What you can not do in a leap year: signs and superstitions

Once every four years, the calendar gets one day more, which falls on February. This year is called a leap year. And it involves a lot of signs and superstitions.

Data

According to many observations, leap years account for the majority of natural disasters, man-made accidents and catastrophes, which are accompanied by the death of a huge number of people and material losses. Here are just some facts and signs about the leap year:

• In 1896 - the most powerful tsunami in Japan. Killed 27,000 people.
• The fall of the meteorite in the area of the Tunguska River occurred in 1908.
• 1912 was marked by the crash of the Titanic.
• In 1976, as a result of the devastating earthquake in China, 750,000 people were killed.
• The largest earthquakes in Spitak and Leninakan in 1988 killed 23,000 people.
• In 1996, as a result of the collision of the Kazakhstani Il-76 with the Boeing, more than 300 people were killed.
• In 2000, several major tragedies occurred in Russia - the nuclear submarine Kursk was left on the bottom along with the crew, a fire broke out in Ostankino and an explosion in the underground passage.

Of course, in ordinary years there were floods, fires, disasters in the air and on the railway, bloody wars began, people died. But it is precisely the offensive of a leap year that people always wait with caution.

Prohibitions

What can not be done in a leap year? Signs, noticed by the people, say that there are many such prohibitions. You can not arrange weddings: it is believed that the newlyweds will be unhappy and their marriage will disintegrate due to the betrayal or death of one of them. It is forbidden and divorced.

Women in the situation can not do a haircut because of the threat of miscarriage or the birth of an unhealthy child.

A very common sign is connected with construction and repair. In this year it is impossible to plan and build a bathhouse, to reorganize the house: whiten, paint, glue wallpapers, etc.

What can not be done in a leap year? Signs related to business are about discoveries, changes and investments. You can not start a new business or engage in large-scale financing. Such a thing will not bring success, but is fraught with large losses. Do not change the place of work - there will be a quick dismissal. You can not change an apartment.

It is undesirable to give birth in a leap year. And if this is inevitable, then the newborn should be baptized as soon as possible, and take the nearest relatives to the godparents.

A black cat on the road - unfortunately, a woman with an empty bucket - to trouble, howling dogs - to illness, a bird to the window - to death. And even in an age of high speeds and rapid scientific and technological progress in every society, in every culture there are superstitions and omens.

Leap Year: folk signs

To believe or not to believe in the signs noticed by the people once in four years is a personal matter for everyone, but nobody will know about them.

In a leap year, the birth rate is lowered and the death rate is increased.

Any excavation brings misfortune. But you should not abandon them. Work with the land follows with the old sayings that our ancestors used.

In a leap year, Kasyan should have been appeased, so that the year would not be too heavy. For this, it was necessary to give away the goose or other poultry for nothing.

With hints you should leave the house, stepping over the threshold. And after hearing the howling of dogs, say: "Go howling, but not to my house."

Before collecting medicinal herbs, you must spit three times in your arms.

At the first thunder, happened in a leap year, cross himself.

Canned banks with blanks for the winter should be sterilized in water with the addition of consecrated water recruited in Epiphany. This will prevent them from spoiling. Here are such popular signs are known.

What can not be done in a leap year? Most of the prohibitions we have already listed. Here are the others:

1. You can not get rid of kittens.
2. You can not sell pets.
3. You can not buy clothes for death, especially for the elderly.
4. You can not collect mushrooms.
5. You can not quarrel, as this will lead to illness.

Birthday party on February 29

What can not be done in a leap year? Signs associated with the magic of numbers, it is useful to know people born on February 29 and celebrating this year the age in which there is a nine. You can not celebrate such a celebration. It is advisable to postpone the holiday for the next year, and on this day disconnect the phones and leave the city.

February 29 should be abandoned important cases related to travel, finances and other - they will fail.

Leap year. Value

We have already considered the signs and superstitions. Now let's talk about the meaning. A year, designated by a number that is divided without a remainder by 4, is a leap year. The meaning of this concept in translation from Latin - "second sixth". This year there is an extra day. February 29 was nicknamed by the people Kasyanov day. It should be noted that by the number of leap years Russia has outstripped all.

The thing is that the Russians until 1918 lived according to the Julian calendar, which differs from the Gregorian calendar. On it, Europe and America moved in 1582. In the Gregorian calendar are not leap years, ending at 00 and not multiples of 400. Extra leap years in Russia were 1700, 1800 and 1900th.

Conclusion

What can not be done in a leap year? Signs and superstitions, gathered by the people for more than a millennium, indicate that in this difficult and dangerous year many customary things fall under the ban. Breaking them, you can expose yourself to misfortunes, illnesses and even death. Many predict the inevitability of the crisis in the coming year.

From such a number of terrible assumptions can save their own intuition, which should be trusted more often than popular superstition.