Popular Beliefs in Turkey Related to Darkness and Light

– If an onion is eaten in the evening, angels will not visit the place where it happened.
– Looking in the mirror in the evening shortens one’s life.
– Peppery things like pepper, onion or garlic are not given out of the house at night.
– Milk, yogurt and cheese are not given away at night, if necessary, these are covered or coal and green leaves are put on them.
– It ıs a sin to whistle at night.
– Salt is not given out of the house at night.
– The front door is not cleaned at night.
– Bread baskets are not given from one house to another.
– If children play knucklebones it is believed that an enemy will come.
Popular Beliefs Related to Abundance:
– A man who eats the first bread made from the first flour from the mill will lose his wife.
– A house wıll suffer a declıne in prosperity if yeast is given to other houses.
– The house will suffer a decline in prosperity if someone steps on or drops breadcrumbs.
– A piece of bread is taken out of the mouth of anyone going abroad.
– Sewing things while people are still wearing them brings bad luck.
– Cutting bread with a knife damages the prosperity of the house.
– If someone starts eating without calling on God, he will still be hungry after the meal because he has shared his food with the devil.
– When knitting socks, one must start from the top, otherwise they will not last long.
– If someone breaks his scapula, it is believed that he will have good fortune.
Popular Beliefs Related to the House:
– It is considered inappropriate to put black stone on the groundwork of the house.
– Anyone who sits by the front door will be slandered. – It is not good to sleep near the wall, as the person who does so may end up paralyzed.
– The devil visits a dirty house, so that house will be full of discord instead of happiness.
– If a member of the household goes abroad, either the house is not cleaned, or else no visitors are received on that day.
– People do not visit their neighbors with the rope that helps carry goods, since it is believed that this rope may bring bad luck to the house visited.
– People are advised not to sit by their front door, lest they give the impression they are poor.
– One should not enter one’s neighbor’s house carrying a rope because this may disturb the prosperity of the house.
– One should not sit at the threshold of one’s house, as that is where the devil sits.
– It’s a sin to sit at one’s threshold when it is raining.