All superstitions and signs are rooted in the deep past. Most of them coincide among many nationalities of the world, for example, the sign of spilled salt. Most people are upset about this, believing that this threatens a quarrel with loved ones.
To understand the causes of 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. Salt was very carefully treated and tried not to waste the product, and well-to-do people always tried to keep the salt in stock, because it has no shelf life and taste does not change over time. With the help of salt, people canned vegetables, fish and meat, thereby prolonging the shelf life of products.
The Slavs had such a tradition of meeting guests with a loaf and salt, with the help of this custom, people checked the intentions of a guest who came to the house: if a person dipped bread in salt and ate, then the person has no bad thoughts, if he accidentally or pointedly sprinkled grains of salt, it meant bad intentions. The Slavs called salt white gold and treated it with utmost respect, considering it the same strategic product as bread.
Severe punishment awaited the man who spilled the salt; he could be severely scolded or even beaten. If the salt was sprinkled on purpose, then this was equivalent to a challenge to a duel.
What did they do in ancient times if the salt woke up accidentally? Naturally, this event was remembered for a long time, reproached, expressed dissatisfaction in every possible way, scolded, a conflict arose in simple words, it was from there that superstition about spilled salt went.
How to escape from a scandal if you accidentally sprinkle salt?
1. You need to take a small pinch of salt and, laughing, toss it over the left shoulder. Our ancient ancestors were sure that on the left shoulder sits an evil entity that loves to dirty and quarrel people. Throwing salt over the left shoulder, they seemed to fall asleep the eyes of the essence, and she could no longer harm family relationships. Laughter during the manipulation suggests that you are not afraid of any machinations and intrigues.
2. Some have come up with a kind of antidote to spilling salt. Refined cubes are spread on top of a heap of sprinkled product or sprinkled with granulated sugar and left for about a day, after which they are put into a garbage can.
3. If suddenly the salt woke up accidentally, it is necessary to draw a cross on the salty surface with the little finger of the right hand, and then no signs and superstitions will come true.