SUPERSTITION FROM THE BALKANS (Bosnia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo...)

After the sun has set, it is not good to bring water for the child's itching. Nor should you throw water in the evening; rather, you leave it until morning and then throw it on the flowers.

If you bite your tongue, someone is speaking ill of you. You must bite the collar of your shirt - then that person will bite as well.

If you circle someone three times, it is not good; luck will circle them. When they realize this, they will ask you to un-circle them.

If you trip with your right foot - you will meet a smart person; if with your left foot, with fools.

If your fingers crack, it is said that you have many nice people.

If someone takes food from your mouth, it is said that the dead are asking for food, or you are escaping from some bad danger.

If your food falls from your mouth, it is said that someone close is hungry. To satisfy them, you must eat a small piece of it.

"Notable" People

People with a hunchback are bad people; they have no beard, but it is said they have no power over women either.

A man with red hair is a bad, deceitful person.

Left-handed people are lucky people.

People with six fingers have premonitions about everything.

A man with a whirl and wheels in his hair will have two wives.

People with a gap between their teeth are liars. Others say they are lovers.

People with a broad forehead are smart.

People with bulging eyes are bad luck; it is not good to meet them.

It is not good to look through a sieve in the evening; you will get spots on your face.

If you pass over or jump over someone, especially a small child, it is said that they will not grow anymore.

When two people say or think the same thing at the same time, it is said that they wish each other well, and the devil bursts with anger that they are on the same thought. It is also said: thought to thought with joy.

If you prick your finger with a needle while sewing, someone is thinking badly of you.

When your right ear itches, it's a good sign; the left one - a bad sign.

If your nose itches, you will have a great annoyance.

If your left palm itches, you will spend money, and if the right itches, you will receive money. For others, it’s the opposite.

If your left eye twitches, you have a grievance, and if the right twitches - joy. It's not good to say when your eye twitches or your ear rings, as both eyes see many things and don’t tell you, and ears hear many things.

When your temple beats, you will gain something interesting; the right temple - you will gain a cocoon, the left temple - joy.

When your hands and feet go numb - it’s a sign that it will rain.

To not lose your luck, it's not good to give away salt from your home, and when your cow calves, don't give anything because you'll give away your milk as well. Nothing should be given on fasting days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday).

If you eat from your lap - you eat your luck away. Before going to a party, eat at the threshold, so that spells don't attach to you.

Small children shouldn't look in the mirror until they start to talk, so they don't remain mute.

When the walls crack, the windows, the corner of the house, it's a bad sign, of death.

If the lamp breaks by itself, those people will part.

If a girl breaks a mirror, she won't get married for seven years.

When an icon falls from the wall and breaks, it's a bad sign, someone from the house will die.

If you find an old horseshoe, keep it in the attic, behind the main beam, it brings good luck to the house.

The rope from a hanged man is good for spells.

When a cat comes to your house, it brings good luck.

To have luck when buying or selling, before you reach the market, throw money to one or two children you meet.

If you get new clothes made and they fit well, even if someone else sews them for you, it means you are a lucky person; for those who can only manage to get them right with difficulty, even on the second or third attempt, it is said they are unlucky, without luck.

Dreams from Monday evening, Thursday, and Saturday night come true, while those from Sunday morning do not. Some use printed books for dream interpretations. It is believed that dreams are sent by a good angel or evil spirits.

If you dream of:

- clear water - great care;
- dirty water - illness;
- when you fall into muddy water - illness;
- fire - disgust, quarrel, worry, but also good weather;
- a small child - danger;
- going to a wedding - quarrel;
- going to a funeral - sadness, the weather will change;
- losing a tooth and it hurts - someone in the family will die;
- someone dying - the weather will change;
- that you will get sick - the weather will change, you will be happy;
- receiving guests - news;
- someone's house collapsing - death in that house;
- if a bull or a pig chases you - illness;
- receiving news - you will have guests;
- airplane, cat - you will receive news;
- gypsies - luck;
- if you put on a tear - big quarrel;
- if you are at church - loss, damage;
- you play, dance, laugh - sorrow;
- you fly - you grow;
- if you get dirty with something - shame;
- if a hairy woman dreams of a bell, ring - she will give birth to a boy;
- if she dreams of a handkerchief and a wedding ring - she will give birth to a girl;
- wolves - you have to deal with the law;
- crossing the bridge - you win in law, achieve something;
- if you go uphill - you advance in something, health;
- when you go down - loss;
- priest - fasting, abstinence;
- dressed in white - joy, success;
- your hair grows - great joy;
- if you cut your hair - sorrow;
- a widower, widow - loneliness, danger.