– Spitting on fire, cursing or throwing water and nails on it will bring bad luck.
– If someone gives fire from his stove to somebody else in the morning, it is believed that his own stove will go out.
– Genies cannot avoid places where a fire is burning.
– Leaving the stove empty will bring bad luck.
– If a trivet falls down suddenly for no reason, that house will suffer a catastrophe.
– If a trivet is left empty, it is believed that the devil will use it for cooking.
– If a trivet is left empty, the water for a dead person will soon be boiled on that trivet.
– If water boils on the trivet for no reason, it means one’s enemies are increasing.
– Fire is not taken out of the house in the evening.
– If there is not enough light in the house, the stove will go out. The grave of the householder will also be dark.
– If sick animals jump over the fire, they may recover.
– Water is not used to die down the fire, it is covered with soil.
– Even if the fire went out long ago, it is not good to sleep near the ashes. People believe that the devil and genies romp in the ashes.
– Throwing water or urinating on the ashes are not considered good.
– To stop it raining, a trivet with a knife on the middle is put in the garden.
– It is a sin to sleep near a stove which has gone out.
– One cannot walk on or jump over ashes at night, since it is believed that the devil will comes.
– If the fire makes too much noise, it is a sign that there is gossip about the person who lit the fire.
Popular Beliefs Related to Agriculture and Plants:
– If someone falls from an elm tree, he won’t live long. – Elm wood must not be used for cradles or chests.
– The devil will take away anyone who sleeps under a fig tree.
– People living under walnut trees are taken away by the devil.
– Having sexual intercourse in the fields damages their fertility.
– Anyone who eats a single grape or the stem side of a melon will be orphaned.
– The olive is regarded as sacred.
– Sleeping alone under a large, old tree is not good for the future.
– It is not permitted to have sexual intercourse or urinate in a field full of crops.
– Walking in fields where crops are being harvested reduces the yield.
– Anyone who goes to the fields for harvesting has to take a bath and perform a ritual ablution for good luck first.
– Anyone who lies under the shade of a walnut tree becomes unsuccessful and incompetent. It is thought that everything that happens around it is recorded by the walnut tree, and when it is cut down all secrets comes to light from the middle of the tree.
– If the clothes of a baby are hung on a wild tree, the baby will become wild, too.
– It is a sin to spill the seeds of the pomegranate because the pomegranate is regarded as the fruit of heaven.
– When taking milk or yogurt out of the house, coal or a green leaf is put on top, otherwise it is believed that the cow will become paralyzed.
– Anyone who sits or lies under a mulberry tree will be paralyzed by a demon.
– If dough leaps out of the pot while being kneaded, a visitor will come.
– Any house which has many water vessels will see many deaths.
– Death rarely comes to a house which is full of wheat.
– Anyone who sleeps by the edge of a field will be paralyzed.
– Anyone who sleeps under an olive tree will be overcome by sleepiness.
– Anyone who sleeps under a fig tree will be overcome by sleepiness.