Target: appeal to the spiritual and moral traditions and values of one’s people.
Tasks:
Form cognitive needs and interests, activity;
- enrich the child’s experience, saturate this experience with new knowledge and information about the environment, expand and deepen the opportunities for the emergence and consolidation of sustainable cognitive interests;
- cultivate love for the traditions of the Russian people and their culture.
Destination: pupils of the Fakel cultural center, junior and middle school age.
Form:entertainment and educational program.
Duration: 45 min.
Equipment and props:pieces of paper with wishes, a box, music.
Progress of the event:
Presenter:
The night from January 6 to 7 is Christmas Eve. It's not only big Orthodox holiday, but it’s also time for Christmas fortune-telling, lasting until January 19 (Epiphany). You can treat this ancient Russian tradition as a game and have fun with your friends, or you can get serious. Few people refrain from fortune telling on these magical and mysterious days.
Once on Epiphany evening
The girls wondered:
A shoe behind the gate,
Having taken it off the leg, they threw it... (V. Zhukovsky “Svetlana”)
Christmas melodies are playing.
Presenter:
Today we will talk about Christmas fortune telling. Yuletide fortune telling- This is an ancient, pagan tradition. Christmastide - falls on two weeks from January 6 to Epiphany (that is, until January 19). And this is the best time for fortune telling.
Most of all, young girls were looking forward to fortune telling in order to find out their future and find out the name of their betrothed, but few people refrain from fortune telling on these magical and mysterious days. Folk signs fortune telling is very diverse: they are carried out on things, on money, on coffee and mirrors, fortune telling by candles, snow, wax, watches and rings, and so on.
They usually told fortunes in the evenings when they were getting ready for gatherings. Today we will look at the simplest, most popular and unexpected Christmas fortune telling.
What have you heard or know about the brownie? What is its character and features?
Sample stories from children:The little housekeeper protects a person’s home; contributes in every possible way to a comfortable life and prosperity, etc.
How should one appease a brownie who guards a house and lives side by side with a person? (children's answers)
“Tell fortunes on the brownie’s lap”
So, the fortune telling itself will include the following steps: you need to take a small saucer or lid from a jar, pour fresh milk into it and place an improvised plate closer to the threshold front door. While the milk is standing near the door, you need to melt all the candle stubs in the house in a metal vessel, while saying into the vessel:
My little house, dear master,
Come quickly and drink some milk,
Talk about fate.
When the wax is melted, you need to pour it into cold milk and fix the shapes that will appear when it hardens in the liquid.
It can be interpreted like this:stars - to many interesting events; cross - to sadness and illness; flower - joy; animals are new friends; lines - travel; roads, people - many new characters in fate, etc.
You can place pieces of food and a couple of spoons of milk at the window for him at night. A brownie “fed” in this way may well help with fortune-telling, becoming kinder to the people with whom he lives and whose house he serves.
“The future is through folk signs”
So, the day before, you guys were tasked with learning and noticing some of the main natural phenomena At Christmas:
Presence of snow. If there is a lot of snow on Christmas Day, this means a successful and good year.
Air temperature.If the day is generally warm and fine, then the harvest will be sound and good, the wheat fields will be full of grain.
The presence of wind, or even a snowstorm.If there is a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, there will be a lot of honey due to the abundance of bees.
The number of stars in the sky.If there are many stars in the sky, then there will be a lot of peas in the harvest.
“Fortune telling on beans (cereals)”
Fortune telling by beans is fortune telling for the fulfillment of a wish.
You need to sit down with a jar of cereal or beans, make a wish and say it out loud. Take a handful of cereal out of the jar, and once again make a wish out loud, scatter it on the table. Count the number of grains; if there are an even number, the wish will come true; if there is an odd number, unfortunately, not.
Game for Christmas “Gifts of the Magi”
Everyone present takes turns putting their hand into a bag containing all kinds of souvenirs and sweets, and trying to guess what kind of item is in their hand; After this, the item is taken out of the bag. If the participant guessed correctly, then he takes this item for himself.
"Fortune telling with plates"
The teacher gives instructions, and several willing children begin to carry them out:
I have several plates, and in them: bread, garlic, sugar, salt, a ring and a coin. Then, everyone present closes their eyes, and everyone chooses a plate for themselves. Whoever has a plate with bread means prosperity, with sugar means a fun time, salt means misfortunes, garlic means tears and troubles, a coin means wealth, and a ring means early marriage.
“If there are a lot of books in the house”
Fortune telling is carried out directly as follows:
First, a specific question is asked that worries the fortuneteller. You need to ask it to the book on which they are telling fortunes, mentally repeating it to yourself several times.
After the task has been formulated, you need to open the book in the first place you come across, setting a certain line, from which the answer corresponding to the question will be read. (Several people can participate in fortune telling with a book if desired.)
"Cup-spoons-ladles"
A good fortune telling at Christmas can be “Cups, Spoons, Ladles”, in which all the salt lies in the distribution of the so-called “cups of fate”. So what does it take?everyone should take exactly the same mugs (preferably deep ones and definitely according to the number of fortune tellers).
Then you need to scatter various objects in these circles in random order that you can find in the kitchen or in your mother’s boxes. For example, these could be coins, beads, pieces of bread, sugar cubes, seeds, onions, salt, pebbles and other small things.The items at the bottom of the improvised “cups of fate” are filled with black tea (so that the contents are not visible) and then offered to fortune-tellers to choose from.Each participant must choose a cup for himself and take an object from its bottom.The decoding is done approximately as follows: if you got an onion - to sadness and disappointment, if you got a pebble - to solve difficult life problems, at the bottom there was sugar or candy - life will be sweet and beautiful, a coin - promises wealth and luxury, a bead - interesting meetings, seeds - a lot of new friends, but if there is nothing in the circle, it means that life next year will not bring any special changes.
"Fortune telling for wish fulfillment"
In advance, the children were given the task of writing wishes on 13 pieces of paper. Children put them in a bowl and pour water, the first one that floats up will come true. (Several willing children take part in fortune telling on pieces of paper.)
"Divination with dice"
For fortune telling you will need two dice. The participant rolls the dice. If a double is rolled, he receives a prediction. You can roll the dice six times. If in six throws there is no double, it means that the time for fortune telling has not yet come for this participant, and fate does not want him to look into the future. Doubles value:
Two units - failure in business;
Two deuces - quarrels with friends and loved ones;
Two threes - travel, new acquaintances;
Two fours - success in business;
Two fives - material well-being;
Two sixes are great love.
Presenter:
Rely on fortune-telling - don’t make a mistake yourself. Girls, you don’t need to rely only on fate and wait for the prince without doing anything to meet him. Try to arrange your life the way you see it in your dreams - you will definitely succeed, because the main thing is to be confident in your happiness.
Be healthy and happy, dear guys! May God give you all the brightest and most beautiful things! Enjoy the holidays and take care of each other!
A traditional Christmas activity is Christmas fortune-telling.
We offer you interesting Christmas fortune telling.
On holy week It's common to guess. Remember Zhukovsky:
Once on Epiphany evening
The girls wondered:
A shoe behind the gate,
They took it off their feet and threw it;
The snow was cleared; they listened under the window;
They fed the chicken with grain;
The ardent wax was heated;
In a bowl of clean water
They put a gold ring;
The earrings are emerald;
White boards spread out
And over the bowl they sang in harmony
The songs are amazing.
Examples of Christmas fortune telling
Today in villages and villages they tell fortunes the old fashioned way: the way grandmothers used to tell fortunes. In the city, young people manage to tell fortunes on Kinder Surprise chocolates and on strips of paper with names.
At night, place the King of Diamonds card under your pillow and wish for a specific person. The next morning you will find out what he thinks about you.
If you want to bewitch someone, there is a way. Take a needle and go outside at midnight. Make a wish for the person you need and, with the thought of him, stick a needle into the trunk of a birch tree.
Write the names of the people you are interested in on paper and place the leaves in a circle. Place the needle and thread in the middle of the circle. Hold the needle by the thread so that it stands freely on the table. In the direction of which name the needle swings and stops - this is your destiny.
Another fortune telling came to us from antiquity. This is how the girls in the villages used to guess. Having prepared for bed: having washed, combed their hair and put on a nightgown, they went to the bathhouse. A mirror was placed there, and candles were lit on both sides of it. Cutlery was placed in front of the mirror: a plate, a spoon (but in no case a fork or a knife), a glass. They sat down in front of the mirror and said: “My betrothed, my betrothed. Come and have dinner with me." After these words, the girls peered into the mirror. A reflection of a person should have appeared in it.
You can't turn around.
Fortune telling on cups is as follows. You need to take several opaque cups. Place bread, salt, sugar, ring, money in them, pour water into one
There should be as many fortunetellers as there are cups. Each of those gathered takes turns choosing a cup with eyes closed. Onion - for tears, bread - for prosperity, ring - for a wedding, water - a stable position awaits you, salt - be careful: troubles may befall you in the near future. If you get a cup of sugar, fun awaits you soon.
Money - you will become rich.
Fortune telling can predict your fate. Pour wax into a glass cold water. Take out the resulting “pancake” and carefully examine its reverse side.
If you saw a face, perhaps it is the face of a person with whom you will be closely associated in the near future. The road is frozen - you will soon have a journey. Home - a change of residence or a pleasant acquaintance.
Fortune telling on burnt paper is very popular. They burn her in a dark room by candlelight.
You need to look at the shadow created on the wall when burning paper.
Reflecting the devil promises big troubles or temptation that will not lead to anything good.
If you see a cat, flirting and romantic interest are possible.
Expect big changes in your life if a shadow resembling a bird appears on the wall.
Fortune telling poultry still exists in villages. Coal, bread and rings are placed on the floor, and a cup of water is placed. The chicken is released onto the floor. If she starts drinking water, her husband will be a drunkard. If the chicken starts pecking at the bread, the husband will be prosperous. The bird pecked at the coal - your chosen one does not have a penny to his name. Well, the rings mean the following: Golden ring- a rich husband, silver - you will live comfortably, copper - you will get a lazy person, a miser and red tape.
Fortune telling at the gate is popular in the provinces. It is as follows. At night you need to go outside and say: “Bark, little dog, bark, gray wolf! Where I hear barking, there is my destiny.”
By the barking of a dog you can determine whether your betrothed lives far or close, whether he is young or old. Where a girl hears barking, she will certainly be given in marriage. If the barking is loud, the groom is young, but if it is hoarse, he is married to an old man.
Don't be alarmed if it's empty, night street someone will ask your name. It is needed in order to find out the name of your betrothed or betrothed.
In the old days, girls went to the church at night to eavesdrop. At night, of course, there is no service. But they say that some beauties heard either wedding singing or funeral lamentation. Depending on what she heard, the girl made a conclusion: whether she would get married or become seriously ill.
Eavesdropping has survived to this day. Your fate depends on what you heard under someone else's window: names, laughter, swearing, etc.
Christmas time. Scenario for younger students
Gatherings for school-age children “Yuletide fortune-telling for Christmas” - history and traditions
Churepkina Valentina Petrovna, teacher of the State Budgetary Healthcare Institution "Regional" children's sanatorium for patients with tuberculosis" Berezovsky, Barzas village, Kemerovo region.The night from January 6 to 7 is Christmas Eve. This is not only a major Orthodox holiday, but also a time for Christmas fortune-telling, lasting until January 19 (Epiphany). You can treat this ancient Russian tradition as a game and have fun with your friends, or you can get serious. Few people refrain from fortune telling on these magical and mysterious days.
Once on Epiphany evening
The girls wondered:
A shoe behind the gate,
Having taken it off the leg, they threw it... (V. Zhukovsky “Svetlana”)
Description: This material will be useful to teachers primary classes, educators preschool institutions, as well as for children and parents who are interested in Christmas fortune-telling, their traditions and customs.
Target: appeal to the spiritual and moral traditions and values of one’s people.
Tasks:
to form cognitive needs and interests, activity;
enrich the child’s experience, saturate this experience with new knowledge and information about the environment, expand and deepen the opportunities for the emergence and consolidation of stable cognitive interests;
cultivate love for the traditions of the Russian people and their culture.
Preliminary work: the day before, children are given tasks: learn from their parents, grandmothers, and friends about 1-2 rituals of Christmas fortune-telling and prepare the necessary attributes; write wishes on 13 pieces of paper; instruct the children to find out and notice the following of the main natural phenomena at Christmas: the presence of snow, air temperature, the presence of wind, or even a blizzard, the number of stars in the sky, etc.
Material: necessary attributes for fortune telling; a bag containing all kinds of souvenirs and sweets.
Progress: Christmas melodies are playing.
Teacher: Today we will talk about Christmas fortune telling. Christmas fortune-telling is an ancient, pagan tradition. Christmastide - falls on two weeks from January 6 to Epiphany (that is, until January 19). And this is the best time for fortune telling.
Most of all, young girls were looking forward to fortune telling in order to find out their future and find out the name of their betrothed, but few people refrain from fortune telling on these magical and mysterious days. Folk signs in fortune telling are very diverse: they are carried out on things, on money, on coffee and mirrors, they tell fortunes by candles, snow, wax, watches and rings, and so on.
They usually told fortunes in the evenings when they were getting ready for gatherings. Now, however, the winter day is in full swing, but let us still tell fortunes together! You ask how? Today we will take a closer look at the simplest, most popular and unexpected Christmas fortune telling.
The teacher shows a picture of the Brownie.
Teacher: What have you heard or know about the brownie? What is its character and features? Sample stories from children: The little housekeeper protects a person’s home; contributes in every possible way to a comfortable life and prosperity, etc.
Teacher: How should one appease a brownie who guards a house and lives side by side with a person? (children's answers)
“Tell fortunes on the brownie’s lap”
So, fortune telling itself will include the following steps:You need to take a small saucer or a lid from a jar, pour fresh milk into it and place an improvised plate closer to the threshold of the front door.
While the milk is standing near the door, you need to melt all the candle stubs in the house in a metal vessel, while saying into the vessel:
My little house, dear master,
Come quickly and drink some milk,
Talk about fate.
When the wax is melted, you need to pour it into cold milk and fix the shapes that will appear when it hardens in the liquid.
It can be interpreted as follows: stars - to many interesting events; cross - to sadness and illness; flower - joy; animals are new friends; lines – travel; roads, people - many new characters in fate, etc.
The teacher summarizes: You can place pieces of food and a couple of spoons of milk at the window for him at night. A brownie “fed” in this way may well help with fortune-telling, becoming kinder to the people with whom he lives and whose house he serves.
“The future is through folk signs”
Teacher: So, the day before, you guys were tasked with learning and noticing the following of the main natural phenomena at Christmas:Presence of snow. If there is a lot of snow on Christmas Day, this means a successful and good year.
Air temperature. If the day is generally warm and fine, then the harvest will be sound and good, the wheat fields will be full of grain.
The presence of wind, or even a snowstorm. If there is a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, there will be a lot of honey due to the abundance of bees.
The number of stars in the sky. If there are many stars in the sky, then there will be a lot of peas in the harvest.
Children can even keep a specific diary of fortune telling on natural phenomena, where they can write down, or even sketch, their observations, noting the signs associated with them.
“Fortune telling on beans (cereals)”
Teacher: Fortune telling by beans is fortune telling for the fulfillment of a wish.The teacher gives instructions, and several willing children begin to carry them out:
You need to sit down with a jar of cereal or beans, make a wish and say it out loud. Take a handful of cereal out of the jar, and once again make a wish out loud, scatter it on the table. Count the number of grains; if there are an even number, the wish will come true; if there is an odd number, unfortunately, not.
Game for Christmas “Gifts of the Magi”
Everyone present takes turns putting their hand into a bag containing all kinds of souvenirs and sweets, and trying to guess what kind of item is in their hand; After this, the item is taken out of the bag. If the participant guessed correctly, then he takes this item for himself.
"Fortune telling with plates"
The teacher gives instructions, and several willing children begin to carry them out:I have several plates, and in them: bread, garlic, sugar, salt, a ring and a coin. Then, everyone present closes their eyes, and everyone chooses a plate for themselves. Whoever has a plate with bread means prosperity, with sugar means a fun time, salt means misfortunes, garlic means tears and troubles, a coin means wealth, and a ring means early marriage.
“If there are a lot of books in the house”
Teacher: Fortune telling is carried out directly as follows:First, a specific question is asked that worries the fortuneteller. You need to ask it to the book on which they are telling fortunes, mentally repeating it to yourself several times.
After the task has been formulated, you need to open the book in the first place you come across, setting a certain line, from which the answer corresponding to the question will be read. (Several people can participate in fortune telling with a book if desired.)
"Cup-spoons-ladles"
Teacher: A good fortune telling at Christmas can be “Cups, Spoons, Ladles”, in which all the salt lies in the distribution of the so-called “cups of fate”. So what does it take?The teacher gives instructions, and several willing children begin to carry them out:
everyone should take exactly the same mugs (preferably deep ones and definitely according to the number of fortune tellers).
Then you need to scatter various objects in these circles in random order that you can find in the kitchen or in your mother’s boxes. For example, these could be coins, beads, pieces of bread, sugar cubes, seeds, onions, salt, pebbles and other small things.
The items at the bottom of the improvised “cups of fate” are filled with black tea (so that the contents are not visible) and then offered to fortune-tellers to choose from.
Each participant must choose a cup for himself and take an object from its bottom.
The decoding is done approximately as follows: if you got an onion - to sadness and disappointment, if you got a pebble - to solve difficult life problems, at the bottom there was sugar or candy - life will be sweet and beautiful, a coin - promises wealth and luxury, a bead - interesting meetings, seeds - a lot of new friends, but if there is nothing in the circle, it means that life next year will not bring any special changes.
Dynamic pause with elements of fortune telling "Round Dance"
Everyone lines up in a large round dance and slowly walks in a circle. The driver (a girl or a boy in turn) is blindfolded and given a beautiful handkerchief. He walks in a circle in the opposite direction to the round dance and chooses who to give the handkerchief to, i.e. whom to choose, and the chosen one becomes the driver.
The round dance sings:
Walk, walk, round dance,
Not back, but forward! I'll go in circles
Yes, I will find my destiny! Choose, choose
Just make sure you don’t make a mistake!”
Note: if the driver is a girl, the boys come forward in the circle and vice versa.
The driver answers with the words:
Everyone is good
I choose for the soul! (hands the handkerchief to the selected person)
"Fortune telling for wish fulfillment"
In advance, the children were given the task of writing wishes on 13 pieces of paper. Children put them in a bowl and pour water, the first one that floats up will come true. (Several willing children take part in fortune telling on pieces of paper.)
"Divination with dice"
Teacher: For fortune telling you will need two dice. The participant rolls the dice. If a double is rolled, he receives a prediction. You can roll the dice six times. If in six throws there is no double, it means that the time for fortune telling has not yet come for this participant, and fate does not want him to look into the future. Doubles value:
Two units - failure in business;
Two deuces - quarrels with friends and loved ones;
Two threes - travel, new acquaintances;
Two fours - success in business;
Two A's - material well-being;
Two sixes are great love.
"Candle Fortune Telling"
Teacher: Candle fortune telling is fortune telling. You need to take a large, wide candle and light it. (The teacher carries out all actions with a burning candle himself.) Wait until the hole accumulates sufficient quantity wax and pour it into a container with cold water. Look at the figures that form on the water; if the droplets are small and neat, then good luck awaits you in business, and if the figures are large, bulky and ugly, then expect conflicts and troubles, financial problems are possible.
To summarize:
At the end of the Yuletide fortune-telling, everyone is invited to the table. You can serve surprise cookies with tea. Each cookie has a fortune paper baked inside. The pieces of paper must be wrapped in food foil. Predictions must be good, kind, for example:
1.
If you don't shed tears,
There will be a whole lot of money.
2.
Your destiny is not so simple,
He's waiting for you career.
3.
Oh, miracle, fate will have a surprise in store,
Pack your bags and go on a cruise.
4.
Just a little time left to wait,
Joy will soon come into your home.
5.
A sharp turn awaits you soon,
Great love awaits you this year.
Teacher: And lastly, rely on fortune telling - don’t make a mistake yourself. Girls, you don’t need to rely only on fate and wait for the prince without doing anything to meet him. Try to arrange your life the way you see it in your dreams - you will definitely succeed, because the main thing is to be confident in your happiness.
Be healthy and happy, dear guys! May God give you all the brightest and most beautiful things! Enjoy the holidays and take care of each other!
Note: While drinking tea, the teacher maintains a casual conversation on the topic of Christmas fortune-telling (exchange of experience).
The teacher copies all the records of Christmas fortune-telling that the children learned the day before and wrote down. And he always gives it to children so that the children can tell fortunes at home.
From time immemorial, people have wanted to look “on the other side.” Fortune telling is a mystery that constantly attracts people. In Rus' most of fortune telling was timed to coincide with Christmastide (the time from Christmas to Epiphany).
Christmastide is the name given to two weeks of winter holidays, from Christmas Eve, which falls on January 6, to Epiphany, celebrated on January 19. Fortune telling at Christmas is rightfully considered the most truthful and has its roots in the times of pagan Rus'.
On the night of January 6-7, those who want to tell fortunes gather together, at this time everything is possible - to find out the future, resolve internal disputes and contradictions, tickle your nerves... folk beliefs, on this night all prohibitions are lifted, mysterious forces rush to Earth. Some are to harm people, others are to help.
If you are going to tell fortunes on Christmas Eve or Christmastide, as our great-grandmothers did, get in a serious mood, let your hair down, take out all the knots on your clothes, remove chains, bracelets, rings (these are amulets that close our energy and protect from outside invasion ).
During Christmas and Christmas fortune-telling, you can look for in all predictions only good meaning. Bad omens should not be attached of great importance, otherwise you will be setting yourself up for failure in the new year.
Fortune telling on the street
Valenok, tell me...
The girls take turns throwing their felt boots (boots, shoes) onto the road and, by the direction of the “toe” of the felt boots, recognize the direction in which they will get married.
If the shoe points towards the house, this means that you will not get married in the new year. But maybe this is for the better. Maybe you're fine anyway.
Relatives...
Fortune telling for those who like to peek. During dinner, you need to look at your neighbors' windows. If you see the heads of those sitting at the table, this means that future relatives will all be alive; if not, then a misfortune must happen to the relatives.
Counter-transverse….
Girls go out into the street at midnight and ask the name of the first person they meet - this is the name of their betrothed...
Eavesdropping.
For those who like to warm their ears: girls eavesdrop on their neighbors at the window. If they have a showdown with breaking dishes, you can expect a “fun” year. If there is silence in the house, your year will be harmonious. How lucky you are with your neighbors...
Fortune telling at home
My light, mirror...
The girl sits down in the dark between two mirrors, lights candles and begins to peer into the “gallery of reflections,” hoping to see her groom. The best time For this fortune-telling, midnight is considered.
Who is faster
Fortune telling with burning a thread - who will get married faster. It consists of girls cutting threads of the same length and setting them on fire. Whoever's thread burns out first will be the first to be married. If the thread goes out immediately and less than half is burned, then you won’t get married.
Current
Fortune telling with a ring or needle on the gender of the unborn child.
Certain actions are performed with a ring or a needle (the ring is lowered into a glass of water, the needle is pierced into woolen fabric), then, suspended by a hair or thread, it is slowly lowered near the hand of the one being told fortunes. If an object (ring, needle) begins to make circular movements, a child will be born (less often, a boy); if it is pendulum-shaped, it will be a boy (less often, a girl); if the object does not move, there will be no children.
Nut Swimming
Fill a large bowl about halfway with water. On paper strips, write names or events that interest you. Fold each strip in half and place them around the edges of the bowl. Then insert a piece of candle into half of the shell walnut. Light a candle and let the boat “free float” in the middle of the bowl. Which edge will she swim to and which piece of paper will she set on fire - there is the answer to your question.
What will it be like?
Fortune telling with a choice of subject) for the “quality” of life and the groom.
Objects are placed in a bowl, saucer or felt boot, and the girls choose them. The choice of subject symbolizes future life: ash -bad life, sugar - a sweet life, a ring - getting married, an onion - for tears, a glass - a cheerful life, a gold ring - a rich life, etc.
Key to the future
They tell fortunes in the company. The key is placed in a thick book so that its ring (or shackle) remains outside. The book is tightly closed, bandaged and hung from a hook by the ring. Those gathered around wait until Kinga hangs motionless, and then everyone calls out their name. The one on whose name the book begins to spin, marriage (or meeting with new love) cannot be avoided.
Petya the Cockerel
Fortune telling is relevant for those who, in fact, have a rooster at hand...
Grain is poured into one plate (or money is placed), water is poured into another, a mirror is placed nearby, and sometimes a chicken is brought. A rooster that approaches a mirror symbolizes the beauty and tenderness of the future groom; a rooster that approaches grain or money is his wealth; a rooster that approaches water symbolizes his tendency to drink; if a rooster approaches a hen, it means that the groom will be a “womanizer.”
Fortune telling on an egg.
If you have already found a rooster, then finding an egg is an easy task... Take fresh egg, make a small hole in it and carefully pour the contents into a glass of water. When the protein curls, you need to guess your future based on the shape it takes. The sight of a church means a wedding, a ring means an engagement, a cube means a coffin, a ship means a business trip (for a man) or the return of a husband from a business trip (for a woman). If the protein sinks to the bottom, there will be a fire in the house.
Shadow Advisor
This type of fortune telling, due to its simplicity, is very common among modern girls. The girl sets fire to a sheet of paper she has crumpled up, and then examines the shadow of the burnt paper. Everyone takes Blank sheet paper, crumples it, places it on a dish or large flat plate and sets it on fire. When the sheet burns or is almost burned, it is displayed on the wall using a candle. By carefully examining the shadows they try to find out the future.
Fortune telling with matches: easy and simple
Fortune telling, perhaps, known to everyone since school... Two matches are inserted into the sides of a matchbox and set on fire. If the burnt heads are facing each other, it means that the “given” guy and girl will be together.
Bark, little dog
At midnight, take a knife, go out into the street, go to a snowdrift and start cutting the snow with a knife, saying: “Damn, damn, don’t be silent, damn, damn, tell me what kind of husband I’ll get, will I have to laugh or cry?”
After saying the words of the spell, listen carefully to the barking of the dogs. If an angry, abrupt bark is heard, it means future husband He will be strict and gloomy.
If the dogs bark cheerfully and loudly, then the husband will be cheerful and kind.
It is very bad if you hear a dog howling during fortune telling. This suggests that the marriage will not last long and very quickly the young wife will become a widow.
There is another way of interpretation: to determine the age of the future groom by barking outside the window. A hoarse bark promises an old groom, and a ringing bark promises a young one.
ring-ring
A girl throws into a glass of water wedding ring and peers inside the ring, pronouncing the words: “My betrothed, the mummer...”. According to the plan, after this the girl sees this very betrothed...
Thimble
Do you want to know if you will get married in the new year? Play "thimbles" with your friends. Have them place a flower, ribbon, and ring under the three upside-down cups. And you with the question “What awaits me this year?” must choose one of the cups. If you get a flower, you will become a bride, if you get a ring, you will get married, if you get a ribbon, you will remain free like the wind.
Card reading
Before going to bed, they put four kings under the pillow and say: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, he will appear in my dreams.” If you dream about the king of spades, the groom will be an old man and jealous, the king of hearts means young and rich, the king of the cross - expect matchmakers from a military man or businessman, and the king of diamonds - from the desired one.
Wax fortune telling
Melt the wax in a mug, pour milk into a saucer and place it at the threshold of your apartment or house. Say the following words: “Brownie, my master, come to the threshold to drink milk and eat wax.” WITH last words pour melted wax into milk. Now watch what is happening carefully. If you see a frozen cross, some illnesses await you in the new year. If the cross just appears, then in the coming year your financial affairs will not go too well, but in personal life troubles will overcome, but not too serious. If a flower blooms, get married, get married or find a loved one. If an animal appears, be careful: you will have some kind of enemy. If the wax flows in stripes, roads and crossings lie ahead of you, but if it starts to appear like stars, expect good luck in your service or in your studies. If a human figure is formed, you will gain a friend.
There is another option: Pour water into a transparent glass or deep plate and place a ring without a stone, taken from the fortuneteller’s finger, at the bottom.
In a spoon over the flame of a candle, melt wax or paraffin with the words “Burn-burn the candle, burn-burn the wax, tell me the name of your betrothed,” sharply pour the melted wax into the water in the center of the ring. And then carefully examine the shape of the frozen wax figure.
Another interpretation of wax fortune telling is the following: if the wax spreads in stripes, roads and crossings lie ahead of you. If it appears like stars - expect good luck in your service or in your studies. If a human figure is formed, it will appear new friend, and if it’s a beast, be careful: you have a secret ill-wisher. A flower means marriage or meeting a new pleasant partner.
For convenience, we provide an interpretation of the most common figures:
House - soon acquiring a new household; For a girl, this is primarily due to her marriage.
Shapeless ruins are a sign of misfortune in the near future.
A pit, small cave or grotto is the most undesirable figure, since it symbolizes the burial place and predicts serious illness or near death.
Trees - they can be interpreted in different ways: upward-pointing tree branches promise quick joy, drooping branches - sadness, melancholy and boredom.
A ring or candle definitely predicts an imminent wedding.
A pancake that has settled to the bottom, on the contrary, promises a long girlhood.
Cross - illness; if its outlines are unclear, then you should soon prepare for a series of minor troubles that will affect all aspects of life.
A blossoming flower means a wedding in a year.
Animal - an ill-wisher has appeared in your close circle.
A scattering of small stars means good luck in business.
Stripes with blurred edges - trip, business trip, relocation, travel.
A human figure means the imminent appearance of a new friend.
Shall we tell fortunes using bulbs?
You need to take several bulbs and plant them in the ground: the one that sprouts first, that girl will get married ahead of the others.
Once again about the ring
Fill an ordinary glass glass 3/4 full with water and carefully lower the wedding ring to the middle of the bottom. Then they look through the water into the middle of the ring, where the image of the betrothed should appear.
There is another option: Throw the ring on the floor. If it rolls towards the door, it means the girl is getting married soon, and the man is going on a business trip. Can be interpreted as leaving home.
Oh, you log!
Most likely, you will only be able to tell fortunes in this way if you are in the village... After all, for this you need to choose a log for yourself. If it is even, smooth, without knots, the spouse will come across with an ideal character. If the log is thick and heavy, the husband will be wealthy. If there are a lot of knots, the family will have many children, and if the log is crooked, the husband will be askew and lame.
Fire of love
Write your lover's name, place it on a plate and set it on fire. If the piece of paper does not burn completely, it means that the wish you associate with this person will come true.
Kitty Kitty
Make a wish, call your cat. If she crosses the threshold of the room with her left paw, her wish will come true. If it's right, it's not meant to be.
For book lovers.
Fortune telling from a book: it is best to take a book of spiritual content, you can, for example, the “Bible”, without opening it, guess the page number and line at the top or bottom, then open it and read it in the guessed place. They interpret what they read in accordance with what interests the fortuneteller most of all.
For bedtime...
“Eat herring for dinner and don’t drink it. Before going to bed, you must definitely cast a spell: “Betrothed - in disguise, come to me, give me something to drink.” - say these words before dreams. Perhaps in a dream you will see a sign...
There is another option, a hungrier one: without having dinner, go to bed, putting a spoon or fork under your pillow with the words: “Mummer - betrothed, come to me for dinner.”
Do you rarely dream or can’t remember your visions? Don’t be discouraged, your family can also find out your fate. Secretly place a frying pan under your mother’s bed and whisper before going to bed: “My betrothed is a mummer, come eat your mother-in-law’s pancakes.” And the next morning don’t forget to ask who mom saw in her dream.
And one more option: When you go to bed, put a comb under your pillow and say: “Betrothed, mummer! Comb my head!” Whoever dreams is the betrothed.
You can tell fortunes not only on Christmas Eve, but throughout the entire Christmastide week, right up to the night from January 18 to 19! Good luck exploring the unknown!
Yuletide fortune telling - traditional and important element folk winter holidays. If in pagan antiquity fortune-telling was almost the main meaning of the days of the winter solstice, determining the annual fate of entire tribes, then with the advent of Christianity their meaning was reduced to a girl’s divination “for her betrothed.” Although Orthodox Church did not approve of fortune telling, but to eradicate it from folk culture failed. Well, in our time, Christmas fortune-telling is more likely fun fun, a joke, a harmless and non-binding pastime.
Most of the Christmas fortune-telling was devoted to one issue - marriage. For example, they threw a shoe, or looked in the mirror, freezing with fear and curiosity. It is unlikely that such fortune-telling will be suitable for New Year's holiday Today. But there were also fortune telling that were quite suitable for this purpose, especially if they were modernized and adapted. We offer you several just such fortune telling. They can become part of the script for a children's matinee, for example, a folklore mini-festival of New Year's carols. Such a holiday can be organized at school, kindergarten or at home. In our “fortune-telling practice” the main thing is that all “predictions” are happy, cheerful and not offensive!
Comic Christmas number fortune telling by belt - for a school holiday
This fortune telling was once used for “economic” purposes. So they tried to find out about the offspring of sheep and pigs. Fortune telling is quantitative, that is, it answers the question “how much.” Well, or when the answer can be a number. Of course, a modern city dweller, especially a schoolchild, is of little concern about the litter of pigs. But, for example, find out: how many A's Vova Sidorov will have in the next quarter; how many times will Sonya Podushkina sleep through the first lesson? or how many times Vasya Petrov will pull Masha Ivanova’s pigtail in the coming year - it’s very interesting.
The equipment for this fortune telling is the simplest - a rope or a belt. The fortuneteller stands facing the New Year tree. The belt should be crumpled and held in the fist of your left hand. Say the question out loud. Then you need to hit yourself three times with your fist with a rope clamped on your forehead and throw the rope over your shoulder. You need to hit the forehead lightly, without fanaticism. The belt that has fallen to the floor is examined and the outline of a number is found in it. These outlines will definitely be found - you just need to look closely! If the fortuneteller himself cannot recognize the number, then he can call his friends for help! The “found” number will be the answer to the fortune-telling question.
Comic Christmas fortune-telling by bird feather - for children's parties
Another fortune telling that came from our grandfathers-farmers. With its help, they found out which crops to expect in the coming year. And you can find out, for example, which subjects you should focus on this school year Special attention. Or, what is more important for teenage girls, which of their classmates should they pay the most attention to.
They do fortune telling like this: objects symbolizing the objects of fortune telling are laid out in a circle. For example, if you want to find out which school subject is most important to you, you can put down your textbooks. You can also just put pieces of paper with words. The fortuneteller stands in the center of the resulting circle. A bird feather is placed on his head. Now you need to ask a question and shake your head vigorously so that the feather falls to the floor. The object that the tip of the pen points to will be the answer to the question.
You can make this fortune telling universal - that is, answer any question. Write four words on pieces of paper: “yes”, “no”, “maybe”, “this is not yet known”. Lay them out in a semicircle and, when asking any question that can be answered “yes” or “no,” shake off the pen as described above or blow it off your hand.
Yuletide fortune telling by wax - for a family holiday
Wax fortune telling is incredibly popular in XVIII-XIX centuries Christmas fortune telling. They guessed this way both in the city and in the countryside. Entire companies gathered for this purpose. You can also do this kind of fortune-telling with children and teenagers aged 10-15 years. It will fit perfectly into a family New Year's feast. Moreover, it will be interesting for everyone – both adults and children. For fortune telling you will need wax, a burning candle, a tablespoon that you don’t mind, and a transparent vessel with clean water. Wax can be obtained by cutting a new candle (you can also use a stearic one). Place the wax in a spoon, melt it over the candles and pour it into the water. The resulting strange figures need to be interpreted. Here you will need all your imagination! Of course there's nothing wrong with wax figures New Year's Eve cannot predict. But if, nevertheless, you saw something that seemed unpleasant to you, then destroy this figurine. For example, our grandmothers threw them out to be eaten by pigs or buried them in the ground. We offer an equally expressive way to deceive fate - take an unsuccessful figurine, break it and throw it down the drain.
Yuletide fortune telling using burnt paper - for a family holiday
This fortune telling is also an exercise for your imagination. But you will guess the “fateful” figures by the outlines of the burnt paper (optionally by the shadow on the wall cast by burnt or simply crumpled paper). Here the preparation is much easier. Take a piece of paper, crumple it up and set it on fire, placing it on a plate. Don't touch anything until it burns out! You will get a rather fantastic figure in which you will have to find out your future. If you don't want to set anything on fire, crumple up the paper and place the resulting wad between the candles (or lamp) and the wall, like in a shadow theater. The resulting image on the wall-screen should be interpreted. Accept all versions, and then choose the one that seems most successful.
Yuletide fortune-telling - for a folklore children's holiday
Underwater songs and fortune telling associated with them are a very old layer of folklore. The repeated refrains of the songs retain echoes of ancient pagan culture. For example, the name of the goddess Lada is often heard. Subject fortune-telling is fortune-telling. It was as follows. Everyone present took off some kind of jewelry or other personal item or toy. All this was put into a dish and covered with a scarf. Then a sub-dish song was sung. For each verse of the song they pulled out one thing. They took out the object without looking, through a scarf. They believed that what was sung in the song would be the “fate” of the owner of the thing for the next year. The songs are symbolic. You had to know what each image meant. So “koshurka” (cat) means a close marriage, golden mountains mean prosperity, a cross means death.
At a children's party (as well as at an adult party), it is unlikely to be appropriate to sing real sub-dish songs predicting death or misfortune. May all the lots in your fortune telling be happy! Well, to preserve the folk spirit, use a refrain. Here's what such a song might look like:
You will love sports and break all records!
On the hockey field!
In yard football!
In synchronized swimming!
On a mountain slope!
Raise the barbell!
Play chess!Chorus-refrain: Oh, glory, glory, my goodness!
Whoever gets it, it will come true, it will come true soon, it won’t fail!
You will amuse the people all year long!
(further on each line a lot item is pulled out)
Play the harp!
Write poems!
Dance in ballet!
Draw landscapes!Chorus-refrain: Oh, glory, glory, my goodness!
Whoever gets it, it will come true, it will come true soon, it won’t fail!
You will be learned and strong in knowledge!
(further on each line a lot item is pulled out)
In mathematics!
In grammar!
In foreign languages!
In computer codes!
In native literature!
In physical education!
Chorus-refrain: Oh, glory, glory, my goodness!
Whoever gets it, it will come true, it will come true soon, it won’t fail!
Thus, you will draw sixteen lots. If there are more children, feel free to drag not one, but two, or even three items at once.
If the folklore component of the holiday is not very important for you, then these will suit you. “Fortune-telling forfeits” are very similar to subbly songs.
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