Signs about chickens
So that the chickens rush well, do not get sick and be calm, catch the last fly that will fly into your house in the fall, before the frost, and put it in a jar. When the husband falls asleep, throw it in the bird feed.
When plucking geese or chickens, you can’t talk, otherwise a “pinch” may attack, that is, the body will often be bruised. In addition, the authorities will eat up, find fault - they will “pinch”.
If the chickens began to fly from the perch at night - be in trouble. In this case, you need to urgently give one chicken to someone.
If you notice that straw is dragging behind a chicken tail, be in the house of the dead. You can get rid of the problem in the following way. Tear out a bunch of grass with roots and immediately plant it in the ground: grass down, roots up. Chop up the chicken, to the tail of which the straw is attached, and give the meat to the dog. The dog will die, but none of the relatives will die.
It is impossible for a mother hen to have an even number of eggs. As soon as the chicks hatch, peace will leave your home.
On the day when the first chick hatches, eggs should not be fried. Otherwise, all chickens will die.
After sunset, do not take eggs from the nest - the hens will stop laying. For the same reason, egg shells should not be burned in the oven.
Until the rooster sings, do not leave the house on the road.
If a chicken and a rooster enter the house and fight there, then the owners will no longer live in peace and tranquility.
Hatched chickens are not shown to strangers for three weeks, otherwise the chickens will not lay well.
Men's hands should not take freshly laid eggs from the nest, otherwise the hens will run away from the yard and carry eggs anywhere.
The old people say that a five-year-old rooster can lay an egg, and that the one who puts this egg under his arm and stays with him the whole church service will be lucky, rich and long-lived. And whoever wants to destroy the enemy to death, he puts this egg in the bosom of the deceased with the name of his enemy.
If someone’s chickens do not lay well or lay eggs in someone else’s yard, they need to be driven out into the street during a hail and thrown to them to peck wheat. Pecking wheat, they involuntarily swallow the hail and then begin to lay many eggs.
Having bought a rooster, instruct a man to carry it into the house. If a woman brings a rooster into the house, then he will be cowardly, and the neighboring roosters will peck him.
If the mother hen hatches only hens and does not have a single cockerel, then in this case the owner of the house will fall ill. To avoid this, you need to buy a cockerel.
If your chickens are not laying well, you need to collect it at the time when the hail comes and give it to the chickens to peck. There will be a lot of eggs for the feast for the eyes.
If the owners have a loss of livestock, you need to get a black rooster. Animal pestilence will stop immediately.
If you pour ashes into the chicken coop on Thursday, then the chickens will rush better.
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The chickens cackled all at once - quarrels cannot be avoided.
- Based on the outward similarity of cackling and the noise of a quarrel when everyone is shouting at the same time. But since chickens can cackle at once due to the appearance of a predator (the same fox), a quarrel is indeed possible - due to the fact that one of the owners overlooked the chickens.
There are many proverbs about chickens: it is worn like a chicken with an egg; the hen cackles, but the rooster is silent; you tell the chicken, and she tells the whole street - and so on. Another allegorical folk wisdom: "Do not listen to where the chickens cackle, but listen to where they pray to God."
Signs
If the perch is hung with broken jugs, the chickens will rush well. If you find a stone with a hole and hang it in a chicken coop, the chickens will be safe. - A broken jug here also symbolizes the "chicken god" - a well-known pebble with a hole. It is believed that such items protect chickens and help them rush. Most likely, these objects were primarily protected from the evil eye, since the gaze of anyone first of all stopped at them. That is why pots without bottoms (as well as bottles and any other utensils) flaunted on poles - so that it could be seen from afar. Perhaps the housewives support this sign for the simple reason that they are sorry to part with the old dishes.
Do not count other people's chickens - you will jinx it. - Someone else's account is generally a recognized danger of the evil eye. Many people know a funny cartoon with the refrain “Oh, now he has counted you too!” When counting, we look at the one who counts, and the look itself is interpreted as taking away something. The hostesses also connect this ban with the fact that they do not want someone else to know how much they have in the household of one or another living creature.
If a chicken crows like a rooster, you need to chop off its head, otherwise it will call trouble. - Recognizing that it is not good for a hen to sing like a rooster, the people at the same time say: "If a hen crows like a rooster (crowing), there will be a treasure." The meaning of the sign is mystical: it is believed that such a chicken can become a werewolf, which means that you need to get rid of it.
If you want chickens, plant a hen when the cattle come from the field. You can not eat eggs where the mother hen sits. - Quite sound advice, which to this day is followed by smart housewives. If the cattle has not yet been placed in the stalls, it costs nothing to frighten the hen from the nest - and then she may no longer sit on the eggs. And in the second case, the reason for the ban is as follows: after tasting the remaining shell, the hen can also peck at the eggs - there are many such cases.
"Chickens bathe in the dust - to the rain."
To raise chickens, a farmer will never give his neighbor eggs to hatch chickens, otherwise all the chickens will die.
A thin chicken, when meeting with spring, promises melancholy throughout the year.
"If you find a stone with a hole and hang it in a chicken coop, the chickens will be safe." - Therefore, the chicken coop was rarely left without "magic" protection - they usually hung an object there, personifying the "chicken god". For different peoples these were various amulets. So, for example, in Rus' it was a broken jug. It was believed that these amulets kept chickens, hence the signs: - "If the perch is hung with broken jugs, the chickens will rush well."
In the devern, hens often lay eggs in other people's yards. For such hens, so that they rush in their house, they cut off a few feathers in the tail, and the feathers were placed in their nests.
If someone brings a chicken into the newlyweds' house and makes it crow like a rooster, this will be a good omen for the newlyweds.
If you want to protect your house from thieves, keep a black rooster. It is believed that the black suit of animals has always been special, associated with the dark, diabolical, witchcraft, but she protected “her own” from strangers.
The chicken symbolized strength and fertility. On the first day of the wedding, as well as on the wedding night, fried chicken was always served to the bride and groom.
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If a cow scratches its horns during milking, it means that there will be a strong thunderstorm.
The pregnant cow refuses to go to the pasture - a sign that the calf can be kidnapped. To calm the cow and prevent theft, you need to hide the St. John's wort root tied with red thread in the barn.
If a cow eats meadow clover, the milk will be fat, very healthy.
A bull-calf left for breeding should be lightly whipped on the back for 3 Sundays in a row with a coastal broom for a bath. Then th offspring will always be healthy.
If on the way home a cow gets caught in the rain, there will be generous milk yield.
So that the cows do not get sick, scatter the peas with which the woman defended the church service in the corners of the barn.
When the goat reluctantly returns home, it is believed that the evil spirit takes her by the horns to the side. To fix this, you need to blow three times in her left ear.
If an anthill has appeared where goats are kept, it must be destroyed, otherwise the animals' wool will fall off by autumn, and it will not be possible to hand it over for yarn.
If the taste of milk from your goat has deteriorated, you need to drink her morning milk to her in the evening. The milk will be good again.
If the pigs get sick and do not gain weight, you need to add amaranth to the feed, and pour a little holy water into the drinker on Fridays.
In order for a pig to quickly grow fat, you need to feed it with buckwheat porridge on any church holiday.
Horses are restless, anticipating a fire. Noticing this behavior of animals, you should be on the lookout!
To help a horse with an injured leg, lightly tap the opposite healthy leg with a spoon. The pain will go faster.
A girl braiding a horse's mane into a braid attracts marriage.
After the horse has run well, wipe it with a towel and put it in the chicken coop. Chickens will break all records for the number of eggs laid.
In order for the sheep to breed well and get fat, the pen for keeping animals should be abundantly sprinkled with a decoction of St. John's wort, spruce branches and mint.
If during the shearing the sheep behave quietly, then the wool will be sold very profitably.
If the rabbits began to die, they may have been jinxed. You need to give them water to drink, in which they rinsed a clean frying pan.
To prevent the rabbit from eating the rabbits, you need to put more chicken fluff in the cage.
Signs in the poultry yard
To prevent the bird from being stolen, pig hooves should be buried in the corners of the yard.
If a bird pecks at the owner's shoes, this portends him a big profit.
To protect the bird from attack by cats, you need to hang a rabbit foot in the house.
To prevent the bird from wasting, you need to pour water into the drinker through a sieve.
Diseases will not pester the bird if handfuls of salt are poured into the corners of the house.
It's a good sign if you spot a hedgehog where chickens are kept. So, during the year they will rush well.
When the rooster has lost interest in chickens, you need to feed it with poppy seeds dipped in holy water. After that, he will start stomping again.
In order for the chickens to rush better, it is necessary to bury an old ladle under the chicken coop.
shell from Easter eggs, added to chicken food, will protect them from illness.
If rats attack chickens and spoil eggs, you need to lay dog hair in the nests.
A brood of chickens will be strong and will grow well if a birch broom is placed next to them.
If the goose is sick, it must be “salted”. Sprinkle a pinch of salt on the back of the bird and spit three times over the left shoulder. Goose will get better.
In order for geese and ducks to grow well, sweep the house with a walnut broom once a week.
Outbuildings
So that a fire never breaks out in the barn, you need to hide a bundle with goat droppings under the roof.
The building for keeping animals will turn out to be warm if you start building it on a hot, dry day, without wind.
The barn will be durable and will not cause trouble if a young girl sweeps the prepared area before starting its construction.
Before bringing horses into the stable for the first time, give the cat milk to drink in it. This will appease the yard spirit, and he will take care of the animals.
Hang a mugwort broom in your supply basement or cellar. This will keep the vegetables from spoiling.
It is better to build a corral for livestock on a growing moon, so that the herd grows.
You can not put a cowshed or stable in the place where there was a fire. Such sites are generally unfavorable for construction.
The threshold of a new poultry house must be tapped with a ladle, saying: “Draw and do not scoop out.” There will always be plenty of eggs.
The stable must be fumigated with the smoke of wormwood, this will drive out the spirits that pester the horses at night and deprive them of their strength.
A well must be dug where there is fog in the mornings and evenings.
To find out if a place is suitable for building a barn or a barn, you need to dig a hole, and then fill it with the excavated earth. If you get a slide - a good place.
The traditional means of expressing the ideas of the peoples of the world about Nature are the mythological images of animals. Moreover, according to these images from fairy tales, we can judge the human relationships of ancestors, and from song folklore - about family ties.
The chicken, unlike other animals, does not carry a clearly defined meaning.. But still, she often symbolizes motherhood - chicken love and her care for her offspring have no boundaries. It should be noted that the image of a hen evokes two opposite feelings in the minds of Europeans at once: on the one hand, comparing a person with a chicken, they talk about his diligence and perseverance in learning, and on the other hand, they judge him as a person with chicken brains or " stupid chicken." This denotes the spiritual poverty of narrow-minded people, whose thoughts jump incoherently from one to another, which is comparable to chickens, often falling into a stupid panic.
In the legends of most peoples of the world, the mother hen personifies underground riches and treasures, she lays golden eggs, and her head is often turned off. Silly, but, nevertheless, it happens in mythological plots. Why? This is explained by pagan rituals with sacrifices in the era of myth-making.
What are the superstitions associated with the chicken? They can be roughly divided into the following groups:
1. Superstitions associated with increasing chicken productivity (egg production, etc.):
“So that chickens do not lose their eggs, they rub their anus with salt. When a young chicken lays the first egg, then the hostess should take this egg and stroke her husband’s head with it, saying: “Let Chernushka (the name of the chicken) have as many testicles as ... (husband's name) on the head of the hairs "(Polesie).
"For breeding chickens, especially of a good breed, a peasant will never give a neighbor eggs for hatching chickens. Otherwise, all the chickens will disappear" (Central Russia).
"Peasant hens often lay eggs in other people's yards. Such hens, so that they rush at home, cut off a few feathers in the tail and put the feathers in their nests" (Central Russia).
If the chicken stops laying or gets sick, then the yard or kikimora is considered the culprit. “Very often, a kikimora plucks feathers from chickens. So that kikimoras do not harm chickens, they hang shreds of kumac, the neck from a broken clay washbasin, or, finally, the “chicken god” under the chicken infestation. The “chicken god” is a stone that often comes across in the fields with one or more through holes" (Polesie).
A killed magpie serves as a talisman poultry. In Polissya, it is hung in the yard to protect chickens from magpies and others. birds of prey. In the Grodno province, the feathers of a magpie killed on the first day of March are placed under a chicken sitting on eggs to protect it from the evil eye. There is a belief among Bulgarians that the magpie is able to scare away a disease that attacks chickens. Therefore, it is hung near the chicken coop or magpie feathers and stomach are used as a talisman.
2. Superstitions associated with signs that help a person and improve his life:
In Macedonia, to protect livestock from wolves, peasants on the eve of the feast of St. Martin cut off the head of a black chicken on the threshold of the house, sprinkle her blood on the threshold or draw a cross with her head over the doors. The headless chicken is left here all night, plucked and eaten in the morning, and the head is threaded three times through the knot of the hearth chain and hung to it on a thread, putting one hair from each animal in the household into the beak. Then the crushed head is given to livestock to eat.
"If someone brings a chicken into the honeymoon house and makes it crow like a rooster, it will be good sign for a young family" (Yorkshire, UK).
A hen who crows with a rooster and a woman who whistles are not good for God or man. (In Normandy, they say this: "Une poule qui chante le coq et une fille qui siffle, portent malheur dans le maison" ("The hen who crows and the daughter who whistles bring trouble into the house").
And in Cornwall: "A whistling woman and a hen that crows are the two biggest misfortunes in the world." Whistling women caused particular fear among the inhabitants of the Yorkshire coast. When a group of our acquaintances boarded the ship at Scarborough, the captain surprised everyone by refusing to take one woman on board. "Not this lady," he said. "She whistles." By a strange coincidence, this ship nevertheless disappeared during the voyage. In Devonshire and Cornwall, no miner ever whistles underground. In the border counties, a crowing chicken is considered a messenger of death. In the district of East Kilbride, a remarkable event was recorded, which greatly contributed to the strengthening of this superstition. An old woman once heard her hen crowing loudly on an earthen embankment near her house. She told her neighbor about this and added that now something bad was bound to happen / A few weeks later her husband died. A month later, the hen again crowed like a rooster, and a few days later the old woman's son was killed. When the hen screamed for the third time, the old woman's daughter died. Then she finally twisted the chicken's neck. And after that, no one died in her family for quite a long time. In the church of St. Tecla (the village of Llandegla, Wales), they tried to treat epilepsy (epilepsy) with a chicken or a rooster. In fact, the disease should have passed to the bird. The patient first had to wash his hands and feet in a sacred spring located next to the church, throw a four pence coin into the spring and read the Lord's Prayer three times. After that, a bird - a rooster or a chicken, depending on the sex of the patient - was placed in a basket and walked around with it first around the source, and then around the church. The patient then entered the church and, immediately after dawn, prostrated himself to his full height under the Communion table. He then donated sixpence and left the church. The chicken (or rooster) was left in the church. If she died, it was believed that epilepsy passed to her from the patient, who was thus freed from his illness. If you doubt the effectiveness of this treatment, then here are the words of the parish clerk: no later than in 1855 he saw a bird in the church , who was convulsing from epilepsy transmitted to her. But, on the other hand, a chicken left in a cramped basket and deprived of food was undoubtedly doomed to a quick death. There was a superstition in Wales that if on New Year chickens are not fed with all sorts of fruits that are in the house, then they will begin to think: should they stop laying eggs? Fruit should be finely chopped and mixed. If the chicken stops laying or gets sick, then the yard or kikimora is considered the culprit. “Very often, kikimora plucks feathers from chickens. So that kikimoras do not harm chickens, they hang shreds of kumach, the neck from a broken clay washbasin, or, finally, the “chicken god” under the chicken infestation. The “chicken god” is a stone that often comes across in the fields with one or more through holes "(see NIGHTMARE). "If a chicken sings like a rooster, then this is not good: there is a dead person in the house." "So that chickens do not lose their eggs, they rub their anus with salt. When a young chicken lays egg, then the hostess should take this egg and stroke her husband’s head with it, saying: “Let Chernushka (the name of the chicken) have as many testicles as NN (the name of the husband) has hairs on the head.” “In the family where the abduction happened, always many are suspected, especially in the villages. There, the right and the wrong are gathered in the evening into one hut, the fire is put out and the chicken covered with soot is let in. The chicken, bypassing the right, touches them; but approaching the thief, as if screaming, runs away and does not let him near him. In this case, all right, but necessary, are stained with soot; only the kidnapper does not receive this honor. Then they bring in the fire and look: who is stained with soot and who is not. If there is a person who is free from this, then he is found guilty. "For breeding chickens, especially of a good breed, a peasant will never give eggs to a neighbor to hatch chickens. Otherwise, as they say, all the chickens will die. "" Among peasants, chickens often lay eggs in other people's yards. To such chickens, so that they rush at home, they cut off several feathers in their tails and put the feathers in their nests. "If the chicken sang like a rooster, then in Russian villages this is considered an extremely unfavorable sign - someone will die in the family. (See the corresponding superstition in English folklore). But such a chicken is not always cut down. They catch it and begin to measure the hut with it from the wall to the opposite threshold, turning the bird over its head. If it is on the threshold with its head, they chop off its head, if with its tail, then cut off its tail and let go For the unfavorable meaning of whistling, see the article of the same name. Chickens bathe in the dust - to rain. If someone brings a chicken into the newlyweds' house and makes it crow like a rooster, this will be a good sign for a young family. (Yorkshire).
Since time immemorial, chickens and roosters have lived alongside people. Among many peoples, chickens were the most popular among a variety of domestic animals, since even the poorest person could afford this unpretentious bird.
In the distant past, without chickens and roosters, it was impossible to imagine a single farm or farmstead.
And for the long centuries of neighborhood with man hens and roosters became frequent heroes huge amount folk signs, beliefs and superstitions.
The most unusual sign among them is when a hen crowed like a rooster. Knowledgeable people say that this actually happens. And it is not surprising that popular beliefs advise in this case to wait for something very unusual, more often - bad.
However, the cock song of a chicken does not always portend trouble. If the chicken sang in the house of the newlyweds , is a very good omen. She promises the newlyweds a long and happy life.
Weather signs about chickens
- If chickens twirl their tails in winter, to a blizzard.
- Rummaging in the ground, chickens shower themselves with dust, as if bathing - a sign of rain.
- The chicken stands on one leg - to the cold.
- The continuous clucking of the pied-breeds portends bad weather.
- Before any deterioration in the weather, the hen gathers the chickens and covers them securely with her plumage.
- Chickens gathered to sleep early - by the rain.
Household beliefs about chickens
- If the chickens flew off the perch at night, it is a sign of trouble.
- When one chicken fell from a perch, there will be a surprise.
- Chickens fight - to the guests.
- If in the evening all the hens cackle continuously at the same time, then a quarrel will certainly occur in the house. And if this happened at night, then you need to wait for misfortune.
- If a straw is clinging to a chicken foot and dragging, it is a sign of the dead.
- The chicken went into the hut - to the news, flies around the house - to the frost.
- Seeing a chicken through the window is a sign that promises a quarrel with a special female.
- A sign, if a chicken knocks on a window, indicates that you need to prepare to receive news.
- Very good omen- if someone else's chicken came into the yard. This promises not just stable prosperity, but real wealth. If the bird also lays an egg, then there is no doubt in the special mercy of fate in the near future.
- Anyone who knocks down a chicken in a car will lose family well-being.
- Separately, it should be said about the sign about the black chicken. A bird with such a color among the people was considered a good amulet for its owners from the evil eye, damage and envy of neighbors. In Rus', they believed that if you also got a black rooster, then you could not be afraid of either thieves or evil people.
Signs and beliefs about chickens and eggs
IN peasant economy chickens all year round provided the family not only with meat and feathers, but also with fresh eggs. Therefore, it is not surprising that a number of folk signs and beliefs are inextricably linked with chicken eggs.
- In order for the chickens to rush well, you need to hang a stone with a hole in the chicken coop.
- Folk beliefs do not recommend men to collect chicken eggs in the poultry house, because then the chickens may stop laying. The same thing can happen if you burn eggshells.
- In order for hens freely walking around the site to return to the nest for laying, several feathers cut from their tails are placed in it.
- They put a stork in the nest egg so that the chickens carry the same large eggs as the stork.
- To make the chickens lay better, it is customary to put Christmas straw in the nest.
- The hen must be planted on an odd number of eggs. And it is best to do it on, then the offspring will be healthy.
- A large egg with two yolks predicts a wedding for a young girl, an addition to the family for a married woman, the birth of twins for a pregnant woman, and good luck in love and business for a man.
- A small egg, according to signs, means minor chores that can relate to both domestic problems and workers.
- If a small egg was dreamed of in a dream, this means that a person is inclined to make “an elephant out of a fly”, to attach unnecessarily great importance to insignificant words and deeds.
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