So long awaited event has occurred. The couple found out that soon they will have a baby. Awareness of what happened most often among future parents is followed by a desire to find out the gender of the baby. And if dad in this regard is quite capable of restraining his curiosity, then the expectant mother thinks about it very often. Questions about this are asked not only by close relatives, but also friends, work colleagues. A woman begins to listen to the observations and judgments of others, based on popular beliefs and fortune-telling.
Such methods for determining the sex of the unborn child existed many centuries ago and are stored in the people's memory to this day. Medicine then was not yet able to answer this question. Now, fortunately, the expectant mother does not need to go to the bathhouse to meet the brownies and ask him to give her a hand, hoping that she will be furry (which meant the birth of a little assistant) or naked (which meant the birth of a successor to the clan).
At present, fortune telling on the floor of an unborn child can be perceived as an old folk rite, familiarity with the traditions of the people, fun, but not as a reliable source.
The most popular divination on the floor of a child is divination with a ring or a needle.
1. It is better to take a wedding ring. Pour into a glass of water and lower the ring there.
Then the ring must be pulled out and hung on a thread, lowered slowly into the hands of the one to whom they are guessing. Wait for the girl, if the ring goes in a circle, if it moves according to the principle of the pendulum, there will be a boy.
If for some reason there is no ring, you can use the needle according to this principle, only before you hang it on a thread, you should pierce a piece of woolen fabric with it.
2. The next divination on the floor of the child is more likely available to a resident of the countryside. It is necessary to take grains of wheat and barley. A pregnant woman should moisten them with her urine. A boy will be born if the first barley grains rise.
3. Sometimes it is possible to conduct fortune-telling on the floor of the child while eating. It happens that the expectant mother chokes. At this point, you should ask her to name any number. Count what letter in the alphabet it means. Now it remains to ask the woman to name her name on this letter. The feminine name given means that one should expect a daughter.
As for food, there is such an observation: if a pregnant woman prefers humpbacks from bread rather than the middle, be a boy.
4. You can try to verify the correctness of the third method with a piece of bread. The pregnant woman should go outside and put him in the yard in a conspicuous place. If the bread was eaten by a dog, a boy will be born, and if he went to a bird, a girl will be born.
5. There was a fortune-telling on the floor of the child with the help of candles, candlesticks and a vest. This method of fortune-telling was suitable for a woman if she already had one child.
The baby's undershirt should be put on the table, placed next to it in the candlesticks are three candles. When lighting candles, the following words should be said:
first candle - "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit!";
second candle - "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Boy!";
the third candle is “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Girl!”.
The first candle that goes out indicates the gender of the baby. If the first candle goes out first, this woman will not have children.
6. An interesting rite of fortune telling with stones. Names should be written on stones with ink. Throw stones into the water. After a while, the inscriptions will begin to wash off. The stone on which the name inscription is best preserved will indicate the gender of the unborn child. In this way, you can find out the number of future children.
And finally, let's try to introduce you to the collective image of expectant mothers.
Boy’s mother: sloppy on the road, and then stumbles; her legs swell; most often is in a good mood; likes to eat bread slabs; the skin of her hands is dry and cracked; does not suffer from a lack of appetite, she is almost not sick; her stomach is sharp; complains of back pain.
Girl's mother: has a graceful gait; her legs do not know edema; her mood is moody; hands are soft and beautiful; moderate appetite; she is often sick; the face is sometimes covered with acne; sleeps preferably on the right side; the abdomen is round; sometimes there is abdominal pain.
Now you have all the knowledge to check some fortune-telling when the baby is born. You yourself will be able to answer the question: ancient fortune-telling on the sex of the child - a rite or a way to find out the truth?