RUSSIAN SUPERSTITIONS

[@Walrus067]

Dad is having a meal at the kitchen. He drops the fork, lunges to catch it just an inch above the floor, sighs with relief. A few seconds later, son runs into the kitchen: - Mom, Dad! The elevator just broke down, with Gramma inside!

[@catboy721]

Old Russian superstition - superstitious people who make videos about superstitions will always have good luck.

[@davidpollak685]

Growing up- if someone stepped over me, I made then step back over me. Otherwise, I wouldn’t grow. 😂

[@InkaPley]

😂😂

[@karrietroeger8719]

My Polish grandma told me about the silverware. I always thought you shouldn't open an umbrella in the house because it won't fit through the door on your way out.😊

[@deanfeldman2505]

I use to always whistle pre-spouse days & will sometimes whistle when she cannot hear me in the house. If she reads this she'll blame me for sure that we're not retired yet

[@rahulkmishra93]

It's interesting to see what cultures around the world 🌎are superstitious about. 😂😄✌

[@nigglewiggle4214]

love these videos with you two

[@rowleyjefferson1359]

I heard about the shaking hands between threshold one before. It was on one of my russianpod lessons

[@Duffcaster]

From Russia with ❤️. Hello!) Another superstition: before a long journey to sit on a chair

[@gaetanofreeman130]

I enjoy you two! You crack me up. 😂 I love it. Please continue to put out this great content. I like to learn about other cultures and connecting with how similar we are and aren't.

[@chevalierbayard5034]

Some superstitions are same in France, the salt and the umbrella thing 😄

[@Yegorific]

There's a cure for the spilled salt: you can throw a pinch over your shoulder. The dropped cutlery isn't a good or bad omen, it's just a warning to prepare to receive a guest. Hospitality to guests was culturally important to Russians and other Slavic peoples, so it was important to receive a guest with an offer of food and drink. The reason for a visit could be anything, good or bad, or simply someone asking for directions. The gender of the guest comes from the fact that all singular nouns in Russian are masculine or feminine. Knives are masculine, while spoons and forks are feminine. Instead of saying "it", Russians refer to singular objects as "he" or "she". The superstition is not very good at predicting a group of visitors. Umbrellas can be opened on balconies or verandas, with no ill effect, as long as it's not inside the house/building proper. There are grey areas like communal hallways and stairwells in apartment buildings. Doing anything on the threshold of a house is bad because the host hasn't invited the guest inside. This is bad manners, and the guest might feel insulted. Furthermore, neighbors might see this breach of etiquette and consider the host rude and unfriendly. Shaking hands is also acceptable if the host steps outside, especially if the two people then go somewhere else together. Whistling is again, probably more about the fact that Russians traditionally live in fairly small fairly simple homes, and whistling can be annoying to others. But it may also come from the perception of a care-free attitude that may lead to frivolous waste of resources. The not going back inside, or the looking into a mirror, is new to me. Something about the idea that the mirror reflects bad luck somehow, or that you can pass your bad luck to your reflection? No idea on that one. The spitting over your left shoulder I've seen. You don't actually spit, just pantomime. I'm not sure the origins or exactly how this is supposed to work. The knocking on wood must be less common, because I don't recall ever seeing it. Also, no idea how it's supposed to work, or why wood rather than stone or metal.

[@natalyazav1842]

What about the black cat crossing your path?? Lol

[@ЛюдмилаАртюшкина]

Guys, you’re amazing!!!

[@druoleary]

Celtic people also have the salt and umbrella superstition and never put shoes even brand new in the box on a table! When I was in CCCP many years ago when everyone smoked 3 people lit on the same match means death for someone!

[@TheTrueOnyxRose]

Same on the umbrella. But with salt, you take a pinch and toss it over your left shoulder. With shoes though, you never put them on the bed. My parents grew up in the American South. My dad was part Scotch-Irish, descended from great-great grandpa (and his brother) from Northern Ireland. They had to suddenly leave as political refugees protesting the Great Hunger.

[@davidkent6633]

So true for Romania as well, we have all these superstitions

[@LordOvWolves1996]

We Mexicans also believe that if we drop a fork or spoon on the floor somebody will visit our house

[@MrLaizard]

Most of those beliefs we do have in Argentina through russian jewish immigration, the umbrella indoor thing could provoke a heart attack in my grandparents from Odessa and Kamenetz Podolsk And altough they were quite practicant jews the knife falling on the floor would be a real catastrophe for that could bring anger to the DOMOVOI (the creature that lives in the shades and protects the household)

[@Bubblegumbaby]

Зонт точно помню с детства - нельзя внутри дома раскрывать

[@alnikur87]

А как же просушить чтобы?

[@ViciousSorina]

You all are hilarious 😂

[@blukatzen]

My mom and her sisters knew all of them too. My mom also liked to read palms, she also had lots of superstitions with candles. You mentioned the devil. My girlfriend had a saying when you could not find something, the devil has his tail over it!

[@Bubblegumbaby]

Все точно ! Так оно и есть ! 😂

[@antonds]

About salt was in movie “dumb and dumber”

[@blukatzen]

Good night Dobra Noc!

[@kenmakenov3193]

Он реально родной сын? такой крутой чувак с чувством юмора))))

[@CryptoBlockchainTechnologies]

This Russian is very wise, thank goodness he was gone from Russia before the war with Ukraine, otherwise Vladimir Putin would have already won the war.

[@saidnassr9963]

Arabs and Russians share many of these superstitions

[@turanshakh]

أما التفل على اليسار ليس من superstitions هو أمر مشروع في الإسلام كما أعلم

[@saidnassr9963]

Not all Arabs are Muslims for God's sake... I am not Muslim

[@David-pd4ll]

Love it😂❤

[@yourfellow_ravenclaw]

I am a Russian girl and I believe in these superstitions Also… Привет 👋🏻

[@alnikur87]

Про зонт не слышал ни разу О_о

[@tastylimonad]

Relatable

[@joanfos4890]

13 is my favorite number😅

[@darioburatovich2240]

If you drop knife you step on knife before you pick up and lift knife back on table

[@victorfloresperu]

Buy our merchandise! LOL.

[@NoorNoor-cb9bg]

Hhhhhhh all love to you Russian dad❤❤❤❤

[@vladi3471]

all true!

[@tinahale9252]

Americans have a similar superstition about salt. Only if you spill , you'll have bad luck. You sprinkle on hand and throw it over shoulder

[@Kate-hm7cj]

spitting?? are you a gypsy??? - the only one we also have is the umbrella thing - the salt - well if you spill salt you need to throw some over your shoulder - other then that - haven't heard of any of those :)

[@Whammytap]

Spitting over your left shoulder is a thing, it's in stories and even in a Сектор Газа song.

[@KhZina]

Классно! А присесть на дорожку забыли !

[@InkaPley]

;))) Да один из самых важных

[@marykantor4692]

True!

[@АльбинаАбдулкеримова-ц7ш]

Как всегда доставили 😆

[@brunopontecorvo9193]

Also in Rome we believe is a bad thing to open the umbrella indoor!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rianasmith4021]

In South Africa the Afrikaner nation also believes in some of the same superstitions. Specially the older generation. I believe what God has blessed nobody can curse. So no superstitions for me. By the way. I'm from South Africa.

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

Definitely never open ☔ inside

[@Sirin-zn7mk]

Я не знала про зонт😂

[@macedonian_yugoslavball]

What if you drop a spoon

[@xg6hpyk]

Not a superstition, but elbow on a table while eating is consider bad etiquette in the US

[@vrrrrrr6872]

funny, given that most Americans don't know how to use a knife and fork:)

[@TheTrueOnyxRose]

Of course not. We only use our hands or chopsticks.

[@ЭтояНадяН]

Перед экзаменом надо пожелать ни пуха ни пера. А экзаменируемый должен послать вас к черту

[@victoradamenja9032]

Перешагнуть порог это кажется обычай такой у бурят.

[@philotheasbliss]

Accurate

[@Adwa-1896]

😅😅😅 Russian 🇷🇺 I love you 🤙

[@VladimirPetrov-s9i]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@victoradamenja9032]

Русские приметы если рассыпал соль будет сора. Если уронил вилку аридет женщина, ложку мужчина. Забыл ключи нельзя воращаться. Что делать если тв уронил вилку, ложку, просыпал соль и забыл ключи? Ничего тогда ты просто рукожоп it's a badluck 😂 Believe me I'm Russian, I know

[@VladimirPetrov-s9i]

❤

[@МаксимПетров-ф5т]

Один вопрос в какой он стране проживает??? Я просто Сибиряк и я не знаю где он живёт!!!!!.

[@nz7921]

I thought that 'tfu tfu tfu' was a Jewish thing...'tfu tfu tfu, kanayne hore'

[@randomideas7799]

I'm greek and orthodox tradition has the spitting thing and we also have the ambrella and some other things!🇬🇷🤝🇷🇺💪☦️