These signs, associated with pregnancy and childbirth, will protect mother and child from bad

Signs related to pregnancy

1. 
   Do not talk about pregnancy in the first months and voice the baby's term of birth. This will save him from the evil eye, and the future mother from envy. The less people know about it, the better.


2. 
   A pregnant woman can not choose in advance and buy an unborn child clothes. He can die without being born.


3. 
   Women are forbidden to be present at funerals. If one of the close relatives died, the pregnant woman should leave the house before the dead body is taken out.


4. 
   If possible, the future mother should avoid all that is ugly, terrible and carrying a destructive energy. Bad vibrations can adversely affect the development of the fetus and the birth of the child.


5. 
   It is impossible during the pregnancy to offend animals, to swear, to be angry. According to old beliefs, it can call on the child trouble, and he is born with some kind of vice.

Signs related to the birth

1. 
   The happiest sign from time immemorialthe birth of a child "in a shirt" is considered. The fruit shell foreshadows the blessed life and good luck in everything. If the child was born without a "shirt", knowing people advise for happiness to wrap the newborn in his father's shirt and put his mother on his stomach.


2. 
   The moon has influence on the well-being of the child. Babies born on the new moon (and also on the first of any month) will live very long. And the children, who were born in the full moon, will have health and luck all their life.


3. 
   The prosperity and well-fed life of a newborn can"Arrange" the parents, if after birth (or at an extract from the hospital) they wrap it in natural fur. Sufficient to provide the child and godparents are capable. According to a long-held message to carry him to the church for baptism they must be in a casing or a fur coat.


4. 
   Children who are born with legs, ancientbeliefs prophesy the gift of healing. At their feet is a special energy that can cure diseases and injuries. Moreover, it is believed that the mother of such a baby has healing possibilities.


5. 
   One of the most categoricalprohibition to show the kid to strangers before 40 days of his life. Until that time, the child does not have his own protection and even innocent looks and words can harm him. When a child turns 6 weeks old, parents can arrange a holiday. The house is called close relatives and accepts them with treats, songs and merriment. Such a ritual is intended to demonstrate to the spirits the great joy of being born in a child's family, and thereby to provide him with happiness for life.

Signs related to bathing

1. 
   Before the first home bath, milk is poured into the prepared warm water (so that the mother has plenty of milk) or put a silver object (except the cross).


2. 
   Water after the first font has a special power and withshe is treated with extreme caution. It is forbidden to wash hands or wash it. Also, you can not pour it out of the house on the day of bathing. It is believed that this way you can "merge" the happiness of the child. Water should stay overnight in the house, and only in the morning it is poured into the yard or sewage system.


3. 
   After the first bath, the child is wrapped in his father's trousers, wrapped in a green blanket and put to sleep. This is how the baby acquires his father's strength, steadfastness and protection.


4. 
   Then the child is bathed (washed) every time beforesleep, washing away the evil eye and negative energy. It is considered impermissible to bathe the crumbs on Friday, Sunday and the day of the week when he was born.


5. 
   That the girl became a beauty, into the cookedA honey, lovage, cherry twigs or chamomile are added to the tub. For the strength and masculinity of the boy in the water put oak twigs, roots of elecampane, periwinkle or marigolds.

General signs related to children

1. 
   At birth (baptism), the child must be givendouble name. One of them should be known only to the people closest to the child. It will protect the baby from witchcraft and evil forces throughout life.


2. 
   You can not call a child a name that alreadyis called one of the parents. There is an opinion that the guardian angel can be confused in this way, and the child will remain without his protection. You can call a baby the name of a deceased relative, but this person should have a happy fate and good reputation.


3. 
   Since the days of Ancient Rus, children have been provided withprotection and power with the help of parental things. The boys were protected by the mother's skirt (dress), and the girl by the coat (coat) of her father. The children were wrapped up in clothes, which served the children as a reliable guardian.

4. 
   Wards from evil spirits and evil eye set inthe cradle of the baby. In bed put a pinch of salt, garlic chives, a cross or a silver coin. Also, so that the evil spirit does not damage the child, it is forbidden to hang his washed clothes for the night in the yard.


5. 
   With the first teeth of the baby is also associated a lotbeliefs. To the period of teething has passed painlessly, the child wears amulets in the form of coral beads or strips of red silk. On the first teeth, crumbs in the old days were predicted by his character. If a coin was poking through the gap between the upper teeth, it means that the child's temper will be easy, and the baby will become successful in all his endeavors.


6. 
   Easier to wean the baby from the mother's breastwill help ritual, according to which the mother before the first lure should "give away" a little of his milk to fire or water. Well, if the first excommunication takes place on Good Friday. This day is considered the most favorable, unlike any other Friday and the days of the holy martyrs.