Signs and superstitions say that a broom is a talisman that protects a home from negativity, but if used incorrectly, it can attract bad energy and troubles into the house. Today, decorative wall brooms decorated with various objects and symbols are common. This decor also has a protective value.
Old broom – signs
Ancestors believed that a used broom was an easy target for targeting damage to a family. Therefore, it is better to throw the old broom away from the house, in a dump or in another deserted place. The best option is to bury it in the ground far from home, so the negative energy accumulated in the object will be sealed.
You cannot leave a worn-out broom near the house – serious illnesses will fall on the family (most often nervous disorders, sleep disturbances). Burning an old object is also not worth it: this can lead to family conflicts or to the seizure of a home by parasitic animals (rats, cockroaches, mice, bedbugs).
When moving to a new place of residence, it is advisable not to buy a new one, but to pick up the old one. According to legend, everything bad remains in the old housing, and the good migrates to a new house. The ancestors believed that the broom was the habitat of the brownie. If, when moving, you do not take your grandfather-neighbor with you, then you should not expect well-being in your new home.
Superstitions about a new broom
Interesting signs related to financial well-being are associated with the new broom in the house. A simple ritual is recommended when using the purchase for the first time. When sweeping, you need to ask him to sweep evil and poverty out of the house, and sweep in good and wealth. Then it is necessary to place a small amount of dirt and dust in the dwelling from the courtyard or entrance, so that the flow of money is constant.
There is much more to do with a new broom to attract wealth. The following ritual is recommended. You need to scatter small coins on the floor, leave for a day. When the time runs out, the coins are swept with a new broom on a green scoop. They are poured into a container, left for 3 days in the left corner of the room. Then the container is tightly closed with a lid, hidden, never opened.
By overarching, children, spanked on the priest with a purchased broom, become obedient and not capricious. And babies are fanned so that they sleep peacefully.
If a broom purchased the day before falls, it should be thrown away.
The value of a broom in the house
It will take a huge amount about a broom in the house, because this household item is considered magical, it carries great power. He can protect the family from negative attacks, weaken the impact on the home of ill-wishers and intruders. The main thing is to handle it correctly, taking into account the signs and prohibitions.
The following are the most common and interesting signs about a broom:
- To sweep correctly not to the threshold, but from the threshold to the center of the room, so that wealth does not leave the house, but accumulates in it.
- You cannot use two brooms at once in the same dwelling. This will lead to financial ruin.
- Don't sweep when a family member is away. So the way home is swept away.
- Do not sweep the floor while cooking. The dish will burn or taste bad.
- If one of the guests turned out to be unpleasant, then after his departure you should cover your tracks. The guest will no longer be able to visit the house due to lack of time or for some other reason.
- To avoid financial problems, you need to sweep the dirt over the threshold between your own legs, spread them wide apart.
- To attract wealth, a small broom is weaved from cereal stalks, and to remove negative energy from the home, from wormwood.
- By will, when sweeping, a twig came out or the broom fell apart – you should wait for news.
- You cannot step over a broom. The man will get sick. The woman will face infertility. The pregnant woman will have a difficult labor.
- The one who hits animals with a broom draws energy and health from himself.
- A broom is placed under the baby's cradle to protect it from bad human thoughts.
- You can't sweep after sunset – illness will happen.
- Garden trees will bear fruit well if they are beaten with a broom in the first weeks of spring.
- In the old days, girls, wishing to become more attractive to potential suitors, jumped 9 times over a broom bought in the days of the moon's rise.
- Knitted brooms prepared for Ivan Kupala have the greatest magical power.
- By the omen, a girl who often sweeps in her room will quickly find a husband.
- You can't take revenge around a single guy and an unmarried girl – they won't be able to find a match.
- A broom has fallen apart in the house of the newlyweds – one can expect replenishment in the family.
- The girl on her wedding night saw a broom in a dream – she would become a mother of strong and healthy children.
- If an old man, dying, suffers for a long time in agony, then a broom is thrown onto the roof to ease the condition and speed up the end.
- It is assumed that in order for the storm to subside, you need to throw the broom into the yard, and in order for the drought to end, the rain has come, you should throw it into the well.
- In front of the newlyweds, they sweep the road to protect them from an unkind and envious eye.
- A fisherman who meets a man with a broom on his way to a pond will have a bad bite.
- A passer-by who sees an elderly woman with a broom will have a bad day.
Spiteful and envious neighbors often spoil a new broom. You must not allow strangers to sweep in your home: in this way they can take away your luck, well-being and health. You should not pick up someone else's thrown broom from the ground, step over it.
If a neighbor sweeps dirt and dust from his door to yours, then this is how he throws his troubles and diseases to you. Do not touch the dirt thrown by your neighbor. It must be carefully swept into a scoop, taken out into the yard and burned. When setting fire, say: 'Return to the one who did it.'
If there is a feeling that setbacks and financial troubles are the result of the actions of treacherous neighbors, then the situation can be normalized with the help of a broomstick bought in the days of the waning moon, and still unused. She needs to thoroughly sweep her entire apartment.
How to put a broom in the house?
The broom is placed exclusively upside down, this is due to certain signs. The wrong position of the household object is downside down, and this is due to the fact that the rods, directed towards the ground, absorb the energy of the lower world, which negatively affects a person. Sweeping the floor with an incorrectly standing broom, a person scatters negative energy around the room, which subsequently leads to trouble and deterioration of health.
Also, with how to put a broom correctly, another sign is connected. When the rods are directed upward, the ill-wisher who has entered the house cannot leave the negative energy brought with him, loses the ability to harm the family.
If it seems that the ill-wisher who has come is strong, and turning the broom cannot be enough, then when the suspicious guest leaves, you should throw the broom after him.
When to buy a broom?
To attract money, protect yourself from illness and trouble, you need to buy a broom correctly. Before purchasing a household item, you need to consider the following recommendations:
- it is advisable to make a purchase on men's days (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday);
- it is advisable to buy from a male seller without bargaining;
- don't make a purchase in August;
- best to buy on waxing moon days;
- when the seller hands over the goods, the buyer should make a wish that will certainly come true;
- after bringing home, immediately put the broom in the corner with the twigs up;
- according to the sign, if you buy a broom on New Year's days, then the purchase will be a strong amulet and an attractor of wealth.
To attract wealth, it is advisable to choose a large one with a dense and thick handle. A purchase made on Monday promises financial well-being, on Tuesday – health, on Thursday – good luck. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday are neutral days. It is believed that an unmarried girl who makes a purchase on Wednesday will soon get married. But on Sunday you shouldn't buy.
Can I give a broom?
There are many old folk signs about a donated broom. Not everyone will like it as a gift, although it is a practical thing, and the symbolism of such a gift is positive. To make the present look attractive, presented for money and prosperity, it can be supplemented with symbolic items and decorations.
The following describes how to give a broom correctly in different cases:
- Giving a broom for no particular reason, it is decorated with colored ribbons and bills. They are presented with a poetic or song wish to outline good luck, happiness, financial well-being.
- To attract wealth, they present a product made of banknotes and coins. Such decor is hung on the kitchen wall with a whisk up.
- To attract good luck, a decorative broom with a horseshoe is presented.
- Unmarried girls are given a simple decorative one for the earliest possible acquisition of the second half. His task is to 'sweep away' the girl who has sat in her parents' house.
- It can also be a wedding gift. It is presented as an object with which the newlyweds will 'sweep' happiness and prosperity into the house.
Today, a convenient and practical vacuum cleaner is often used for cleaning. But even if the broom is not used, it should stand in the corner with twigs upwards as a reliable guardian of the home.
