Finding a nail, button or someone else's handkerchief is not good. And a pin lying on the road with its point towards you indicates that there are intrigues against you. But a coin with the heads up portends happiness, and a girl who loses a hairpin from her hair will soon lose her admirer.

If a Russian person is going to visit, he always prepared a gift. When choosing a gift, it was taken into account that giving silver means tears, and gold means tears. successful outcome business, but iron means trouble. Piercing and cutting objects as a gift could lead to a quarrel. To avoid a quarrel, if you still have to give such a gift, you need to prick the person to whom you give it in the hand or take a copper coin in return. Wallets, bags, caskets and anything that can be filled with something should not be given empty, otherwise life will be empty.

Rings other than wedding rings mean separation, pearls mean tears. Flowers are always given in odd numbers, and if one of the donated flowers breaks, then the one who belongs to it will face illness or death; You can’t give flowers in pots - they won’t grow; Stolen flowers last the longest. Giving a handkerchief means tears, gloves can be given to a woman either by her husband or a close relative, and to take them from an unfamiliar man means to be captured by him. Giving candles or candlesticks to the deceased.

If you choked while visiting, then in a year you will be in this house again; a visit to the same place also promises clothes pinched in the doorway of someone else’s house. Spilling a glass at a party means you'll soon be at a party.

Many signs are associated with trade. The first buyer should not be missed; there will be no trade; Products that fall off the shelf will be sold first; but if you accidentally cheat someone, you will lose three times as much money.

The signs associated with the exam are so studied by modern students that it is difficult to find one that would be unknown in our days. There are also a number of signs for players visiting casinos and gambling houses. They all came to us from the past. It is useful to remember that when playing, regardless of the chosen player's methods of attracting good luck, the tenth honor of winning should always be given to the poor; otherwise, luck will turn away from the player.

Finally, we come to one of the main sections in which we will talk about the person himself, his fate, life and death, or rather about the signs associated with all this.

In order to determine whether a seriously ill person will live, you need to put celandine on his head. If the patient aches - to death, if he cries - to recovery. For the same purpose, nettle was placed in the patient’s urine. If it turns black, the person will die. There were many more ways to determine the fate of the patient and get rid of diseases. All these signs are not unnecessary superstitions, but are based on knowledge traditional medicine and properties of various plants. This once again confirms the practical wisdom embedded in the people’s signs and beliefs. They say how to remove warts, soothe toothache, stop hiccups, stop bleeding, cure ringworm and much more. folk signs. You can also glean many physiological patterns from them, i.e. dependence of human character on certain facial features. For example, drooping eyebrows indicate that a person has an evil character, the owner of thin lips is considered by the people to be cunning and crafty, while the owner of thick lips is considered sensual.

Particular attention should be paid to the so-called witches. Almost every village had its own witches. Of course, many people exaggerate about them, but it is a fact that female people with certain characteristics and abilities existed and still exist. Perhaps they do not fly to Sabbaths on a broom or shovel, but they can cast spells, know conspiracies and successfully cast spells or “heal” people. Among the people, witches even have a classification: they are divided into natural, involuntary, and “educational”. Training witches are girls who sold their souls to the devil, i.e. those who received their power from someone voluntarily, not freely - they received this power from some dying old woman with special qualities, while natural ones are those who were born with these abilities. And the fact that witches have certain traits, such as evil eyes and long thick or red hair, a quarrelsome character, etc., may have something to do with human bioenergy. It is known that hair is a conductor of cosmic energy. I believe that this is not a prejudice. After all, it is the woman with her thick long hair Since ancient times, she was considered the bearer of something mysterious, unearthly, wise and enigmatic, something to which the path to a strong and powerful man was closed. There may also be evil eyes, which only 4% of the earth's population have magic symbol, associated with the characteristics of the human biofield. If you talk about this topic, you can go deeper into the jungle of bioenergy and thereby move away from our topic. But the fact is that witches, to whom many superstitions and fears, legends and fictions are devoted, exist in reality and do their dirty deeds. Such women can be called whatever you like, but the fact that they have a special bioenergy of strength remains a fact.

A special place in folk superstitions, as well as in the life of a Russian person in general, has always been occupied by the family, and this means love, wedding, married life and children.

In order for grooms to get married, according to popular belief, you need to wash the toes of the shoes of the first one to be wooed with water, then wash your hands with this water and even wash your face for the bride, saying: “A hundred suitors will follow your trail to me.”

In order to test the girl’s purity, yellow lily stamens were discreetly placed in the food. If she is not a virgin, she will fall into a daze. But the well-known sign about sitting at a table on the corner says not only that you will sit as a girl for seven years, but also that the groom will be with the corner, i.e. with a house or apartment, and also about the fact that love for seven years is not reciprocated. And the sign about over-salted food came from a love spell on salt: just as people love salt in food, so (name) would love me, said the woman who added salt to the food prepared for her beloved. Many girls in our time tell fortunes using chamomile, saying: “he loves, he doesn’t love, he will spit, he will kiss, he will press it to his heart, he will send him to hell, he will call him his own, he will wipe it into powder - whichever word the last petal remains on will come true.” Very diverse and numerous signs are associated with a wedding, because... A wedding is the most solemn and important holiday that determines a person’s destiny.

For example, a marriage concluded during haymaking was considered unhappy, so weddings were not held in Rus' at that time.

If during the wedding the bride drops her handkerchief and the groom picks it up, he will not live long. To protect the newlyweds from the evil eye, salt is thrown at their feet. Whoever steps on the mat first at the wedding will be the head of the family. If a church crown is placed on the bride’s head, the marriage will be strong; if it is held suspended above the head, for fear of denting the veil or hairstyle, the marriage may be unsuccessful. Well, how can you not believe in folk signs after this? After all, on the day of my wedding in church, a too heavy crown was held over my head and my marriage turned out to be unhappy and short-lived. I lived with my husband for five years and he found another lover; As a result, my three-year-old daughter and I were left alone. But I only recently learned about this sign. Of course, this could be a simple coincidence, but after such coincidences you still trust more in the wisdom accumulated over centuries among the Russian people.

A good omen affects a person on a subconscious level. She puts him in a positive mood, instills confidence and brushes aside doubts. Believing in omens is possible and even necessary in order to accomplish any task without interference. IN folk beliefs present great amount signs associated with animals, objects and plants.

Each person is superstitious in his own way and trusts certain signs. Some of them predict problems for him, while others predict good luck. Knowledge of such signs guarantees a person not only a happy life, but also complete safety from evil. In fact, there are many folk signs and only some of them are considered especially true and effective.

Not every sign has its own logical explanation, but nevertheless, people continue to believe in them. WITH psychological point vision this feature can be very easily understood - this is setting your consciousness in a positive way, which means programming yourself in absentia for the good.

Some lucky signs that have great power and attract good luck:

• See a rainbow in February - Undoubtedly, this is a rather rare phenomenon, but nevertheless, it is considered “happy” for any person. Such a sign is very difficult to imagine and generally imagine, but apparently it really exists. If, for various reasons, you nevertheless witnessed a rainbow in cool February, be sure that something in your life will change for the better
• Step in manure - This is a very Russian “lucky” omen only because manure itself can not be found everywhere, but only where there are livestock. The power of this sign lies precisely in chance and, so to speak, the effect of surprise. It is also worth noting that signs of good luck are specific in terms of the foot stepping into the manure. If your right leg is injured, this means great luck and even wealth.
• Find a four-leaf clover - This sign is very complex, but true! In truth, finding a four-leaf clover is not that easy. It takes a lot of effort. If you are lucky, feel free to make your deepest wish and instantly eat the plucked four-leaf clover. This is a prerequisite for attracting good luck and luck only to you
• Find a snake skin - It doesn’t matter where you find it, what matters is how much luck this sign will bring you. It is often said that finding a skin is comparable to the fact that “a person is born with a shirt on” (that is, without trying, he avoids many problems). The found skin cannot be ignored; it should be buried under the porch or, at a minimum, placed under the threshold carpet. This way you can attract good luck to your home regularly.
• Get a lucky ticket -“lucky” is the ticket that has its own serial number. If you add the first and last digits of this number, you get the same number. For example, the serial number of the ticket is 459729. This means you need to add: 4+5+9 = 18 = 1+8 = 9 (adding the first three digits) and 7+2+9 = 18 = 1+8 = 9 (adding the last three numbers). Such a ticket should be put in your pocket or purse and carried with you, or simply eaten
• The bird flew into the house - this is a happy omen, which seems to hint to you that at any moment good luck and fortune can burst into your home and your family. Some people associate this sign with bad sign, but such prejudices apply only to a certain type of bird - swallows
• Get caught in the rain - on the way to an important meeting, on a walk or in any other situation. This sign foretells you good luck and luck in any business, and also hints at favorable relationships with other people if you suddenly find yourself in a quarrel

Other favorable signs include:

• Ladybug sitting on your shoulder
• Meet a spider
• Find the rusty key
• Find five kopecks that were lying on the road with the emblem facing up (but not at the intersection)
• If a yard kitten unexpectedly comes to you
• Find a horseshoe

what signs bring happiness, true folk signs “for good luck”

What signs attract love and happiness?

Often a person expects love so much that he begins to trust signs that can hint to him that happiness is close. Knowing such signs will allow you not to despair in the most difficult moments life and will inspire you. Love always comes unexpectedly, so it is impossible to predict its exact occurrence. However, some signs of fate can tell you imminent attack"light stripe"

Some signs that can attract not only happiness, but also love:

• get a bruised elbow- if it happened completely unexpectedly and unexpectedly, then this sure sign what someone is thinking about you now and at a specific moment
• A bird flew into the house from the street - This sign suggests that love or love can burst into your life just as unexpectedly. romantic relationship(except for the swallow)
• if you stumbled over the threshold - This sign applies specifically to you and your object of desire, whose house you came to. Your stumbling suggests that you can quite realistically build a relationship
• see a ring or the moon in a dream - a sure sign that you are about to experience a whirlwind romance or a whirlwind of romantic adventures
• hear the rooster crow - This sign has a strong meaning only when a girl thinks about her beloved man. The Rooster hints that you will soon meet your object of desire and have a date
• if storks have built a nest on your roof - this is a very good omen that portends happiness and prosperity to any person in love relationships, as well as a strong marriage with children
• the girl suddenly pricked her finger with a needle - this suggests that she has either already fallen in love or will soon fall in love
• if a girl pricked her finger on New Year's Eve - this hints to her that her marriage will take place in the new year
• if there are a lot of birds constantly sitting on the roof of the house - this foreshadows young man I hope the girl gets married soon
• if a dove (especially a white one) lands on the window or windowsill or even flies into the house - this sign indicates that the girl or guy will find their soulmate and this relationship will end in a happy marriage

To trust lucky signs or not is a personal matter for each person. They always have a positive effect on a person’s psychological and emotional state, and therefore more people still believe in them and listen to them.

signs that tell people that love and happiness will soon appear in their lives

How to recognize signs of family happiness?

Family happiness is the dream of every person and therefore you should know a number of interesting signs, capable of hinting to you that it may overtake you very soon. These signs are very simple and how effective they are will depend only on you and your confidence in them.

Good signs that will attract happiness to your family:

• Hibiscus flower - it should be started at home. This tea rose, which has a special magical power attract prosperity and luck, as well as lure love into the house. Only one condition requires careful observance - the flower should be looked after very carefully and carefully so that it is healthy
• Lost ring - If you have ever lost a piece of jewelry—a ring—and have already lost hope of finding it, you need to know that its loss and discovery can bring good luck. If you unexpectedly find an old ring, this is a sign of strong love in your home
• Wedding organization - It’s not for nothing that most signs are associated with the wedding ceremony. By following them you can be sure that your next family life will be happy and peaceful. Thus, it is considered a good sign that the bride’s tears just before registration. The time for which you planned your wedding is also important - a wedding in the afternoon promises a strong family and a long marriage

Good omens that portend happy birth children in the family:

• Purchasing children's things - portends a young family the early arrival of children. You can buy anything: a pacifier, a blouse, rompers or toys
• Visiting holy places - always a favorable omen for a family who wants to have children. It is best to visit monasteries, large churches, springs
• Plant ficus at home - a favorable omen that favors a woman being able to conceive a child as quickly as possible
• Communication with a pregnant woman - A good old sign that can attract a speedy pregnancy to a woman: you should stroke the belly of a pregnant woman, take a bite of her food or drink her drink
• If suddenly flowers bloomed all over the house - This good sign, which says that the house will be filled with good luck, happiness and children may appear in it soon
• If a street kitten asks to come into your house - a good omen that must happen unexpectedly. This is the only way you will receive a sign that happiness will be able to “come” into your home and children will “come”
• If you had a dream in which you caught a fish, received a piece of jewelry as a gift, or saw milk foretells a woman will soon become a mother

lucky signs foreshadowing family well-being

Good signs that will “give” happiness to the family:

• Towel for husband and wife - There is a sign that says that if a husband and wife wipe their faces with different towels, this will give them peace, harmony, understanding and the absence of quarrels
• Firstborn's baptismal robe - counts special amulet for family. Under no circumstances should it be washed. It should be thoroughly dried and stored out of reach. Subsequent children should be baptized only in these clothes. This way you will attract happiness, prosperity and only peace to your family
• Flower "female happiness" - it is also often called "spathiphyllum". If this plant is in the house, it always favors family relationships were smooth. Keep an eye on this flower, take good care of it, and by the state of its health you should judge the well-being of your family
• Figurines of birds, especially those that kiss - this is a good omen. Cranes and doves have strong magic and attract happiness. These are unique talismans that protect marriage and give lovers fidelity and warm feelings.

New moon, omens for money and happiness

The moon has a special influence on a person, it regulates human rhythms, puts a mark on the subconscious, decides a person’s mood and simply fascinates with its beauty. It is not surprising that a huge number of signs are invariably associated with this celestial body. In addition, some rituals are enhanced in their performance if performed during the full moon.

Money signs for the waxing moon:

• One of the signs says that on the night of the waxing moon you should take a bill from your wallet that will have the number 5 (5 rubles, fifty or five hundred). This bill must be shown completely to the moon so that its light covers it. The sign says that as the moon grows, your money in your wallet will also grow. The charmed banknote should not be spent, but should be kept in your wallet as a talisman
• If you are embarrassed to show money to the moon, then leaving banknotes on the windowsill on the night of the waxing moon is also considered a good omen. They also attract to their owner cash flows and well-being
• The waxing moon is a special magical item. She demands respect and literally worship. On the night of the waxing moon, you should go outside, look at the moon, mentally whisper in your head your wish for well-being and bow deeply to the moon. This ritual should bring you good luck and prosperity.
• In order for the family to live successfully and happily in a new home, they should move on the night of the waxing moon. So new house there will be prosperity and prosperity, as they say, “the cup is full”
• If you want to strengthen the influence of the moon and use it to improve your financial well-being, you should put a few mint leaves or a cinnamon stick in your wallet on the night of the waxing moon.
• Start any profitable business on the night (day) of the waxing moon - this will allow your business to prosper and bring prosperity

You should remember one basic rule of the moon - everything that is done during the waxing moon gives you profit. If you do important things on the waning moon, you “lose.”

new moon, signs of luck and financial well-being

New moon signs that bring good luck and money:

• Filling a glass with water and placing it on the windowsill is a good omen if the water is charged with the power of the full moon on a full moon. You should wash your face with this water at dawn. This way you will attract good luck, luck, financial well-being and love.
• On the night of the new moon, twelve gold coins of any denomination should be placed on the palm of your left hand. Try to make sure that each coin reflects the light of the moon. Say the spell seven times, in which you list all your desires for prosperity. Keep charmed coins in your wallet
• You can charge absolutely any item that is dear to you or that you carry with you every day with moonlight. The ritual should be repeated every new moon, so that the object does not lose its power and its special “magic”. You should not tell anyone about the rituals performed, they are your secret and secret that brings good luck

Such rituals require, of course, first of all patience. But they promise their performer happiness, good luck and most importantly - this financial wealth. Do not be shy when performing this or that ritual. The extent to which you believe in your strength and the fulfillment of your desires affects the result of your work.

A red cat brings happiness - signs

In contrast to the black cat, the red cat is a special symbol and omen that brings good luck and luck. Depending on how and where you met a ginger cat, you can judge how lucky you will be.

Signs for luck when meeting a red cat:

• Ginger cat - a sign that you will soon receive moral support from loved one. Perhaps your friends will become your support in difficult matters or simply brighten up your everyday life with joy
• Ginger cat - it's the same auspicious sign, which says that soon joy, happiness, luck and luck will “stick” to you. Such a sign brings only goodness and prosperity

red cat - signs of happiness and good luck

• A red cat settled in the house - the house will be full of goodness, prosperity, joy and it will always be warm. The ginger cat gives positive energy and brings only success to those people who live next to him
• Having a red cat - ensure your health, since it is believed that a red cat or cat can normalize a person’s condition, relieve him of illnesses and negativity
• Red color of the cat very similar to the shine of gold and therefore this animal attracts wealth, financial well-being and all human benefits to the house
• Ginger cat is a sign of the sun and therefore, in any case, it gives a person a charge of positive energy and peace of mind, inspires and encourages
• A ginger cat or cat crossed the road - your undertakings and affairs will definitely end in success, start work, study or any other business with lightness of heart and confidence in your abilities

Never drive away a ginger cat if it gets close to you or just appears on your way. Try to pet the cat to attract good luck, feed him something tasty and be sure to verbally wish him something good. Even if the cat does not understand your words, he perfectly feels your energy and therefore will be predisposed to you.

A stork is a sign of happiness, what do the signs about a stork mean?

The stork is a bird with special positive energy; it embodies tranquility, family happiness, love and fidelity. Meeting a stork or noticing its nest is a favorable omen.

Signs about storks:

• If a stork made a nest on your roof - this means that not only financial well-being will soon appear in your home, but also personal happiness: joy, children, strong love
• Seeing a stork flying above you in the sky - a good omen that foretells a favorable outcome for any of your business
• If a stork flew over the house - such a sign only means that a child will soon appear in this house
• If a stork suddenly leaves the nest on your house - This is a bad omen and you should protect yourself from adversity: quarrels, fire, theft, deception
• A stork flying over the fields - predicts a good crop harvest
• If the newlyweds noticed the stork - this portends them a happy, long, fertile and faithful marriage filled with love
• If unmarried girl I saw a stork flying towards her - this is a sign that she will soon meet her betrothed

stork is a bird that brings happiness and prosperity

Fortunately, a woodpecker is a sign, the meaning of a sign about a woodpecker

A bird like a woodpecker is associated with many signs and superstitions, both good and bad:

The only bad omen about a woodpecker is that it is bad if this bird suddenly knocks on a door, wall or roof. IN in this case it foreshadows losses, both material and human.

Good signs associated with the woodpecker:

• Suddenly hear a woodpecker cry - a sign foretelling a young man or girl a speedy marriage, which will be built on mutual strong love
• The woodpecker sat on a tree and didn’t bother to chisel it - you will avoid unnecessary expenses and maintain your wealth
• A woodpecker sat on a window or windowsill - wait for news, changes in life or some unforeseen events

signs associated with woodpecker

Seashells for happiness - signs

• It’s not worth storing shells for a long time, you can admire it for a while, and then give it away so as not to attract bad energy into the house
• If you store any shell at work, on the desktop - this will bring you profit and allow you to grow your career
• A clean shell is not good, but objects decorated with shells are things with positive energy that can bring you luck and prosperity
• If you store a shell in the bedroom - it will give you a huge boost sexual energy and restore sexual harmony

signs about seashells

Find a rusty nail omen

Find a rusty nail on the road - a very old “lucky” omen. Finding a nail is much easier than seeing a February rainbow. But this sign requires a special ritual: you must pick up the nail and put it in your pocket so that your wish comes true or happiness reaches you. The rusty nail embodies a special symbol of wisdom, capable of attracting positive energy and driving away misfortunes.

signs about a rusty nail

The dishes are beating, a sign of happiness

There are a lot of signs associated with broken dishes:

• Dishes (cup or plate) broken into small pieces - fortunately and for a long time happy life families
• You should not break dishes in anger - this sign will bring evil and discord
• If something breaks - count the fragments, if the number is even - it will bring you happiness and good luck

Video: " How to create good signs and make them work?

In the age of technological progress and the development of civilization, we still remain superstitious to a greater or lesser extent. Who among us hasn’t knocked on wood, trying not to scare away luck, or sewed a button “on ourselves” with thread in our teeth? For a reasonable, educated person, all this is nonsense, not worth attention, but the signs passed down from the lips of grandmothers in childhood penetrate deeply into the heart and, regardless of a person’s age and status, manifest themselves on a subconscious level. There are many beliefs that warn of impending danger or illness. But let's not talk about the bad. There are also signs of good luck. We will talk about them in this article.

Lucky signs of fate

Signs for happiness and good luck:

1. If you find a rusty nail, you should bring it home - this way you will bring prosperity to your home.
2. A fly falling into your glass is not the most pleasant, but a sure sign that you will make a profit.
3. A bird flies into the house - good luck flies out the window.
4. Get out of bed without thinking, on the right foot - everything will work out.
5. Stumbled with your left foot - these are evil spirits leading you astray from the right path, you need to move on,
6. An important meeting is coming up, and it’s raining outside - the deal will be winning.
7. A four-leaf clover or a 5-leaf lilac flower will bring good luck if eaten.
8. Meeting a person carrying full buckets predicts that time will not be wasted.
9. Is the cat crossing the road in front of you tri-colored? The day promises to be favorable!
10. Finding 5 kopecks lying on the road with the coat of arms facing up will bring prosperity.
11. If you sit down in front of the road, luck will concentrate around the person driving away.
12. The frog will bring prosperity to the house.
13. Fusing eyebrows will attract good luck to a person.

Lucky signs

It is quite possible to attract well-being by observing simple rituals, carefully observing the surrounding signs and believing in folk signs for good luck. Favorable changes will occur in the family if:

• met a pregnant woman and stroked her belly;
• a stork or swallow has built a nest on the roof of your house;
• a glass accidentally breaks - good luck;
• the ladybug sat on the shoulder;
• a spider has settled in the house;
• the cereal crumbled - there will be many children in the family;
• hibiscus grows in the house - a symbol of the family hearth - or spathiphyllum, which brings women's happiness;
• several bloomed at the same time indoor plants(the baby will be conceived soon);
• a homeless kitten came to the house;
• I dreamed of a rainbow or children.

Lucky signs for students

Students treat signs that bring good luck with special trust and sometimes reverent awe. Literally every university, or even group, has its own beliefs and traditions that will certainly bring good luck and help you pass the exam. Here are the most common lucky signs:

1. The leader in the ranking of signs that help to overcome exam questions is the belief that you should not wash your hair before the exam, as all knowledge will be washed away. For the same reason, students do not cut their hair, wash or shave on the eve of the test.
2. You need to go to the knowledge assessment in the same “lucky” clothes. At the same time, never erasing it - luck can be washed away.
3. When preparing for an exam subject, you cannot leave textbooks and notes that you have already read open - nothing will be remembered.
4. The secret that parents need to sleep on textbooks at night before testing their knowledge is shared with the younger generation - this sign has helped students for decades in a row. In this way, knowledge is better absorbed and is not forgotten until the morning.
5. You can't open your notebook in the evening. It’s better to catch the “freebie” in the window and secure the test book with an elastic band or a paper clip so that this same “freebie” does not escape.
6. You only need to go to the institute for an exam along a familiar route that you have taken more than once, so that your knowledge is not lost along the way.
7. On the way to the university, you definitely need to find the number 5 somewhere. This could be the number 5 bus, change for 5 rubles, the fifth turnstile in the metro.
8. You should not step on sewer manholes - they attract bad luck.
9. While waiting outside the office for your turn, you definitely need to touch your classmate who passed with an “excellent” mark.
10. If you sneezed before an exam, luck is on your side.
11. You need to enter the office with your left foot, take the ticket with your left hand and sit at the table again on the same side.
12. It is impossible for the physical education exam to be passed first in the record book - a bad omen for the following tests.

Talismans for good luck and happiness

They have enormous energy that brings good luck and happiness to a person. various talismans. Ancient spiritual teachings such as Feng Shui and Kabbalah use hieroglyphs, pentagrams, runes, and symbols to give talismans power. In Christian customs, they have the greatest energy Orthodox cross, Hope, Love. And in folk rituals great importance They give the ancient symbol of protecting the gates of the house - a horseshoe, which brings good luck.

for good luck

Many people know about such a sign that brings good luck as a horseshoe. But not everyone understands how to hang a talisman correctly. It should be noted that the horseshoe from the souvenir shop does not carry any energy. To attract happiness and good luck, you need an old horse-worn horseshoe, preferably black. Only such a symbol can protect and fill the house with positive energy.

Before hanging a horseshoe, you need each family member to hold it in their hands. Thus, the beneficial effect of the talisman will affect all household members. Hang the horseshoe on a wooden door with the ends down or up. With the ends down, the horseshoe will become a reliable guard of your home - luck and happiness will not flow out of the house. With raised ends, the amulet, like a magnet, will attract prosperity.

If you hang a horseshoe outside the front door, the talisman will protect you from the “evil eye” and evil spirits. The amulet inside the house will preserve positive energy. You need to attach the horseshoe to the twine.

Handmade talisman

Signs of luck will help you notice a favorable aura, and your personal talisman will be able to preserve and transform it. Any thing dear to the heart can become an individual amulet. It could be a soft toy or a great-grandmother's family ring, baby tooth and sea pebble. The main thing is that the thing has positive energy and charges the owner positive emotions, gave me strength.

You can make your own talisman. A homemade amulet is a very strong energy magnet. Anyone can make a talisman for good luck. This will require a little creativity, knowledge of symbolism, sincere desire and faith.

Natural materials have the greatest strength: wood, stone, clay. The shape of the mascot should not have sharp corners. Preference should be given to the circle and oval.

Talisman for luck made of stone

Certain stones are suitable for each zodiac sign:

• Aries - amethyst.
• Taurus - agate.
• For Gemini - pomegranate.
• Raku is an emerald.
• Leo - ruby.
• Virgo - jasper.
• Libra is a diamond.
• Scorpio - cat's eye.
• Sagittarius - turquoise.
• Capricorn - malachite.
• For Aquarius - sapphire.
• Pisces - moonstone.

The stone can be placed in jewelry, sewn into clothing, or made into a keychain. The main thing is that the thing is always with you.

Runic talisman for good luck

To make such a talisman you will need a small piece of strong wood and the ability to work with a jigsaw. Shape the piece of wood without sharp corners. Then carve a rune on it that brings good luck. It is similar to the English letter F, only the short strokes need to be placed just below the top edge and at an upward angle. Apply varnish. Cut a hole for the rope and wear the talisman around your neck.

To believe in omens or not is the choice of each person. The main thing is to share your good mood with others more often and approach life with humor. Then luck and happy moments will become constant companions in your life.

"Gold for the mistress, silver for the maid,
Copper - to a skilled craftsman for benefit and goodness.
“But only one iron,” the baron said in the castle, “
Cold Iron has ruled everything since ancient times."

"...And if you wanted to turn me into someone, for example, an otter, could you?
- No, as long as your sandals are dangling on your shoulder, no.
- I'll take them off. - Yuna threw her sandals on the ground. Dan immediately followed suit. - And now?
- Apparently, now you believe me less than before. Anyone who truly believes in magic will not ask for a miracle.
A smile slowly crept across Puck's face.
- But what do sandals have to do with it? - Yuna asked, sitting on the gate.
“Even though they have Cold Iron in them,” said Puck, sitting down there. - I mean nails in the soles. This changes things."
Rudyard Kipling "Tales of Puck"

A Dictionary of Symbols, Jack Tresidder, ed. "Grand" Moscow 2001.

Nail
Symbol of protection. For example, in Chinese tradition, many extra nails are often hammered into a building to protect it from evil spirits; In ancient Rome, in the Temple of Jupiter, there was an annual ceremony of hammering a nail.
Attaching or connecting is the function of nails, which is believed to have directly influenced their meaning in some African magical rites - to keep the summoned spirits close until they have completed the tasks for which the shaman summons them. In works of art, three nails symbolize the crucifixion of Christ. Nails can also be attributes of individuals associated with Christ, for example, St. Helen, the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, who was said to own the very cross and nails that were used at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, which, however, was disputed by other “owners” of these relics.

"Encyclopedia of signs and superstitions" Christina Hole, Moscow "Kron-press"

Nails
Like almost everything made of iron, nails were once used in the most different types divination - both protective and healing. It is said that the Romans hammered them into the walls of houses as an antidote to the plague.

Pliny claims that an epileptic can be cured by driving a nail into the ground on which he lay during a seizure. He also reports that a nail taken from the tomb and placed on the threshold of the bedroom protects the sleeper from nightmares, visions and ghosts. In this latter, of course, the power of the dead is involved, but there is also no doubt that it was strengthened precisely with the help of iron.

In Great Britain they consider it lucky to find a nail on the road, especially a rusty one. He must be picked up immediately and taken home. If nails are carried in a pocket or hidden in the house, they protect against witchcraft and the evil eye. At one time it was believed that if someone was suspected of witchcraft, this suspicion could be verified by quietly driving a ten penny nail into his (or her) mark. If this is really a sorcerer, some force will force him to return and pull out the nail, and if he is innocent, then he will go on his way, unaware of the experiment performed on him.
In Suffolk, malaria was treated by going out to a crossroads at midnight, turning around three times and driving a tenpenny nail into the ground up to the head. This had to be done while the clock was striking, and it was necessary to return home backwards before the last note died down. If everything is done correctly, the disease will remain there, at the crossroads, and will be picked up by the first person who steps on a nail.
Aubrey in "Miscellanies" reports that toothache can be overcome by picking the gum until it bleeds with a new nail, which must then be driven into oak. “This cured William Neal’s son,” he writes, “in highest degree a courageous gentleman, when he almost went crazy from pain and already wanted to shoot himself.” On Islay in the last century, nails were driven into a large boulder called the Xach Diid to prevent future toothache. Another method, practiced there, was to hammer a nail into the top lintel of the kitchen door. As long as it remains there, the person for whom it was driven in will not suffer from toothache. In Berner, at about the same time, they pulled out the first nail that had just been driven into the coffin to rub it on a sore tooth - this was considered the surest remedy.
In Cheshire, when several men wanted to bind themselves and each other with an oath to do something or not to do something, they all went together into the forest at some distance from the house and there they drove a nail into a tree, swearing that they would fulfill the promise, until the nail remains in place. It was impossible to pull him out without everyone’s consent, but if this happened, everyone was freed from the oath. Although the custom no longer exists, the Cheshire dialect still retains the expression "to pull out a nail", which means to break an oath or promise.

Nails
Anyone who is sick with a fever should go out alone at midnight to the crossroads, and when the clock begins to strike midnight, turn around three times in one place and drive a ten-penny nail into the ground. He must then walk away from that place backwards before the clock strikes twelve times. The fever will leave him. (Suffolk).
Here we are dealing with the “nailing of evil” - one of the most widespread superstitions throughout the world. There is hardly a single country, civilized or uncivilized, where such rites are not practiced in one form or another.
Evil (in this case, disease) could be nailed to the ground, to a tree, to a door, or to any other place where a nail could be driven in and thus free the patient from harm, who then walked away from that place.
In Blida (Algeria), women drive nails into a certain sacred tree to free themselves from their illnesses. The Persians scratched the gum under a sore tooth until it bled and drove a bloody nail into the tree - along with the toothache. If someone inadvertently pulled out a nail, he would get a toothache.
Residents of Port Charlotte, Brunswick, North Africa, Mogador, Tunisia and Egypt did the same. In Cairo, in recent times, it was customary to drive nails into the wooden doors of the South Gate to get rid of headaches.
Here is another case where similar customs exist among peoples between whom there has never been any connection.

If a pig or swine is killed at sea, the fisherman must touch the nails of his boat and say “cauld airn”, otherwise he will suffer misfortune.

"Encyclopedia of symbols, signs, emblems" ed. "Lokid" 1999, "Myth" 1999

Nail
The nail is the affirmation of the symbol of the cosmic axis on a small segment that plays out this vertical.
IN Christian tradition these are the nails of the cross. The emblems of Saints Sebastian, Ursula, Christina, Edmund represent torment and suffering.

Fresco - Nails of the Holy Cross
Diderot, the French encyclopedist, compared deep thoughts to iron nails that are driven into the mind so that nothing can be done to pull them out.
On an archetypal level, a nail is generally not a symbol of guilt. If you accidentally step on a nail, then this is a sign of your inattention, which is confirmed by the Russian proverb “The nail that climbs into the wall is innocent - it is beaten with a butt.”
At the psychoanalytic level, the nail undoubtedly carries a phallic load. In Erich Maria Remarque's famous novel The Black Obelisk, a certain Frau Pitker pulls out a nail with her anal sphincter.
they say that at Stalin’s dacha there was a huge nail driven into a beam. In mythical terms, he performed a magical-symbolic function, helping the dictator's power. One of the proletarian poets used a metaphor about iron men, from which nails can be made, which is undoubtedly an element of social magic.
Nails are involved in the sign of limb. To hammer a nail into a coffin means to put an end to someone or some situation. Football athletes have an expression “hanging up their boots”, which means the end sports career. VC.

“Cold Iron subjugates people. From birth they are surrounded by iron and cannot live without it. It is in every home and is capable of elevating or destroying any of them. This is the fate of all mortals, as the People of the Hills call people, and it cannot be changed.
...People take hardware lightly. They hang a horseshoe on the door and forget to turn it backwards. Then, maybe a day later, or maybe a year later, the Hill Dwellers slip into the house, find an infant sleeping in a cradle, and..."

"Encyclopedia of Superstitions" "Lokid" - "Myth" Moscow 1995

HORSESHOE
A horse's shoe nailed above the door of a house brings good luck to everyone who lives in it. (Everywhere).
If the horseshoe above the door is taken from under the hind leg of a gray mare, good luck will be greatest.
A horseshoe nailed to the mast of a fishing boat protects it from storms. (Superstition of Scottish fishermen).
If you find a horseshoe on the road, pick it up, spit on it and throw it over your left shoulder, making a wish. Your wish must come true. (North).
Finding a horseshoe on the road is lucky. (Everywhere).
If a rider places a coin on one of the stones of Wayland's Forge (Berkshire) and then retires, Wayland will miraculously shoe his horse. (Wayland is Wölund, the god of the ancient Scandinavians. As for the “Wayland Forge,” this is a group of ancient stones in the Berkshire area of ​​Whitehorse).
Belief in the lucky qualities of a horse's shoe is one of the most common modern superstitions. Even those who are indignant when they are called superstitious, having found a horseshoe, still try to nail it above the door.
But superstition requires (we found this out from the example of many nailed horseshoes) that it hang in a strictly certain way, namely with the ends up.
The source of this belief is that the devil (from whom the horseshoe is supposed to protect) always walks in circles and, reaching each end of the horseshoe, is forced to turn around and go back.
In Devonshire and Cornwall, lands inhabited by fairies and pixies, the superstition associated with the horseshoe is still popular to this day.
To ward off the devil, a horseshoe was buried in the portal of Stainenfield Church in Suffolk. Apparently the community did not trust the holy water that is usually used for these purposes.
Many great people also had a weakness for horse shoes. For example, on the Victoria, Admiral Nelson's flagship, a horseshoe was nailed to the mast.
Mr. Carey Hazlitt remembers how he was once driving through London with his famous friend in a cab when the horse lost a shoe. His friend immediately jumped out of the cab and grabbed a horseshoe to nail it over the door of his house.
When Dr. James, then a poor chemist, invented an antipyretic, he was introduced to Newbury, to whom he could sell his medicine.
On the way to Newbury's house, the chemist saw a horseshoe on the road and hid it in his bag. And all the successes that were subsequently achieved with the sale of the antipyretic, Dr. James attributed to the fact that he nailed the found horseshoe under the roof of his carriage.
The cult of the horseshoe may also have arisen from the legend of St. Dunstan and the devil. The saint was a famous blacksmith, and (as the legend says) one day the devil himself came to him and asked him to shoe his hoof. The saint agreed and, chaining the visitor to the wall, grabbed him so tightly that the devil asked for mercy. Before freeing him, the saint made him swear that he would never enter where the horseshoe would be visible.
However, most likely, the idea that a horseshoe could protect against evil forces was brought to our islands by the Roman conquerors. After all, the Romans were sure that evil could be nailed to something, and driving nails into the doors and walls of buildings was a common means of treating diseases and warding off damage.
How strongly people believed in the horseshoe barn is evidenced by one of good wishes, common at the beginning of the last century. "May your threshold never lose its horseshoe!"
In addition to Christians, Jews, Turks, heretics and atheists all over the world believe in the lucky properties of the horseshoe.

Belief in the horseshoe is widespread in Russia: “Finding old iron, especially a horseshoe, brings happiness. A found horseshoe nailed to the threshold of a trading establishment brings good luck in trade.”
In Russian villages, horseshoes were usually nailed either in front of the threshold or above the door, however; Unlike the English tradition, it was customary to place the horseshoe with the ends down.

HORSESHOE
For centuries, the horseshoe has been considered an amulet that brings happiness and protection in all countries where horses are forged. This is partly because it is made of iron and forged by a blacksmith, and partly because its shape resembles, and therefore symbolizes, the new moon.
Finding a horseshoe on the road is a very good omen, and especially if it flew off the back leg of the gray mare closest to the passerby. Needless to say, such a rare and lucky find should under no circumstances be left unattended. In some regions it is said that, as with a nail or coal, correct sequence The action to take when finding is as follows: pick up the object, spit on it, make a wish, throw it over your left shoulder and go your way without looking back. However, a more common practice is to take a horseshoe with you and nail it over front door or to the doorstep.
The belief that the presence of a horseshoe in these places wards off evil forces and brings happiness is very old and is by no means outdated to this day, if one can take as evidence of this the many real or toy horseshoes hanging in city and rural houses Worldwide. Aubrey in “Remaines” remarks that “it must be a horseshoe found by chance on the highway; it is used as protection from evil intrigues or from the power of witches; and this is an ancient method, based on the astrological principle that Mars is the enemy of Saturn, under which are witches; and nowhere is it used so much (to this day) as in the west part of London, and especially in new buildings.” Farmers nailed one, three or seven horseshoes over their stalls and stables to protect their animals from witchcraft and, in the case of horses, from being tormented by fairies and demons at night. Sailors also nailed horseshoes to masts to ward off storms and shipwrecks. They say that Admiral Nelson also had a horseshoe hanging on the mainmast of the Victoria.
Opinions vary somewhat on how to properly hang a horseshoe. Some people believe that they should be hung upside down. Others, and perhaps the majority of them, believe that in this case good luck will pour out, and in order to keep it inside, you need to hang the horseshoe with the horns up. Both theories have their passionate adherents, but the second seems to be more popular, at least in England. F. T. Elworthy, in Horns of Honor, tells of a Somerset farmer who, believing that his sick cattle had been jinxed, hung a horseshoe with the horns down. The animals did not recover, and the neighbor told him that this was because the horseshoe was hanging “upside down.” If the horseshoe does not hang with its horns up, nothing good can be expected. The farmer heeded his friend’s advice, re-hung the horseshoe and, according to information reported by Elworthy, no longer had problems with sick cattle.
R. M. Hinley (97) notes two interesting Lincolnshire methods of divination using horseshoes. The first was aimed at preventing delirium tremens and consisted of nailing three horseshoes at the head of the bed. The one who did this could drink as much as he liked, without fear that he would begin to talk or see devils.
The other method is more sophisticated and clearly of pagan origin. Hinley says that in 1858 or 1859, a fever epidemic broke out where he lived, and he once brought quinine to a sick child. The patient’s grandmother rejected the gift, saying that she had something better than “this nasty bitterness.” She led Mr. Hinley into the room where the sick man lay, and showed three horseshoes nailed at the foot of the bed with a hammer across them. This, she said, would ward off attacks of fever. She attached them in compliance with the appropriate ritual: she nailed each horseshoe with a hammer, holding it in her left hand and saying:
Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, Beat the devil to the bough. My Holy hook strikes three times, My hammer strikes three times with a swoop, Once for God, and once for Water, and once for Lok.
In this spell, the Norse deities Wotan (Odin) and Loki are invoked along with the Holy Trinity, and the "Holy Hook" represents the hammer of Thor. But at the same time, it is extremely unlikely that the grandmother of a sick child would be aware of all this. The only thing she knew was that this verse was a powerful spell, and that, together with horseshoes and a hammer, it would provide a faster and more complete recovery than any chemical substance.

Encyclopedic Dictionary " Slavic world I-XVI centuries" V. D. Gladky, Moscow Centropolygraph 2001

HORSESHOE - stockings or shoes woven from reeds, bast, straw, rope, used in ancient times to protect the hooves of working animals, and later - iron plates with hooks; these devices were tied to the lower part of the animal's leg with straps or ropes. Modern nails, nailed, were invented by the Romans (judging by numerous finds in late Roman military camps) no later than the 3rd century. Since then, P. has hardly changed.
P. are summer and winter. In winter and when moving on a slippery road, for greater stability of animals, spikes (protrusions) are made on the lower surface of the animal. There are also different types of shoes for riding horses, draft horses, etc. For defective and diseased hooves, round shoes, half-horseshoes, etc. are used.

A Dictionary of Symbols, Jack Tresidder, ed. "Grand" Moscow 2001.

HORSESHOE
An ancient talisman against the evil eye, but only if the curve of the horseshoe is directed upward - this supports the theory that the supposed magic of the horseshoe is based on the protective symbolism of the month (the iron forms the shape of a crescent).

V. I. Dal " Dictionary living Great Russian language"

SHOVE (shod), shoe a horse, forge, sew horseshoes under the hooves with nails. Forge, but don’t forge. The horse's legs are wrapped up. savvy. Shoe the goat: it's easier for the horses! You can’t pick up your tongue (so that you don’t stumble). Shoe boots, iron braces, horseshoes. Shoe the sleigh, trim the undercuts. || - whom, to deceive, to deceive. || Shod in the yard, impersonal, frozen, frozen. —sya, they suffer. or return according to the meaning of speech. Hocking, shoeing, horseshoeing, horseshoeing, action. according to verb. || Horseshoe, -vochka, will belittle. horseshoe, an iron staple forged from a horse's hoof, usually with spikes at the back, at the ends, and one at the front, with a longitudinal groove at the bottom and eight holes in it for nails. The Vologda residents ate the foal with horseshoes instead of the calf. || Horseshoe, Nov. an ice hole on the Ilmen River, where fishermen throw reels, poles, and runs. A horseshoe nail or uhnal (Hufnagel) resembles a crutch. A horseshoe mill, in which a horse is pulled up on girths for shoeing. Horseshoe, plant. Hippocrepis, translated. Horseshoe-shaped, horseshoe-shaped, similar in outline to a horseshoe. Horse shoeer, shoemaker, horseshoeer, shoeing someone, something; || horseshoe maker, master or seller of horseshoes.

Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron

Horseshoe

— In ancient times, shoeing did not exist in the current meaning of the word; there was only shoeing the horse's feet in a special type of straw sandals, just as this is still done in Japan. The Gauls first began to practice shoeing, and shoes were made of iron or bronze. In the VI century. according to R. Chr. shoeing was occasionally performed by the Germans, Slavs and Vends. In the 9th century. there is the first mention ("Tactica", V, 4, Leo VI) of the existence of shoeing among the Greeks, probably brought to Constantinople by the Germans. Horse shoeing came into general use in Europe only in the 13th century. according to R.H.

"The crown is for the hero, the power is for the one who is brave,
The throne and power are for the strong who managed to hold them."
“No, the baron knelt in his castle.”
Cold iron is the ruler of all times.
Iron from Golgotha ​​is the ruler of all times!
Rudyard Kipling "Tales of Puck"
(...umm...about the iron from Golgotha ​​- I don’t agree, of course, since Puck walked the fields and hills of good old England long before the Crucifixion, and iron was already in price then. And over time, I suppose , and Golgotha ​​will be forgotten, like the temples of Jupiter or Horus, but iron will still remain even longer... Unless the Chinese fill the whole world with plastic and silicone..))) - D.W.)

(a fanatic from the Philippines who nailed himself to the cross...No, at least it didn’t hurt to worship Jupiter..))) - D.W.)

"Encyclopedia of signs and superstitions" Christina Hole, Moscow "Kron-press"

PINS
Pins were previously used for various types of divination, for good and evil purposes, and fortune telling. Being sharp on the one hand and made of metal on the other, they could be both dangerous and protective, depending on the circumstances and methods of use. A pin stuck in the door prevented witches and wizards from entering the house, but they could also use the same pins for their witchcraft, especially in the magic of images. People loved to throw bent and twisted pins into healing and wish-fulfilling wells and springs, and it seems they still do, because at their bottom you can often see completely new, rust-free pins.
It is generally considered good luck to find a pin on the ground, but only if it is picked up immediately. In some regions this is only good if the point is pointed away from you. If it is directed towards you, you must leave the pin in place, because picking it up means “taking on grief.” In Sussex, an unmarried woman must not pick up a bent, clouded or rusty pin from the ground, otherwise she will die unmarried.

The presence of a sharp tip makes the pin a bad gift between friends, unless something is given in return. In some places it's not even good to borrow them. However, this is quite safe if the giver or lender does not pass the pin from hand to hand, but invites them to “help themselves.” Many sailors don't like to have them on board because they can cause hull leaks or break fishing nets.
When fitting a dressmaker, as a rule, she avoids using black pins. If at the same time she accidentally pins a new dress on old clothes client, the number of pins used will indicate the number of years before her wedding.

When it was the duty of the bridesmaids to undress her before the wedding night, the girl who took out the first pin was considered lucky - she would be the first of the whole group to get married. She should not, however, keep the pin—they should all be thrown away. Misson de Valbourg in his “Memoirs and Observations of M. Misson in his Travels over England” (N. Misson de Valbourg, “Memoirs & Observations of M. Misson in his Travels over England”, 1719, trans. J. Ozell) says, that after the wedding feast, “the bridesmaids lead the bride to the bedroom, where they undress her and lay her on the bed. They must undo and throw away all the pins. Woe to the bride if even one remains near her; nothing will go well for her. Woe to her friend if she keeps even one pin for herself, for then she won’t get married until Trinity.”

A Victorian horseshoe pin is, of course, not iron, but I couldn’t resist..))) - D.W.

In some areas of Great Britain it is believed that if any unmarried woman, not necessarily a bridesmaid, can remove a pin for herself from the bride's dress on her return from church, she will be married within a year; but she, again, should not keep it, because then either the omen will not work, or the newly married couple will not know the wealth.
Likewise, pins that were used to fasten a shroud or anything else on a deceased person should no longer be used by the living. After they have been removed from the burial clothes, they should be carefully placed in the coffin and buried with the deceased.

Victorian hat pins.

One of the magical ways to bring back an unfaithful or departed lover is to throw twelve new pins into the fire at midnight and say:
I don’t want to burn pins,
And I’ll turn my heart.
Let him not eat, sleep, drink,
Until he comes back.
Another way is to stick two pins into a burning candle so that they pierce the wick and say the same spell. Eddy says that in the north midlands it was believed that a woman could inflict torment on her husband or lover simply by wearing nine pins in the folds of her dress.

Pins were once very widely used to ward off witches and break spells. Charlotte Latham tells how, during the renovation of a house in Pulborough in the second half of the nineteenth century, a bottle containing more than two hundred pins was found under the hearth slab in one of the rooms. The workers said that they often found such bottles in old houses and that they were intended to protect against witches and warlocks.
The same story about Sussex beliefs tells how Mrs. Paxton of Westdean, visiting a certain country house, found a flask full of pins on the fireplace. She was told not to touch it because the flask was very hot, and also because then the divination would not work. The owner further explained that her daughter had epilepsy. Since the doctors could not do anything, the woman went to a healer, who determined that the attacks were caused by witchcraft, and advised her to fill a flask with pins and place them by the fire so that they would become red-hot. Then they will pierce the heart of the witch who cast the spell and force her to remove it. She did as she was told, and now she expects her daughter to get better soon.

Turkish pins.

"Encyclopedia of Superstitions" "Lokid" - "Myth" Moscow 1995

PIN
If you notice a pin, pick it up and you will have good luck all year.
If you notice a pin and leave it lying there, your luck will turn away from you for the whole day.
If a bridesmaid removes pins from her wedding dress, she gains good luck.
If the bride loses her pin while walking down the aisle, she will have no luck.
Never borrow a pin. (North).
When boarding a ship, do not take pins with you. (Yorkshire).
Of all these superstitions, apparently only one has survived to this day: the taboo on borrowing pins. It is still carefully observed in the North, where, if you are allowed to take a pin, you will be told: “Take it, but I didn’t give it to you.” What is the failure that they are avoiding, we could not find out.

A pin with a pendant in the form of a lock - a double amulet.

The sign of a found pin has a certain condition. If you see a pin lying, then before picking it up, take a closer look at how it lies. If it lies with its tip towards you, you should not pick it up, because this will bring bad luck. However, nothing will prevent you from picking it up on the way back, when it lies with its tip away from you!
It is difficult to understand the bad omen associated with the loss of a pin. But Misson ("Travels") writes: "Woe to the bride who has lost her pin! She will have no luck in anything. Woe to the girlfriend who picks up the pin, for she will not get married until Trinity Day."
Apparently this is why bridesmaids had the custom of throwing away pins from her wedding dress for good luck.

A funny reference to pins is associated with the wedding of Queen Mary of Scots and the Earl of Darnley. Randolph ("Letters") reports that after the wedding the queen, having retired to her bedchamber to change her outfit, "allowed all those present to approach to take a pin as a souvenir."
On Oxney Island (Romney Marshes), after the funeral, each participant in the funeral procession stuck a pin into the cemetery gate through which the deceased was carried. It was believed that this would protect the deceased from evil spirits that might attack him.
The huntsman did the same if someone died from an unsuccessful shot while hunting. He stuck needles into every fence and every post that the body was carried past. This superstition obviously has something in common with "nailing evil."

Borrowing a pin in Russian tradition is also considered bad omen: “You shouldn’t give a pin, so as not to make friends; and if you can’t do without, then first prick the person in the hand who has to give.”
Unlike the English belief, in Russia there is a widespread belief that picking up a found pin (like any piercing or cutting object in general) means inviting trouble for yourself.

Turkish pin-amulet against the evil eye.
In almost all mythological systems, there is an idea that evil spirits are afraid of piercing and cutting iron objects (knife, axe, needle, etc.). This can explain the prohibition of picking up a pin that has its point towards the person walking (see English superstition), since in this case the person finds himself “in position” evil spirits. It is also clear why the loss of a pin by a bride is considered a bad omen - the bride loses her amulet, her magical protection. By the way, in Russian wedding rites of many local traditions, the bride was stuck with pins crosswise into her hem or bosom to protect herself from the evil eye. The pin served magical amulet and in English funeral rite(perhaps even from the deceased himself).

M. Vasmer "Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language"

Mace, pin

Ukr. mace "mace, rod", Polish. buawa "mace, hetman's staff." Derived in -ava (-авъ) from slavs. *bula “bump, knob”, Slovenian. bаla “bump, nodule”, Czech. boule "bump", Polish. bua "lump", bula "bubble", Serbohorvian. beљiti, izbeљiti "to bulge your eyes, stare." || Related to goth. ufbauljan “to cheat, to make arrogant”, Middle-century-N. biule, new-century-n. Beule "bump", Irish. bolach w.< *bhulak (Стокс, KZ 30, 557 и сл.); см. Бернекер 1, 100; Брюкнер 48; Ильинский, РФВ 61, 240; Корш, AfslPh 9, 493. Предположение о заимств. булава из тюрк. (Mi. TEl. 1, 268; EW 417; Горяев, ЭС 33) не имеет оснований (см. Корш, там же); точно так же следует отвергнуть попытки видеть в нем зап. заимств. (напр., Корш, там же; Mi. TEl., Доп. 1, 18). [Славский (1, 50) предполагает заимств. из неизвестного источника. — Т.]