On the one hand, it is worth helping each other, but on the other An old pagan Christmas Eve superstition says that on December 24 you should not lend money (or anything at all) to anyone, because it may bring bad luck to that person.
Supposedly, she will suffer from poverty throughout the year, and the person who grants the loan may also have problems with earning money. This and other holiday superstitions should be treated as a curiosity, with a pinch of salt. What else did our ancestors believe in? There are a lot of these things, although some have already been forgotten.
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One of the most interesting forgotten Christmas Eve superstitions concerns: beans as a dish that should be on the table on December 24. It’s not just that it’s filling and very tasty.
Our ancestors believed that Eating beans on December 24 is believed to ensure financial success throughout the next year. To have a sweet and prosperous life, you should also include nuts and poppy seeds among the 12 dishes.
A much more popular custom involves carrying fish scales in your wallet to bring wealth and protection from negative people. They are a carrier of the energy of abundance.
This dish was once considered a symbol of satiety, abundance and happiness. In addition, fish scales are shaped like coins, so the idea is to transfer these vibrations to other parts of life.
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We currently believe that the hay under the tablecloth symbolizes the manger where Christ was born, but in pagan times, it was a symbolic offering to the god Earthman, who was supposed to ensure a prosperous life for the entire family.
Some Poles still read their fortunes from the hay after the Christmas Eve supper, pulling out one blade from under the tablecloth, to know the future:
- green – happiness and joyful news in the next year, an imminent wedding
- yellow – stability, lack of major changes and revolutions, spinsterhood
- broken, withered – bad news, financial problems
- bent, crooked – health problems
