure a successful hunt throughout the year.

The kingdom of heaven. There was the belief that anyone who dies in the Bright Week, freely go to heaven, no matter how sinful he may be, because access to the kingdom of heaven is due to the fact that the Easter week the gates of heaven are not closed and no guards.

Rooted beliefs that Easter night, you can see and even talk to their dead relatives. To do this, it was during the procession when all the pilgrims will leave from the church to hide in the temple with a passionate candle so that no one noticed. When the souls of the dead gather in the church to pray and triple kiss each other, it becomes possible to see their dead relatives. But at this time to talk with them is impossible. For conversation, there is another place - the cemetery.

Observations of nature. At Easter the young climbed the roof to meet the sun (common belief that at Easter, "the sun plays", and many tried to watch for that moment).

There was such a sign: if the dog during Easter Matins will bark to the east - to the fire, to the west - unfortunately.

During the Easter Matins hostess observed: what a beast at this time lying quietly - that to the court. At the same time peasant chased the chickens to roost for the chickens were not lazy and got up early so carried more eggs.

At Easter, the sky is clear and the sun plays - a good harvest, and red fly.

On Holy Week rain - good rye.

On Holy Thunder - to harvest.

Koli rain or bad weather on the first day of Easter, and spring is rainy.

If on the second day of Easter is clear weather - the summer is rainy when overcast - dry.

Obychai

Expulsion of insects. There was the custom of exile from the house of bedbugs and cockroaches, timed to coincide with the first day of Passover. It was done in such a way that when the owner came home after church, he did not have to go straight into the house, I had to first knock. The hostess does not open the door, he asked: "Who's there? "-" I'm your host, - I replied my husband - my name is Ivan. Well, my wife, what will break the fast? "-" We have something to break the fast will be meat, sour cream Smetana: untold riches of Russian cuisine , Milk and eggs. " - "And the bugs, then what? "-" And bedbugs bedbugs. " The villagers believe that, having overheard this dialogue, bugs, or be frightened and run away from the house, or pounce on each other and themselves eat.

There was another, more simple way to exile bugs and all sorts of parasites. When the owners came from Mass on Easter, any old woman took a broom and screaming, "cockroaches and cockroaches and every reptile, go out of the hut - Holy Easter is coming." It voskli tsanie repeated three times, with the old hard chalk Veni whom the threshold and waved three times over the threshold. When owners PERMUT fell on Easter threshold of the house, the old woman threw a broom over the threshold as a | possible.

Boating "volochebnikov." By Easter was timed and "walking volochebnikov." They were not boys, but mostly women. From all over the village, they gathered a crowd, and went from house to house, stopping in front of windows and squeaky womanish voices singing:

"No noise noise, no thunder, Christ is risen, the Son of God. The noise of thunder volochebniki. Whose yard, to the rich, by the rich - to Nikolaev. Hostess, our father, solutions window, look a little bit that you have done in the house. " They sang in order to beg for something from the house owner: eggs, bacon, money, milk, white bread. And the owners were trying to please, they could.

Congratulations. At Easter, it was decided to congratulate all the friends. Subsequently, in addition to the most necessary visits, became confined to Easter greeting cards.

Olya

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