Sign: Aspen leaves fall upside down. Signs and home protection

Autumn is a wonderful, beautiful and exciting time. Golden leaf fall, turning into a soft fluffy carpet underfoot, evokes thoughts of folk beliefs, secrets, riddles and all sorts of signs.

What are the most reliable signs of autumn?

A lot of information can be learned from falling leaves and from the trees and shrubs themselves.

• Late leaf fall foreshadows a difficult, hungry and cold winter;
• If leaves fall from trees early (especially oak and birch leaves), then the year promises to be rich in harvest and soil fertility;
• Most of the fallen leaves lie face up - the harvest will be small; purl - large;
• If during leaf fall you are greeted with a jug of milk, then you are considered an honored guest, if with a plate of honey, then you were not expected in this house;
• On a birch tree, the leaves begin to turn yellow from below - spring is expected to be late; if the top turned yellow first, then it is early;
• All the leaves flew off quickly - a harsh, blizzard winter is approaching;
• The leaves are in no hurry to fall and turn yellow slowly and gradually - severe frosts are not expected, and winter will pass quickly.

Autumn signs can be read in anything. Not only golden leaf fall can open the veil of the future, but also severe thunder, lightning, and other weather conditions. Animals and birds too can tell the signs of autumn and tell a person what awaits him in the future.

Waiting for the cold long winter squirrels They make a particularly large supply of nuts.

Migratory birds, flying south, they immediately rise up, which means the winter will be snowy, and if they fly low above the ground, then there will be little snow.

Someone shot in the fall can tell you what kind of winter it will be like. hare. If there is a lot of fat under his skin, then he has been living in anticipation of a harsh winter.

See a quiet flight in the sky cranes, which seem to communicate with each other, you can expect a warm, good autumn.

Moles In the fall, they pull a lot of straw into their holes - they are preparing for a harsh winter.

During flax harvesting there are many mouse nests - in winter there will be a lot of snowdrifts.

Chickens molt at the very beginning of autumn - the winter is expected to be warm.

Folk signs about autumn are difficult to count; they are so diverse that you can simply get confused while understanding them. The mysteries of nature are very confusing at first glance, but if you understand them well, you can learn about everything that awaits us in the future.

Signs of inanimate nature

Autumn signs can be read by changes in inanimate nature. The strength and direction of the autumn wind that disperses the golden leaf fall, the amount of precipitation, the condition of the clouds - all this forms the basis of folk superstitions. If you look closely at the surrounding objects and phenomena, you can know a lot and unravel the mysteries of nature.

• Rowan has given a good harvest - expect severe frosts;
• When starlings are in no hurry to fly away, and hares are in no hurry to change their gray coats to white ones, you should be prepared for a long, windy and stormy autumn;
• When mushroom pickers come out with empty baskets in the fall, the winter is expected to be harsh;
• During the Indian summer, cobwebs hang everywhere - a warm autumn and a stormy winter are expected;
• A low flight of birds on an autumn day foreshadows a cold winter, a high flight - a warm one;
• If spiders weave webs around plants, it will soon become warm.

If you read autumn signs and proverbs very carefully, you can identify a simple pattern: everything in nature goes on as usual, and each new event foreshadows the next one. If we talk about proverbs, then they, just like signs, reveal to us the mysteries of the world around us. They clearly and accessiblely characterize natural phenomena, linking them with certain events. Many signs involve thunder and lightning, and this is easily explained. After all, it is thunder that frightens people, it is lightning that frightens and takes their lives. If you predict the appearance of thunder in time, you can avoid disaster. Same thing stormy weather that appears at the wrong time can also bring with it some kind of sign.

• If there is thunder in the sky in September, then the autumn is expected to be warm;
• When the thunder roars in October, there will be almost no snow in winter.
• Autumn weather is unpredictable, but it can also be predicted by knowing ancient signs. Each of them hides a secret and the solution wanders next to it.
• When dogwood produces a large harvest, you can expect a harsh winter;
• The rowan tree bends its branches to the ground due to its heaviness - predicts a rainy autumn;
• Mosquitoes will not calm down even at the end of autumn - which means you don’t have to be afraid of extreme cold, they will pass by;
• Frost in the fall foretells good weather;
• Rare clouds in the autumn sky mean warmth.
• The autumn sunset turns golden - good weather foreshadows the next day;
• The moon in the sky, pale and blurry, predicts rain; clear and bright - promises wind;
• If you see geese flying, it means winter will begin very soon;
• If the first snow falls during the day, it will soon melt, if at night, it will lie for a long time;
• Snow fell in early autumn - spring will also come early.

There are a lot of autumn signs and they all have their own similarities and differences. Sometimes, the same natural phenomenon can be explained in different ways. Some people noticed the event that interested them, others did not pay attention to it, but saw something else. Folk signs have been collected for thousands of years, since time immemorial. But, strange as it may seem, these days they have not lost their relevance and are becoming more and more in demand and popular.

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A yellow leaf flashes across the green trees, The sickle has finished its work in the golden fields, And the carpet of meadows has already turned red in the distance, And ripe fruits hang in the shady gardens. Signs of autumn meet the eye in everything. There stretches a cobweb, glistening in the sun, there you can see a stack, and there, over the fence, a rowan tree hangs with red tassels.
A. Grekov

Throughout the fall, people observe a number of phenomena that characterize the approach of winter - the struggle of summer warmth with winter cold, and try to guess the future using a wide variety of signs, among which the falling of leaves from trees, the flight of birds and other animal phenomena can be put in the foreground. peace; then - snowfall, the appearance of fog and frost, freezing of rivers. “Warm autumn - for a long winter”, “If the autumn is stormy, then the spring will be rainy”, “Autumn cold without snow - black soil” (the land is dry and black), “If the earth and winter crops (autumn grain crops) freeze well in the fall , then even without snow the bread will grow, and if not (i.e. it’s warm and wet), the winter root will prop up and don’t expect a harvest.”

Signs for leaf fall: “If early yellow leaves appear on the trees in summer, it will be early autumn.” “Premature falling of leaves means early winter.” Late leaf fall - for a difficult year: for a harsh and long winter. “If the leaves fall soon in the fall, we should expect a cool winter.” “If a leaf uncleanly falls from the trees (i.e., part of it remains on the trees), there will be a severe (i.e., cold) winter.” “If the leaves fall from birch and aspen cleanly, it means a light and fruitful year.” “Until the leaves have fallen from the cherry trees, no matter how much snow falls, the thaw will rot it and the sleigh path will not be established.” “If snow falls on the still unfallen leaves in the fall, it will be hard for the people.”

Signs of leaf fall - Russian and German - surprisingly converge. They unanimously point out that late falling of leaves from trees promises a harsh and unfavorable winter and a late onset of spring. Here in Rus', we watch not only how the leaves fall; sooner or later, amicably and cleanly, or the leaf remains on the trees for a long time - when the snow has already fallen, but they also watch how the falling leaf lies on the ground. “If a leaf, falling off in the fall, lies with its face up, then this means a lack of harvest next year, and if it falls on the wrong side (shaggy side), then it means a harvest” (Dahl).

Song "Leaf, leaf, leaf fall":

“If aspen leaves lie face up on the ground, the winter will be very cold, and if the leaves are turned upside down, it will be warm; half inside out, half face out - the winter will be moderate, with alternating heat and cold.” “If in the fall the birch leaves begin to turn yellow from the top, then next spring will be early, and if from below, then it will be late.”

Signs of the harvest of some fruits. A harvest of acorns on oak trees means a large harvest of bread next year. “A lot of acorns on an oak tree - for a warm winter and a fertile summer.” The hazelnut harvest also foreshadows the grain harvest for the coming year. “If there are plenty of nuts, but few mushrooms, the winter will be snowy and harsh”, “Late mushroom - late snow”, “Lots of berries - for a cold winter.”

She has firmly established a very controversial reputation. Judas hanged himself on an aspen tree, and since then its leaves have been shaking with small tremors, as if in horror from the cursed burden. The cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified was also made from aspen. However, on the other hand, people believe that only an aspen stake can destroy a sorcerer or a ghoul.

Do not plant aspen near your house. If it grew nearby (either by itself, planted by someone through thoughtlessness or malicious intent), signs advise cutting it down, uprooting it and burning it. Beliefs explain such radical measures as follows.

Firstly, aspen is a tree with bad, negative energy. Its proximity to the house threatens the inhabitants with scandals, quarrels, constant discord and family troubles.

Secondly, the aspen is associated with the evil one - where it is, there he is. Planting it near the house or in the garden means inviting the evil spirit. Or maybe – and serve him. Hence a number of signs.

The aspen branches near the mirror darken - this means that someone in the house has become an assistant to the evil one. Logs or boards of this tree, used in the construction of a house, turn the entire dwelling into a haven for the unclean.

In general, quiet horror! But not everything, however, is so sad. Some signs attribute protective and even cleansing properties to this tree. Aspen not only attracts negative energy, it also takes it away from a person, thereby purifying him.

An aspen stump, for example, on which a patient sits will suck the disease out of his body; especially if it is the result of damage.

The bark, dried leaves, branches are a medicine for healers in the treatment of many diseases - from toothache to fever. To get rid of the latter, signs recommend drilling a hole in the trunk of an aspen tree late at night, putting the patient’s nail clippings there, closing the hole and waiting for recovery.

Aspen branches in a tub of sauerkraut are a sure way to protect it from mold, peroxidation, and spoilage.

And the weather signs associated with this tree are completely neutral. Oats should be sown before buds open. More swollen aspen buds than usual are harbingers of the barley harvest. Aspen leaves covered with fluff indicate a buckwheat harvest. Catkins on aspen foretell a fruitful year as a whole.

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Folk signs of autumn helped our ancestors determine whether the next year would be fruitful and what weather to expect in winter or spring. Modern people have lost the ability to independently predict the weather, as they monitor climate changes and natural events mainly thanks to the news. But in each one you can notice its own characteristics and, using knowledge of signs, obtain information about the weather for the coming days and months.

Folk in September

September, as a rule, is the month when leaf fall begins. And this traditional sign can be used in your observations. Many folk tales are dedicated to the fall of leaves. For example, if leaf fall begins early, this foreshadows a premature cold snap and the early arrival of winter. But if the leaves began to fall late, it was believed that the coming year would be difficult, the winter would be very cold and protracted. Great cold was promised and rapid leaf fall. At the end of the month, look at the birch and aspen trees. If they have not flown around completely, then next year will be rich in harvest. But the remaining leaves on the cherry are a sign of a thaw. Since in ancient times it was important for people to know forecasts about the next year’s harvest, even such a folk sign appeared - depending on how the leaf lay. If it fell upside down, then this was a good sign, but if it was the other way around, then don’t expect a harvest.

Folk signs of autumn in October

October is a month of mud and rain, birds begin to flock to the south. These familiar signs of autumn can serve as a good or bad sign. For example, if the birds flew away before (it is celebrated), then the peasants knew that autumn would soon decline and give way to winter. If they were in no hurry to leave their native land, then the warm weather would last all autumn. The departure of the swans meant snow would fall in the near future, and shoals of geese stretching to the south - prolonged rains. Even mud on the roads was a kind of sign. For example, 4 weeks were counted from the first appearance of mud, and the date that fell was considered the beginning of winter.

Folk signs of autumn in November

This month is still considered the end of the autumn season. On the first day of November, it is customary to evaluate the tree crown. If there are leaves left there, then you should expect a crop failure, and next year will be hungry. November 9 is the holiday of the winter Matrona; if it turns out to be foggy, then the winter will be warm, and if on this day there is already frost on the trees and houses, then it will be fierce. Mid-November (November 14 to be precise) determined whether the oats would be harvested. The more frost that fell that day, the richer the sowing results were expected. But snow or rain on the day of Ivan the Merciful (November 25) reported that serious cold weather was still far away.

Believe it or not?

Russian folk signs are a whole layer of knowledge of the people, a sign of their powers of observation. They make us understand how dependent the peasant was on changing climatic conditions, but also how close he was at the same time to nature. And most importantly, signs based on any phenomena do not lose their relevance, so if the weather forecast causes persistent mistrust in you, remember them.

Signs and home protection How to protect your home from witchcraft First of all, you need to find out if there is evil spirits in your home. To do this, take blessed salt and place it for 15–20 minutes on a heated frying pan over low heat. If the apartment is “clean”, the salt will be yellowish in color, and if there are unclean ones, the salt will crackle and turn dark brown or black. In this way, they not only determine the presence of evil spirits, but also drive them out. Every apartment, every house starts from the threshold. It is through the threshold that joy comes to us, and through the threshold that grief and misfortune also look in. That’s why you can often see a horse’s shoe hanging over the threshold for good luck, or bunches of nettles and thistles, garlic and onions for evil spirits. The threshold fences us off from seven troubles, from someone else's evil eye. People believe that you cannot stand on the threshold and say goodbye to departing guests. They never give anything over the threshold. Food served through the threshold means illness, and if it is clothing, then the body will be plagued by dryness and aches. A talisman against the evil eye is a branch of rowan or a paw of spruce, attached above the front door. If there are frequent quarrels in the house, get a cactus, but do not forget that you will have to part with it soon! This plant collects negative energy, even harmful radiation from televisions and computers. But it stores them, accumulates them and soon becomes a very “prickly” harmful member of the family. And if your cactus has bloomed, this is a sign that the bad things in your family relationships have been exhausted and your relationship has a chance to acquire a new quality, like a beautiful flower. Never leave a knife stuck in bread! Such bread should not be eaten so as not to bring a quarrel on the family, up to the breaking of relations. When cleaning your apartment, never point towards the entrance - you will wash your dirty laundry in public. An aspen branch hung above the threshold of the front door will not allow energy vampires into your home. Even a dry and winter one, placed in the bedroom, will save you from nightmares. You can wash the floors only when everyone in your household is at home, otherwise you will “cover up” your traces. Do not place knives and forks with the edges facing up - you will incur anger. Never place bread bottom up. This is a very bad omen; a loved one may die untimely. If you drop a knife, fork or spoon from the table, knock the handle on the table three times (don’t say a word until you do this) - you will protect yourself from the uninvited guest. Do not throw cut hair, nails or lost teeth anywhere - a sorcerer can use them. You also shouldn’t throw them out the window or burn them – you might get sick. Do not distribute your photographs to just anyone - through them you can have any influence on you. Also, do not talk about the date and especially the time of your birth, or about any personal things. A watch that has been used for a long time also has a very strong connection with its owner, so it is not recommended to part with it, even if it is broken. This connection is so strong that the clock often stops after the death of the owner - it is useless to repair such a clock using conventional methods. Never leave unsawed rings, whole bracelets or tied knots on the dead - this causes ghosts. If you have to return home halfway, there will be no way. To somehow avoid this, say hello out loud to your own reflection in the mirror. Do not pick up small coins dropped by someone - they most often cause warts, diseases and damage. Do not touch lying crutches, sticks, canes, scarves, gloves or other lost items. Do not give or accept as gifts without a symbolic “payoff”: scarves and gloves (for separation), watches (for melancholy), sharp objects (for quarrels with consequences). If there are serious suspicions of induced damage: children get sick inexplicably, dishes break on their own and objects fall, food spoils prematurely, other inexplicable phenomena occur, bad dreams occur - do a thorough cleaning of the house. Inspect the door frames and window frames, the entrance rug for stuck needles, buttons and pins, inspect the carpets on the walls, check the fluff in the pillows - burn everything you find. Sprinkle your home with holy water. Evil spirits can also be expelled with the help of incense, fumigating the room with it. The towel on which you blessed the Easter cake during the Easter service helps a lot against damage if you wear it on yourself. On Christmas Day, from one in the morning to five in the morning, the sky “opens.” At this time, ask the Lord for healing and forgiveness of sins. If your sins are forgiven, then damage will not be terrible. Bless the poppy (preferably wild) on the Maccabee or on the Savior and shower your home with it. The witches will not pass. It is good to keep birch branches in the house, blessed for Trinity. They also help against evil spirits. The presence of cursed things in the apartment can be determined as follows: bring from church on Good Friday the unburnt candle that you held during the service, light it and walk with it through all the rooms, where the candle crackles - damage. On Maundy Thursday, a house or apartment can be fumigated with juniper, wild rosemary or heather. This will also protect and drive out the unclean from your home. Buckthorn branches, consecrated in the church on Trinity Sunday, hung over the doors and windows of your home, will also protect you and your home from evil spirits. On Epiphany, January 19, bless the water in the church and sprinkle it on your yard and apartment or house. By doing this you will also protect yourself from evil spirits. You can knead the batter using blessed Epiphany water and use it to draw crosses above the front door (outside and inside the apartment). This will also protect you and your home from the tricks of evil, unkind people. On the Annunciation, bless the salt, burn it for about fifteen minutes in a frying pan on a white cloth, then use this salt for food for both people and animals (a pinch at a time). It’s good if you always have blessed salt in your salt shaker. Crosses drawn (accumulated) outside and inside with a candle from the church that you held in your hands on Maundy Thursday will protect you and your home well from the unclean. Chalk protects against evil spirits. It’s not for nothing that in the old days the walls were whitewashed with chalk, which created a certain protective background. Try it, the unclean don't like chalk. And wallpapering homes creates a favorable environment for them. Cats and dogs sense the unclean well. The dog's hair rises on the back of its neck and it begins to bark at the place where the unclean ones are. And cats sometimes even leave the house. When leaving home, protect yourself. Read the prayer three times: “The cross is above me, the cross is below me, the cross is on the sides, the cross is in front and behind.” Do not step over dead snakes, frogs, or grass snakes lying in your path. Go around them. Otherwise you will get sick. Do not hang laundry out to dry overnight. They can damage him. It may even be that some of the laundry disappears and then reappears. Burn the item that appears. Purchased products (especially at the market) should be sprinkled with blessed water or the Lord’s Prayer should be read over them and crossed with a knife. Visiting the belfry during church holidays is good for driving out the unclean. You can listen to services on a tape recorder, recorded on a cassette, while reading the prayers yourself. Do not give your photographs to anyone, this will save you from many troubles. Carry three aspen sticks under the insoles of your shoes. They will protect you if you accidentally step on damage. Matches are suitable for this purpose. Remove sulfur from them, sprinkle with blessed water and place under the insoles. This is how monks consecrate their home. Place four candles in four glasses filled with grain, with which they stood overnight in the church on Easter. You should arrange the glasses with candles like this: place one glass at the front door on a chair, place a second glass opposite the front door against the wall, a third on the balcony by the window, and a fourth opposite it in the bedroom by the window to form a cross. Light candles. Place a cross with the candle that you stood with all night on Easter outside and inside and on the windows. Then wrap a piece of cotton wool around three matches and circle the crosses that were made with a candle with church oil. Sprinkle the apartment with Epiphany water while reciting the “Our Father” prayer. Then walk around the home three times, starting from the front door, with a burning candle, reading the “Our Father” prayer. If there is incense, fumigate the rooms with burning incense; if not, fumigate with dry wormwood. The matches that were used to smear the crosses must be burned and buried where people do not walk! If you do not have the opportunity to invite a priest to consecrate the home, do this: sprinkle the inside of the home with baptismal water, as written above, and perform the entire ritual. If fate has ceased to favor you and it seems to you that evil spirits or your enemies are to blame, perform the following ritual. Hang three peeled small onions in different places in your home: in the kitchen, in the bedroom, in the living room. It must be hung in a special way. Pierce each bulb with a thick needle and red thread and tie the thread in a loop around the bulb. The bulbs should hang for 7 nights. Then they are removed and placed each on a sheet of clean paper, heavily salted and burned over a bright fire. The evil spell will be broken. If at night devils, demons and half-demons mock you, witches and sorcerers visit you, then, firstly, invite a priest to bless your house, secondly, buy new knives (15–20 cm long) and in each window on the right, in Place the knife on the top of the frame so that the blade is perpendicular to the frame and seems to divide the window in half. On the front door, place two knives perpendicular to the opening so that the blades divide the doorway into four parts. Knives must remain standing at all times. Also put a knife in each vent if you live in a high-rise building. In your home, you need to place the knife with the blade facing up on the pipe so that it divides the pipe diagonally. You can use needles instead of knives, but they can only detain witches and sorcerers, and demons pass through such protection. On the front door, you can use scissors instead of knives, which are moved apart and placed in the upper right corner perpendicular to the door opening on the side where the door opens, so that the open blades of the scissors divide the door diagonally. If you have protection on your windows, and the unclean are trying to get to you, you will hear a blow on the glass, as if a piece of jellied meat was thrown at the window. A broom is an invariable attribute in every home. Try not to step over or step on it, as you may experience cramps. However, a broom is also protection from the unclean. To prevent evil spirits from entering your home, place it near the front door with the handle down. Then witches and sorcerers will go around your house on the tenth road. It happens that they give you flowers that have been in the cemetery all night. If you bring such a gift home, you will suffocate, lose consciousness, feel a headache and weakness. If this happens, pour gasoline on the flowers, first take them out of the house, burn them, drink blessed water and read the “Our Father.” Unopened water, collected before sunrise on Thursday, improves health and protects against spoilage (drink it). You should not sleep with the windows open from 12 to 3 am. At this time, the unclean are aggressive. Or drive four needles into the vents in the corners and pull the thread crosswise. When going to bed, cross yourself, pillows and bed three times and read the prayer “Alive in Help.” It happens that when you meet, they pat you on the shoulder, shake your hand, your energy begins to flow out, and the person doing this immediately blossoms. Sometimes diseases are transmitted this way. If there is a puddle of water near your threshold (usually soapy, the water in which the deceased was washed is added to it), do not step over or step into it. Otherwise you will get damaged. Take a rag, soak up this water, trying not to handle it with your hands, but with the help of some kind of stick. Take this rag outside, pour gasoline or kerosene on it and burn it with prayer, making sure that the smoke does not come towards you. If the door handle is smeared with something (they use soap that was used to wash the deceased), then take the paper, light it and burn the handle crosswise with fire. Then wipe the pen with clean paper, which you burn or bury. If in front of the threshold of your house or apartment you find coins, salt, earth, millet, seed husks, etc., walk around it clockwise, cross the pile three times, collect it, for example, on a newspaper (not with your hand), take it away from the house and light it while reading “Our Father”, then say: “Where it came from, go there; whoever created it, take it.” If, for example, close neighbors gave this to you, their face will be red, as if burned. If there is a nail or needle sticking out of your door, wrap it in a rag and take it outside the house, burn it and bury it. If they give you gifts, don't take them in your hands, let them put them somewhere. When the guests leave, you sprinkle blessed water on each gift. If you hear the smell of burning wool after this, it means that they tried to drive the demons inside. You can protect yourself well from damage in the following way: on Thursday morning, standing, read the Lord’s Prayer, imagining in your mind that a wall of fire is rising around you clockwise to the very sky. The entrance mat in front of the door serves as an ideal means of causing damage. They can pour water on it, in which they washed the deceased, they can pour earth from the grave, etc. All family members will pass through such a rug and everyone will receive their portion of damage. Therefore, it is better not to place rugs at the entrance doors. The weeping grass (merlin) collected before sunrise on Ivan Kupala is feared by witches and sorcerers. Sprinkle it in front of the threshold of your home. If a person lives in his own home In addition to the methods of protection that I suggested above, you can do the following in your home. On four pieces of paper you need to write the prayer “Alive in Help.” Take four bottles with a stopper and put a prayer in each bottle. Then count how many steps across the width of your estate (from one neighbor’s fence to another’s fence), divide it in half and bury a prayer bottle on the side of your yard. Do the same from the side of the garden: count how many steps along the width of your garden (from one neighbor to another), and divide in half - in this place also bury a bottle with the prayer “Alive in Help.” Then divide the length of your estate in half on one side and on the other to form a cross. In the garden, in the place where you buried the bottle with prayer, drive a peg on top (so that the bottle remains in place if you dig up the garden in the fall). Bless the estate with Epiphany water and sprinkle it with holy poppy seeds. Now, even if they throw some nasty thing they say into your yard, there will be no harm to you. It is advisable to set everything that is thrown on fire. You only need to take it with a dustpan and a broom, do not touch anything with your hands. Everything that remains after burning must be buried in the ground where people do not walk. When a house is damaged, it begins to creak and crack. To remove damage in the four corners of the house near the foundation, dig small holes 20–25 cm deep and place blessed salt and weed grass in them, and draw crosses on the four walls with a candle taken from the church on Good Friday. To ensure you have a good harvest, before sunrise, place two knives in the garden diagonally so that the blades are directed towards each other, and the knives themselves are in the ground up to the handle. No evil eyes can damage your garden. You can fence the garden with aspen pegs, driving them into the ground clockwise. If you see an unfamiliar mark in the garden, drive a nail into it. What to do if a brownie appears in your home? A brownie lives in every house and in every apartment. They believe that the brownie is the devil's cousin. And yet it cannot be expelled, since it is an attribute of our everyday life, even to some extent the protector of the home. At the same time, brownies and devils, as a rule, do not get along in the same apartment. If things begin to move around your apartment randomly or dishes break in the cupboards, and sometimes at night you hear some noise, it means that the brownie is at war with evil spirits. And here you can help him, thereby making life easier for yourself: Do not leave salt, pepper, garlic, onions and knives on the table or windowsills overnight. Hide them away in closets. The brownie can't stand them. To appease him, on the night of February 10, leave a glass of wine, a slice of bread, a piece of lard and something sweet on the table. If the brownie accepts your treat, then the next morning you will notice traces of his feast, and you will feel how the atmosphere in the house will change. It happens that a brownie crushes a person on the bed. You can directly feel his presence. To prevent it from bothering you, put thyme in your pillow. The prayer “Our Father” can also help, during the reading of which you need to baptize not only yourself, but also the brownie. Sometimes during a visit the brownie tries to tell you something. Try to ask him the question: “For worse or for better?” You will hear in response: “Hu...”, which means he is warning you of some kind of misfortune. If he is silent, then everything will be fine. Among the brownies there are also evil ones who do more harm than good. It's best to get rid of them. To do this, invite a priest to consecrate your home three times.