All superstitions and omens are rooted in the deep past. Most of them are the same among many peoples of the world, for example, the sign of spilled salt. Most people get upset about this, believing that it threatens a quarrel with loved ones.
To understand the reasons for the fear, you need to take a short excursion into history. In ancient times, salt cost a lot of money, and it was extremely difficult to get it. They treated salt very carefully and tried not to waste the product in vain, and wealthy people always tried to keep salt in stock, because it has no expiration date and taste does not change over time. With the help of salt, people canned vegetables, fish and meat, thereby extending the shelf life of the food.
The Slavs had such a tradition, to meet guests with a loaf and salt, with the help of this custom people checked the intentions of the guest who came to the house: if a person dipped bread in salt and ate it, then a person has no bad thoughts, if he accidentally or defiantly spilled grains of salt, it meant bad intentions. The Slavs called salt white gold and treated it extremely respectfully, considering it to be the same strategic product as bread.
A person who spilled salt was in for a severe punishment, he could be severely scolded or even beaten. If salt was spilled on purpose, then it was tantamount to a challenge to a duel.
What did you do in ancient times if the salt woke up by accident? Naturally, this event was remembered for a long time, reproached, expressed dissatisfaction in every possible way, scolded, in simple words a conflict arose, it was from there that the superstition about spilled salt began.
How to save yourself from a scandal if you accidentally spilled salt?
1. You need to take a small pinch of salt and, laughing, throw it over your left shoulder. Our ancient ancestors were sure that an evil entity sits on the left shoulder, which loves to dirty and quarrel people very much. Throwing salt over the left shoulder, they seemed to fall asleep in the eyes of the entity, and it could no longer harm family relations. Laughter during manipulation suggests that you are not afraid of any intrigues and intrigues.
2. Some have come up with a kind of antidote to salt spills. On top of a pile of sprinkled product, spread cubes of refined sugar or sprinkle with granulated sugar and leave it for about a day, after which they put everything in a garbage bucket.
3. If suddenly the salt woke up by accident, then you need to draw a cross on the salty surface with the little finger of your right hand, and then no signs and superstitions will come true.
