Even those who do not particularly believe in folk superstitions pay a lot of attention to New Year’s traditions. On January 1, almost everyone eats lentils or roast pork.
According to superstition, you have to eat lentils to have a lot of money. The consumption of pig meat is also related to luck, since the stocky four-legged creature digs the ground forward and “digs out the luck”, while a chicken or hen tends to scratch it. It is believed that the turkey brings strife and quarrels to the house, so poultry should not be eaten on New Year’s. While we eat a lot of fish at Christmas, it is also a “forbidden food” on New Year’s Day. because our luck swims away with the fish.
According to tradition, it doesn’t matter what kind of dessert is on the table. It is recommended to eat meat and fruit at this time. The longer the bread stick on the table, the longer and happier our lives will be. If you want your work to be fruitful this year, you should definitely eat a lot of fruit on January 1st.
According to old customs, you also have to make sure that the pantry is full at New Year’s. Fill half-empty cups, salt and sugar containers, for example, so that we don’t have to go hungry during the rest of the year. It is also an old superstition that if we break a loaf of bread, we will not starve.
As the saying goes, what the first day of the year is like, the whole year will be like that. So it doesn’t matter what we do on January 1. You should not clean, wash, or take out the garbage, because these chores can take away your luck. However, there should be order around us, because disorder attracts chaos.
You shouldn’t even go to the doctor on January 1, because you can be sick all year round. Let’s also make sure that we don’t quarrel with anyone that day, because our relationship with that person can be angry throughout the year.
(Source: mindmegette.hu)
