"From 2014. The winning player in the top three is highlighted in bold. The winner of the game has his final score indicated. There were 40 issues in total.
Issue 1 (1 204), January 2, 2014
Participants:
Raisa Kazantsova (Kolomna), Nadezhda Evstegneeva (Lavintsevo settlement), Vladimir Chernov (Orenburg); Olga Zhishkevich (Minsk), Yehya Khadonov (Vladikavkaz), Oleg Kravchenko (St. Petersburg); Vladimir Kovalev (Moscow), Maxim Mulin (St. Petersburg), Tatiana Mikhnyuk (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)(1,650 points);- During the tsarist feast in Russia, servants stood behind the servants. What did each of them hold in their hands? (10 letters)
- Before the feast, the tables were covered with clean white tablecloths. It was considered a great sin to eat without a tablecloth. The bark was placed on the table - this is a dish for large leftovers, which was taken out as it was full, but what else? (7 letters)
- What was the name of a meat dish made of lamb cut into thin slices with cucumbers, pickle, vinegar and pepper in Russia? (8 letters)
- What should one of the younger children do during the festive Christmas meal? (7 letters)
- What was the custom to be served at Christmas? (10 letters)
- This is the name of the Christmas version of kutya, to which honey water was added. (4 letters)
- Jerome Klapka Jerome writes in the novel Three on Four Wheels. This is a continuation of the novel “Three in a boat, not counting a dog”: “In Russia, during one week a year, there is a feast, which does not manage in fatal cases from overeating ...” with what? (5 letters)
The participant guessed the horizontal word, but the other two could not.
Issue 2 (1 205), January 10, 2014
Participants:
Daria Yakushkina (Zelenograd), Olga Kuzmina (Rzhevsk), Ksenia Gracheva (Khanty-Mansiysk) Larisa Altukhova (Stavrovo settlement), Miroslava Kartashova (Kiev)(350 points), Sergey Talchuk (stanitsa Statsinskaya) Alexander Dragunov (Togliatti), Julia Davydova (Krasnoyarsk), Irina Shurikhina (Moscow)
- The fortunetellers went to the Yule fortune-telling in secret, walked in silence, closing their eyes and covering their face with a handkerchief, so as not to be recognized, they were sure to take off their belt and cross. In addition, they put an earthen pot on their heads and outlined a circle around themselves. These were protective measures against evil spirits. And how did you draw a circle around yourself? (7 letters)
- The most important Polissya fortune-telling is on kutye. The girl scooped up the first spoonful of kutya, wrapped the spoon and put it under the pillow in order to see her future husband in a dream. And what did she wrap the spoon in? (5 letters)
- That during Christmas divination the girls put on their heads, after which she blindly went out into the street. The goal of this action was not to miss the goal. Then she will get married soon. (6 letters)
- The place on which they began to build a new house was always chosen very carefully, and for this they resorted to various fortune-telling. For example, they laid the bark for three days, and on the fourth they looked at what was under the bark. If a spider or an ant, the place was considered dashing. And who needs to be found to build a house safely? (6 letters)
Issue 3 (1 206), January 17, 2014
Participants:
Valery Chidarev (settlement Chekdamyn), Lyubov Dudina (Zarechye village), Mikhail Polyakov (Tver) Alexander Korbakov (Peterhof), Ekaterina Snopova (St. Petersburg), Irina Rabazanova (Nizhny Tagil) Elena Ovcharuk (Pantonny settlement), Sergey Vorobyov (Tula)(1,700 points), Tatiana Molodtsova (Krasnye Tkachi settlement)- Originally developed by the restaurateur Lucien Olivier, the famous dish was called "... from game, from fillets of partridges, hazel grouses, boiled crayfish necks, tongue, pickled gherkins, potatoes and eggs, etc." (7 letters)
- What rich dish from bear paws does the Far Eastern writer Vsevolod Sysoev mention? Here is a quote: “On the eve of the New Year's holiday, bowls were on the table extended for this reason. with this, bear paws and thala from fresh frozen molts. Primordial envy, my dear, do not delay. Bear's paws were also served on the king's tables. " (7 letters)
- What, as noted by the writer and naturalist of the XIX century Alexander Cherkasov, is immediately required by a person who ate a pair of moose meat? (5 letters)
- “A young fried crane, in my opinion, is very tasty. All in all, it is suitable for minced meat in pate, but it is especially good for the first course. " Which one? (7 letters)
Issue 4 (1 207), January 24, 2014
Participants:
Mikhail Kirillov (Krasnoyarsk), Evgenia Dmitrieva (St. Petersburg), Vadim Glygin (Tver); Lyudmila Skaromnikova (village of Zarechnoye), Irina Barsukova (Dmitrov)(2 350 points), Stanislav Yakovlev (Shakhty); Elena Kamenkova (Minsk), Victor Ovchinnikov (Bessonovo village), Oksana Chuvilskaya (Balakhisha);- Sometime in the 19th century, this detail was considered an intimate part of a men's dress. (8 letters)
- What in Russia were called verkhonki, kozhanki, doorkeeper, shelves, vacuchi? (7 letters)
- In addition to a festive costume, a girl or young woman had small elegant bags, pockets, which were usually worn at the waist. What was the name of such a bag? These bags were made of bright, expensive fabrics, decorated with embroidery, ribbons and beads. (7 letters)
- For whom in the mid-50s. XX century gloves with pimples were invented? Moreover, the pimples were made by themselves from table tennis rackets: they ripped off the skin with pimples and glued them to gloves. (7 letters)
- What was the name of the pin in Russia, with which women pinned their headdress? (7 letters)
- What element of military clothing was abolished by Emperor Paul I as a liberty? (4 letters)
- What was the name of a handbag in the form of a drawstring bag in the 19th century? (5 letters)
Issue 5 (1 208), 31 January 2014
Participants:
Mikhail Chutko (village Drokhovichi)(2,700 points), Alexander Govorukhov (Aleksandrov), Nadezhda Korsunova (Obukhovo settlement); Margarita Cherenkova (Tula), Sergey Azarov (Podolsk), Elena Pashina (Furmanov); Denis Dmitriev (St. Petersburg), Alexander Kondrashov (Prokopyevsk), Yulia Boyko (Sharya);- Spyridon Louis is the first Olympic marathon champion in the 1896 Athens Olympic Games. After he won, he was richly rewarded for his victory. He was presented with a house, and the Athenian merchants undertook to always dress him free of charge. What else was he awarded? What was he allowed for life? (7 letters)
- The program from one Olympiad to another was constantly changing. And sometimes rather unusual types of competitions were included in the list of disciplines: tug-of-war, swimming with obstacles, standing jumping, as well as pushing competitions ... What? (8 letters)
- Ancient Greek wrestling - pankration - is an Olympic sport. It was actually a martial arts game without rules. There were only two prohibitions. According to the first one, you cannot scratch out your opponent's eyes, according to the second ... Something cannot be done, but this is how everything is possible. (6 letters)
- Legendary wrestler, athlete of ancient Greece, about IV century BC, described in literature, Milon of Croton. Dumas wrote Porthos from his father, his father was the prototype of Croton, which was described by Dumas the father. As you know, his dad repeated any deeds of Milon of Croton, including lifting various kinds of weights, which Milon of Croton could not do; he knew how to impose a leather rope on his head and, with the efforts of his muscles, tore the rope. He was distinguished by incredible strength from childhood, as he was 6-7 years old, he put something or someone on his shoulders until he came of age; what allowed him to train in such a way that his legendary power entered the legend, tradition and described in the books. What was he carrying on his shoulders? What did he raise from childhood? With what did he grow up, grow up and become an outstanding athlete of antiquity? (7 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 6 (1 209), February 28, 2014
Participants:
Tamara Ugnenko (Vorsha village), Alexander Stakanov (Yekaterinburg), Oleg Zenkevich (St. Petersburg); Alexey Kritsky (Furmanov), Maxim Larychev (Tula)(750 points), Irina Korzhenevskaya (Samara); Irina Alieva (Astrakhan), Ekaterina Kiriyanova (Grodno), Tatiana Shevtsova (Moscow);
- The first skating organization in Russia appeared at the end of the 19th century and was called, despite the fact that among the members there were only revered and wealthy people, the "Society of some kind of skate." Which one? (6 letters)
- What word first appeared in the chronicle in connection with Vladimir Monomakh? Here is what Metropolitan Nikofor wrote: "Prince, he sleeps on bare ground, avoids the tall rich in chorus, wears simple clothes and shoes, walks ...". This is the first use of this word in Russia in the XII century. (4 letters)
- At the beginning of the 20th century, athletes began to stand out among skiers in Russia, who began to give preference to downhill skiing and figure skiing. What were they called at that time? (6 letters)
- The first speed skating competitions in Russia took place at the end of the 19th century in the Yusupov Garden in St. Petersburg. The competition program included speed running, doubles running and speed running ... With what? (4 letters)
- In the old chronicles of the X-XI centuries. along with fistfights, towns and rounders, it is mentioned with a ball on ice. What was it called? A big fan of this game later was Peter I, under whom she gathered several thousand spectators to play on the ice of the Neva River, the clubs were then called a key or even a sharovin. (11 letters)
- The term "hat-trick" - three goals scored in one match by one player - came to football from hockey. What, according to legend, the owner of one of the shops in Toronto promised to give to the player of his favorite team who will score three goals? (5 letters)
- Scientists associate the birth of figure skating with the moment when skates began to be made of iron. What were they made of before? (5 letters)
The participant did not guess the horizontal and two vertical words.
Issue 7 (1 210), March 7, 2014
Participants:
Lilia Sanchay (Kyzyl)(2 600 points), Marina Bychkova (Krasnodar), Natalya Khotskina (Vostok village); Albina Baranova (Novye Vyselki village), Elizaveta Kardenes (Moscow), Olga Grishina (Ivanovo); Victoria Leshko (Zhigulevsk), Yulia Odnoletko (Togliatti), Anastasia Ushanova (Furmanov);- In the merchant environment, the dowry to the groom's house was brought on five carts, this has always been the case. On the first cart they brought icons and a samovar, on the second - dishes, on the fourth - furniture. What did you bring in the third cart? The fifth cart was carried by the bride's mother or aunt, as well as a matchmaker with a turkey in a cap, according to tradition, handed the groom to the mother. (8 letters)
- The wedding loaf was divided in a certain way, the top was given to the young, the middle part - to the guests. Who got the bottom? (8 letters)
- There should be three matchmakers at a good wedding. The first matchmaker of the groom performed the rite of matchmaking, the second, the bride, prepared the bride for the wedding, and the third matchmaker was responsible for preparing the wedding bed. What was it called? (7 letters)
- What item had to be included in the dowry, otherwise the bride was considered indignant? (7 letters)
The super game was not held.
Issue 8 (1 211), March 14, 2014
Participants:
Elena Ivoilova (Nadalino village)(3,700 points), Yuri Bulgakov (Novorossiysk), Vsevolod Egoshin (Makarye village); Natalia Sterlikova (settlement Tuchkovo), Nikolay Novozhilov (v. High Mountain), Kristina Tyurina (village Strelna); Nazakat Partavieva (Horok town), Tatiana Vishnyakova (farm Belogorsky), Leonid Vaslyaev (Zheleznodorozhny);- Drozhki got its name from drog - long bars connecting both axes. At first, it was a completely primitive cart on a board placed on top. I had to sit astride or side. What was the name of such a cart? (8 letters)
- What was categorically forbidden not only for cabbies, but also for those traveling in a cab? (7 letters)
- All the cabbies were dressed according to the established pattern - they were dressed in cabbies' caftans. And what did they wear under the caftan in any weather for the solidity of the figure? (6 letters)
- In the first traffic rules in the Urals, approved by the Yekaterinburg City Duma in 1876, it was said: “The driver must: by all means keep to the right side; driving should be moderate and prudent; overtaking passers-by is prohibited. The driver must be polite and ... ". What is it? (7 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 9 (1 212), March 21, 2014
Participants:
Svetlana Volkova (Urazovka village), Mikhail Kharlov (Vsevolozhsk), Yana Minina (village Ivankovo); Nadezhda Novikova (Moscow)(2,300 points), Irina Smirnova (Shchekino), Ivan Maslennikov (farm Kulikovsky); Natalia Steklyannikova (Buguruslan), Abdugafur Abdurakhmanov (Fergana region), Pyotr Faga (Moscow);
- As what in Russia was used the infusion of dew incense, and stirred in alcohol? (6 letters)
- What word in Russian comes from the Greek meaning "resin"? (6 letters)
- In 1882 Karl Beyersdorff, a pharmacist from Hamburg, mixed basic resin, rubber, zinc oxide and added a piece of gauze and got ... What? (8 letters)
- What was the name of amber in ancient Greek? The most ancient, frozen, which has been so prized since the time of Ohm. (8 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 10 (1 213), March 28, 2014
Participants:
Marianna Tarnavskaya (settlement Andreevka), Irina Kordo (Kursk)(3 300 points), Lev Khrustalev (Stavropol); Klavdia Selivanova (state farm Gremyachiy well), Valentin Lestov (settlement Otradnoe), Maria Rubtsova (Alushta); Raisa Mazalova (Kursk), Natalia Oman (Staraya Porubezhka village), Ekaterina Gritsay (St. Petersburg);
- Under the princes, the boyars received various positions at the court. For example, a bedkeeper, a groom, etc., using the service, maintenance, salary. What was the name of the boyar who did not have such a position? (9 letters)
- What were the service people called in their duties, which included the entertainment of the royal family? (8 letters)
- What was the name of the boyar court rank in the Russian state in the 15th-17th centuries, who led the boyar duma, actively participated in diplomatic and military activities, and sometimes even headed the government? Before accession to the throne, for example, Boris Godunov had this rank. (7 letters)
- What court profession for Russian princes in the 15th century was more important than even a jeweler? (5 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 11 (1 214), April 4, 2014
Participants:
Marina Lapina (Kandalaksha town), Sergey Perov (Lukerino village), Anastasia Bespalova (Sergiev Posad); Stefania Goryacheva (Tula), Vladimir Vanin (St. Petersburg), Elena Koroleva (Moscow)(1,500 points); Tamara Mishina (Mytishchi), Marat Shalaviev (Yekaterinburg), Elena Gromykina (Odintsovo district);
- How was the sturgeon respected in Russia? (7 letters)
- Until the 20th century, fishermen of the Russian North had a custom, during long absences from home, to devote their free time to the amazing work of manufacturing. What? (7 letters)
- What is the correct name for fish broth because of perches and brushes? (6 letters)
- What kind of fish was called mad herring in the old days? In April-May, from the Caspian Sea to the Volga in frantic shoals, stopping at nothing. (5 letters)
- Sliced frozen fish is called sliced fish. What is the name of the beaten, hard frozen fish that is very popular in Siberia in the Transbaikalia? The process is as follows: the fish frozen before the bell is wrapped in a clean cloth and the back of the hatchet, the skin is easily separated, the meat remains, small pieces exfoliate, then it can be dipped in salt, pepper, etc. (10 letters)
- What kind of fish have they never eaten in Russia and believed that then only it can be eaten, when it will be impossible to find fish in seven cities? (5 letters)
- Salmon during spawning is the easiest and most profitable catch. What was it called in the old days? Therefore, after spawning, he becomes so lethargic that he can be taken with his bare hands, then this is the word passed into the jargon of itinerant traders-ofen, then it was left and we still call someone who can be deceived, gone this is from here. (3 letters)
The participant guessed all three words and won the car.
Issue 12 (1 215), April 11, 2014
Participants:
Tatiana Kozlova (station Kumylzhenskaya), Natalia Zabortseva (Aramil)(3,200 points), Alexander Rassokhin (Rakhmanovo village); Natalia Popova (Moscow), Raisa Dmitrenko (Lyubertsy), Valentina Zolotareva (St. Petersburg); Valentina Burskaya (Bryansk), Elena Kamadei (Izhevsk), Alexey Golyshev (Borovichi);
- At the beginning of the second millennium, the church, oddly enough, banned chess, equating it not only with gambling. Why else? (8 letters)
- What game was included at the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th century in the education of the nobility in Europe and in Russia? (7 letters)
- Monks in monasteries were forbidden to play cards. What game, according to legend, was invented for this reason? (6 letters)
- Who, according to the ancient Greek historian Plato, played checkers with the moon for an additional five days a year? According to legend, he invented checkers. Who are we talking about? (6 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 13 (1 216), April 18, 2014
Participants:
Eva Amurova (Khabarovsk), Alexander Dmitruk (Ruza), Tatiana Petrushina (Kirovsk); Natalia Grigorieva (Kolpino), Elvina Aslyamova (Ufa), Vladimir Potapov (v. Vasilievka); Tatiana Feopentova (St. Petersburg), Oksana Volnova (village Babino)(1,550 points), Gagik Yezakyan (Togliatti);
- On a clean Thursday, a big wash was started, they said that everything should be washed. After all, even here this is and that Easter rejoices. (8 letters)
- On what holiday did the peasants, as a rule, the elderly, celebrate in some provinces, on Clean Monday, the first day of Lent? (8 letters)
- What in Mother Russia did the peasants stop doing during Lent, especially during Holy Week? (8 letters)
- On Palm Sunday there was a custom: when you came from church, to drive a peg of a consecrated willow into the wall of your house. What shortcoming did you want to get rid of in this way? (8 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 14 (1 217), 25 April 2014
Participants:
Sergey Kochetkov (Balakovo), Denis Ryzhov (Kaluga), Elena Verigina (Zheleznodorozhny); Elena Gudkova (Krasnoe Selo), Alexander Kuksa (Engels), Vyacheslav Tsarsky (Sochi); Victor Kostin (Yekaterinburg), Irina Yakovleva (Cheboksary)(4 400 points), Lyudmila Styga (Zheleznodorozhny);- For bleaching canvases at home in Russia, flour, whey, bran and something else were used, and was this used until the beginning of the 20th century? (5 letters)
- What in Russian villages did women throw on the ground in linen fields to make the fabric snow-white? (6 letters)
- What is the name of the multilayer cotton fabric, for which its inventor Mikhail Pomortsev received a gold medal at the international exhibition in Milan in 1906? (5 letters)
- What fabric represents sorrow and remorse? (9 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 15 (1 218), April 30, 2014
Participants:
Lyubov Suloeva (Taganrog), Albina Blinova (Orsk), Pavel Panteleev (Yuryev-Polsky); Oksana Ishchenko (Odoev)(1 950 points), Artur Khachaturyan (Yerevan), Maxim Mikhailenko (Furmanov); Andrey Savateev (Vyborg), Ksenia Zhilinskaya (St. Petersburg), Bugar Mamedov (village of Berlik);
- An obligatory accessory for sorcerers and witches are special assistants: devils, imps, kikimors and others. What do sorcerers call them? This is in all beliefs, and this word is in the plural word. (5 letters)
- Each courtyard had its own household spirits, which were responsible for the household, the bathhouse — for the bathhouse, the barn — for the barn, etc. What was the name of the spirit that was responsible for the cellar, as well as the storehouse supplies? (10 letters)
- Brownies are very afraid of the juniper. That the peasants tied a juniper belt to get rid of the kikimora? (7 letters)
- What was the name of a good spirit, is it such an old woman with soft, gentle hands, which gives a person a peaceful, restful sleep? (5 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 16 (1 219), May 10, 2014
Participants:
Ilona Drygalo (Yalta), Oleg Kadnay (Sevastopol), Anna Sirotkina (Alushta); Alexander Golubenko (Simferopol), Anna Vuvalik (Simferopol), Yuri Rudakov (village Medicinal); Alexander Zaitsev(9,000 points), Rosalia Pashinskaya, Alexander Yakshin;- What was the name of the weapon invented by Count Peter Shuvalov in the 18th century? These are howitzers mounted on one gun carriage. What were they called? (8 letters)
- What was the name of the lower part of the cuirass? (8 letters)
- In 1599, 30 professional gunsmiths were settled in Tula by the government, who were obliged to supply the treasury with pishchal. What was the name of the pishchal at that time? (7 letters)
- Which weapon is named after the old name for steel? (8 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 17 (1 220), May 16, 2014
Participants:
Lyudmila Sevchuk (Elektrostal), Anna Cherepanova (Yekaterinburg), Andrey Pashin (Furmanov); Roman Razum (Lugansk), Mayrbek Geliev (Naurskaya station)(2 350 points), Tariel Masuradze (Minsk); Alena Naftalimova (settlement Myatlevo), Daria Ostashenkova (Smolensk), Grigory Goncharuk (Zelenograd);
- In 1894, a huge hailstone fell in the city of Bovin (USA). What was inside the hailstone? (8 letters)
- What did the Japanese call the typhoon that twice, in 1274 and 1281, destroyed the ships of the Mongol armada of Kublai Khan? (8 letters)
- In the dictionary of Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl, there is an amazing designation for a barometer. What is the name of the barometer? (11 letters)
- Genesis chapter 9 verse 13: "I put mine ... in the cloud to be a sign of the everlasting covenant between me and the earth." What is it about? (6 letters)
- What phenomenon, which has a huge impact on the Earth's climate, was discovered by the outstanding American scientist Benjamin Franklin? It was in 1769, it began from the same year. He was working as postmaster in the English colonies when the Boston authorities filed a complaint that it would take two weeks longer to transport mail from England to Boston than back. He became interested in this issue and discovered this phenomenon. What is it about? (10 letters)
- What biblical character made the first climate prediction? (5 letters)
- The Maya Indians had a wind god. It was called in translation "the one who throws down." How does it sound in Russian? (6 letters)
Issue 18 (1 221), 23 May 2014
Participants:
Tatiana Vasilyeva (Vsevolozhsk), Leonid Myachin (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky), Oksana Volodina (Tula); Nikolay Doronkin (settlement Sadovoy), Marina Etina (Belgorod), Victoria Shevchenko (Yalta)(4,000 points); Igor Alekseev (Tolyatti), Natalia Petrova (Cheboksary), Roman Nikitin (Gus-Khrustalny);
- What did Olonets fishermen call small dried fish? It is from the name of the fish that one of the volatile expressions originated. (8 letters)
- During their stay in Moscow in 1610, Poles willingly feasted with Muscovites. What, however, did they take with them? Hence, an unkind expression was born. (6 letters)
- There is a well-known Russian expression, but it is surprising that there is an analogue of this expression even in Africa. In some African dialects there is such an expression: "Mata Bisho" and it means "first breakfast", the word "mata" means "to kill". And what does the word "bisho" mean? (6 letters)
- What in the old days did the theater actors receive every evening as payment for each of the performances? Hence the expression was born, which we use to this day, however, less often. (5 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 19 (1 222), May 30, 2014
Participants:
Elena Tikhonova (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Alexander Chernov (Sobinka), Galina Anashkina (Pindushi village); Andrey Krylov (Plyos), Elena Olyagina (Yaroslavl), Ruslan Martsinkevich (Berngardovka settlement)(2,500 points); Anastasia Dzig (Megion), Peter Chebotarev (Tomsk), Alexander Erofeev (St. Petersburg);
- What was the name of the concert hall in the park in the old days? (6 letters)
- What is the name of a small, fun or extravagant building in a garden or park? (6 letters)
- In Russia, the first botanical garden was founded in 1706 by Peter I, this garden was called “Apothecary ...” What? (6 letters)
- According to the eastern wisdom in the park, these are ... cities. (6 letters)
- As you know, the Garden of Eden is called "Eden". What does this word mean in translation? (10 letters)
- This is how the flowerbed was called in the old days. (6 letters)
- In the east, the garden has always been a measure of a person's well-being, there was even such a saying: "He is poor, he does not have ...". What? (4 letters)
The participant guessed the horizontal and the first vertical word, but did not guess the second vertical word.
Issue 20 (1 223), June 6, 2014
Participants:
Nikolay Shevelev (Saratov), Nina Rudakova (Vsevolozhsk), Alexey Kostin (Shimsk settlement); Ainura Izmailova (Osh city), Anatoly Zhogin (Shakhty city), Yuri Deev (Moscow)(1 100 points); Dmitry Charykov (Talnakh), Vusala Hasanova (Gandzha), Tatiana Zaychuk (Zelenograd);- The path for the pilgrims was not easy and long, so that they could rest from the road, and inns and hotels were created at the monasteries. What were they called? (9 letters)
- What is the name of a part of the temple, a low annex on the western side of the church, which served as a place for sermons and public meetings? (7 letters)
- What is the name of the monastic festive meal? (8 letters)
- What is the name of the special profile, i.e. the shape of the bell, at which its special euphony and melodiousness are achieved? (7 letters)
- In the cathedrals of the great monasteries, two choirs sang during the divine services, while during the evening and full-length services at a certain time, the choirs converged in the middle of the church and sang together. What was the name of this singing precisely in order to raise more noise, enter into rivalries and amaze with the greatest loudness? What was the name of the joint worship service? (9 letters)
- What subject was used to punish the monks of Byzantine and Old Russian monasteries for offense? (5 letters)
- What was the name of an arch or opening for a bell in architecture? (4 letters)
The participant did not guess the horizontal and two vertical words.
Issue 21 (1 224), June 11, 2014
Participants:
Alexey Kropotov (Novokuznetsk), Andrey Lebedev (Karachury village), Yana Harmolyuk (Shakhty); Olga Korneenko (v. Vasilievka), Evgeny Popov (town. Kultug), Dmitry Orlov (town of Gor); Sergey Kubratov (Sertolovo), Arina Krasnolutskaya (Sosnovo village)(1,250 points), Alexey Chebotarev (Sevsk);
- What, according to popular belief, cannot be done with a new house within a year after the move? (6 letters)
- With the help of what in Russia the place of construction of a new house was often determined? This is a very interesting old Russian tradition. (7 letters)
- In Mother Russia, it was a custom to transfer fire from an old house to a new one, the older woman stoked a stove in the old house at the last, raked out burning coals into a pot and transferred it to a new home. What did they endure if it was far from the new hut and it was impossible to endure the fire? (7 letters)
- What did you try to transfer from the old house to the new one so that at the same time the Brownie would move to the new house, who will keep both the old house and the new house? (5 letters)
- They tried to transfer the symbols of habitation to the new housing from the old: icons, fire from the hearth, litter. Who should have carried all this ideally? If this happened, then the house was generally considered happy; ideally, someone had to carry it. Who? (10 letters)
- In Russia, for housewarming, it was customary to give big bread and a salt shaker with salt, and in Belarus rye, barley and something else. What? (6 letters)
- Before building a hut, our ancestors carefully chose a place. What exactly at the site of the future building was hung on high poles? (5 letters)
The participant did not guess the horizontal and two vertical words.
Issue 22 (1 225), June 27, 2014
Participants:
Anatoly Kostyunin (settlement Provodnik), Elena Sizova (Zhukovsk), Regina Ilyina (Moscow); Oleg Nikitin (Rzhev), Anrika Aluri (Kharkov)(3,200 points), Irina Kalugina (Moscow); Ugar Alidzade (Pokrovka village), Sergey Groshev (Vologda), Dilya Dal (Kazan);
- What was the name of the board that used to be used by the janitor or watchman to block the gap under the fence at night, for example, a dog's weasel? What was the name of such a board? (10 letters)
- What was the name of the heaps of garbage that were raked up during the cleaning of the yard or street in the old days? it is in the dictionary of Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl. (7 letters)
- What was the name of the barriers in Peter's times, which were placed to prevent the passage of malicious people? (7 letters)
- That in the 17th century, according to all the decrees, it was obligatory to have in Moscow, as well as in large cities, one for every 10 houses on a mandatory basis? (7 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 23 (1 226), 1 August 2014
Participants:
Tatiana Kolomoets (Samara)(3,050 points), Maria Kruglova (Sergiev Posad), Anastasia Kalashnikova (Solnechny settlement); Tatiana Margai (Ulan-Ude), Mikhail Karmash (Barnaul), Andrey Fedoseev (Ukhta); Valery Bochkarev (St. Petersburg), Yuri Finkelberg (Astrakhan), Lyubov Gurieva (village Tavra);- By Ilyin's day, especially in the south of Russia, bread of a new harvest appeared on the table - a new novina, as they said. In addition to bread, new straw appeared on the day of Elijah the Prophet. What was this new straw used for in the countryside? (6 letters)
- What was allowed to eat only from Ilyin's day? So it was customary to break the fast just like that. (6 letters)
- That in the Vologda region they necessarily took out of the hut on Ilyin's day? (7 letters)
- The peasants in Mother Russia spoke from ancient times, before Ilyin's day - to sweep away hay, put a pood of honey into it, after Ilyin's day to sweep away a pood. What is it? (5 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 24 (1 227), 8 August 2014
Participants:
Alexey Istomin (Krasnoborsk), Lyudmila Voytyuk (Vorsha village), Svetlana Titenkova (Zheleznodorozhny); Elena Talkovskaya (St. Petersburg), Alexander Dadali (Kropotkin), Natalia Vasilieva (Surgut)(2,500 points); Vladimir Tolochny (Ternopil), Sergey Timoshin (Penza), Alexandra Filatova (Serpukhov);
- In forests with swampy soil, huts were placed on high stumps of sawn trees. What were these stumps called? (6 letters)
- Among the real village carpenters, when they wanted to point out bad work, they said: "Made on ...". What was it that the real carpenters despised in those days? (6 letters)
- After sawing, the logs were hacked and in some places - where cracks could appear - rubbed ... With what? You can rub it with lime, and then they began to use red lead so that the tree does not rot. But first, a long time ago, according to tradition, a hewn log was rubbed by this, and it was stored for a long time. (5 letters)
- Where would no carpenter agree to start building a new house? (4 letters)
- How was the carpenter sometimes called in Russia? This was especially true of the Ryazan carpenters. Ryazan has always been famous for its master carpenters. They walked with their axes through the villages and villages and chopped down huts for glory, without nails. The carpenters were of the highest class. (9 letters)
- In Russia, carpenters had their own test of skill. What did they have to hew out, and at once, without undercut? (4 letters)
- Often, during the construction of a house, deciduous chocks were dug under the lower rims of the hut. What were they called? These columns were pre-coated with hot resin or tar and must be separated from the bottom row with several layers of birch bark. (4 letters)
The participant did not guess the horizontal and two vertical words.
Issue 25 (1 228), September 12, 2014
Participants:
Vitaly Kuznetsov (Tyumen), Natalia Dudkina (Golitsyno), Alexey Chernookiy (Rostov-on-Don); Gennady Seleznev (Dedovsk), Elena Selegzyanova (Germany), Valery Sharmanov (Nalchik); Zeylik Udler (Bryansk), Elena Ivanova (Sovetsk), Alexey Shabarin (Vladimir)(1,550 points);
- Hutsuls from the evil eye hung a bag to the child's right hand at the same time with a clove of garlic, coal, earth from a dog's footprint and a piece ... What? (6 letters)
- In the Middle Ages, knights wore something under armor. They say that this thing protected from serious wounds, from arrows and even from a sword strike. What? (7 letters)
- What was hung on a high pole in the place of the courtyard where the perches were located? A spirit settled there - the patron saint of chickens. (6 letters)
- One of the simplest and most ancient talismans in the whole world, including in Russia. (4 letters)
- Bulla is an ancient Roman amulet. This is such a small vessel that was worn around the neck. Various objects were placed in this small vessel, which served as amulets. What was the name of such an item? (9 letters)
- Each Chukchi family, according to tradition, had its own fire, a sacred wooden flint, bundles of family amulets and a tambourine. In exactly the same way, each Chukchi had another very important talisman. Which? (5 letters)
- When young Suvorov once stood watch in the guard of the Summer Palace, Empress Elizabeth, who was walking there, learning that he was the son of Vasily Ivanovich Suvorov, the godson of Peter I, gave him something, to which he replied: “Empress, I won't take it! The law prohibits a soldier from taking this is while on the clock! ". The Empress put it at his feet and said: “Well done, you know the service! Take it when you change! ". (5 letters)
The participant guessed all three words and won the car.
Issue 26 (1 229), 19 September 2014
Participants:
Anastasia Plokhotskaya (Orenburg), Mikhail Shchupletsov (Kolomna), Maruf Tursunov (Madaniyat village); Natalia Gelich (Moscow), Romaric Urobia (Ouagadougou), Sergey Khabarov (Kolchugino)(1,550 points); Alexander Vasiliev (Khimki), Natalia Vasilyeva (settlement Krasnye Tkachi), Alexander Glotov (Tula);
- In Altai, after visiting a healing spring, it was forbidden to eat salty food, drink alcohol, or go to holidays. There were many more prohibitions. What, for example, was it impossible to ask a person who visited a healing spring? (8 letters)
- Whom did the Altai hunters include in their artel in order to appease the master of the taiga and so that he would send a beast against them? (9 letters)
- According to the beliefs of the Altaians, the world is ruled by many good and evil spirits, which are commanded by two deities - the good creator of the world Ulgen and the evil underground ruler Erlik. Altaians believe that Erlik taught shamans to kamlan, that is, to perform shamanic rituals. But what did he give to ordinary people, and to everyone, not just the Altaians? (6 letters)
- What did the Russians exchange for sable skins for the Altaians? Because, according to the beliefs of the Altaians, it brings happiness and wealth to the house. (7 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 27 (1 230), 26 September 2014
Participants:
Nikolay Shafransky (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Andrey Totonnikov (Kolpino), Elena Kashchenko (Moscow); Larisa Dzhabrailova (Tolstoy-Yurt village), Galina Perekatova (Donetsk), Alexander Galichev (village Novaya Starina)(1,000 points); Christian Torres (Yeysk), Nikolay Semyonov (Surgut), Anastasia Solovyova (Omsk);
- Once in Boldino they witnessed how they were going to judge a peasant. It turns out that he cut down a birch in a grove. And what was he going to use it for? Since then, this small grove has been called Pushkinskaya, or a little differently. (6 letters)
- In ancient times, disputes and litigations from abroad often reached fights and even murders. Therefore, the boundaries began to be distinguished by signs on stones and marks on trees in the forest. From the marks on the stones the word "border" arose (the stone was cut). What word came about thanks to the marks on the trees? (5 letters)
- In Slavic mythology, among the forest deities, the good grandfather-forestry dominates. His arms and legs are covered with oak bark, ivy curls in his hair and beard. What's on his head? (6 letters)
- What is the name of a forest with twisted trees? (6 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 28 (1 231), October 3, 2014
Participants:
Anatoly Shustrov (Torzhok), Elena Minina (Ruza), Irina Voronova (Cherepovets)(4,250 points); Natalia Golova (Zhukovsky), Oleg Novosiltsev (Melenki), Ekaterina Yushkevich (St. Petersburg); Maryam Moore (Khabarovsk), Tatyana Vasilenko (Krasnogorsk), Sandra Zylikova (Minsk);
- Indians from the South American Saliva tribe believe: the moon is paradise, because there are no ... Who? (7 letters)
- What event in Russia did they try to coincide with the new moon? (7 letters)
- Indians of some tribes So call the moon. (7 letters)
- In the old days, it was believed that on warm moonlit nights a goblin comes out of the forest, sits down with the travelers by the fire. What do they have to make at the same time? (6 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 29 (1 232), October 10, 2014
Participants:
Alexey Klimakin (Tula), Irina Chernitsyna (Moscow)(800 points), Vladimir Samsonov (St. Petersburg); Natalia Mashtaler (the village of Sumskiy Posad), Alexandra Kapriz (settlement Pargolovo), Gudisa Ferzba (Sukhumi); Alexandra Khabieva (Veliky Novgorod), Elena Glushchenko (Polotsk), Valentina Derevyanko (Zelenograd);
- What modern word comes from the Old Russian, meaning "lush, well-risen bread"? (7 letters)
- What type of bread, according to one version, appeared thanks to the construction of the Paris Metro at the end of the 19th century? The fact is that the workers who built the Parisian metro were from different regions, and often during especially lunch breaks, fights broke out, it came to stabbing. To exclude this, at the request of the leaders of the construction of this metro, they did it. What is the conversation about? (5 letters)
- Once, according to legend, the Bavarian king instructed the master to bake a loaf through which the sun can be seen three times. What kind of flour product did the master suggest to the king, and the king was pleased with this product? (8 letters)
- What is the name of the roll, which is baked from very steep kneaded dough, which needs to be parted for a long time on ice? (6 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 30 (1 233), October 17, 2014
Participants:
Alena Minaenko (Vsevolozhsk)(3450 points), Alexander Kalyonov (settlement Betlitsa), Anastasia Dyukova (Tula); Fatima Shogenova (Nalchik), Sergey Patrushev (Ulan-Ude), Elena Atyurievskaya (Tara); Viktor Shkabrova (Moscow), Igor Milensky (St. Petersburg), Evgeny Novosiltsev (Melenki);- The expression "show a white feather" since ancient times means ... What? The expression came from cockfighting. (8 letters)
- How in Russia a very long time ago, sometimes because of the color, they called a five-ruble bill? (6 letters)
- There is such a herbaceous dye plant - Russian bruise. What was it used for making? (6 letters)
- In the old days, there were many amazing names for flowers. For example, a spider plotting a crime is black with red, the last breath of a jaco is a yellow-red color, the color of a flea in love is brown. And the gray-green shade was called - frog ... In what? (7 letters)
- What was the name of the reddish-red color in the old days? (11 letters)
- What color did they guess about the future in Russia? In the work "The Lay of Igor's Regiment" it is written that foreshadowed the defeat of the Russian army. (4 letters)
- What color tax was introduced in Bashkiria during the time of Peter I? (4 letters)
The participant did not guess the horizontal and two vertical words.
Issue 31 (1 234), October 24, 2014
Participants:
Ekaterina Vakhina (Moscow), Gennady Galkin (Dolina village), Vera Abalakova (Borovsk)(1,850 points); Daniil Davletov (Moscow), Andrey Nazarenko (Togliatti), Lyudmila Akifieva (urban-type settlement Stavrovo); Natalia Nekrasova (Barnaul), Lyubov Korabelskaya (Zaitsevo village), Gevorg Proshchyan (Yerevan);
- "My bells, steppe flowers, why are you looking at me, dark blue?" Botanists believe that Aleksey Tolstoy saw not a bell, but a completely different flower. Which? (8 letters)
- What was the name of the grass in the old days that grows in abandoned places forgotten by people, in fields and steppes? (5 letters)
- The word "thistle" consists of two syllables "devil" and "thistle". What is "polokh"? (5 letters)
- What grass is considered a weed in our country, and in the Middle Ages was used as a vegetable? In Japan, Korea, Italy, Brazil, Portugal, it is still used this way. A young succulent root reaches 1 meter long and 2 centimeters in diameter, and in Transbaikalia it is still from leaves of this make stuffed cabbage rolls. (5 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 32 (1 235), October 31, 2014
Participants:
Ivan Egorov (Rzhev), Inna Rodionova (Stary Gorodok settlement), David Shahinyan (Khimki)(2,600 points); Oleg Begun (Moscow), Raisa Sparivak (Tiraspol), Alena Vasilyeva (Simferopol); Nikolay Petrenko (Moscow), Aurora Apushkinskaya (Ryazan), Dmitry Kurbatov (Volgograd);
- Kuna Indian women from Panama and Colombia wear nose rings. What are these rings preventing them from doing? (10 letters)
- What piece of costume did Columbus exchange from the Indians for gold bars? (6 letters)
- What did the Indians blame the white people for because they had handkerchiefs? Translated from the Indian, it roughly sounded like this: "A white man ... carries a canvas rag in his pocket, into which he blows his nose, as if afraid that he might blow his nose and miss something very, very valuable." (8 letters)
- According to the Indians, where is the soul stored? (6 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 33 (1 236), 7 November 2014
Participants:
Galina Podzolkova (Krasnoyarsk), Lyubov Merkulova (Fedorovka village), Artur Vishenkov (Yaroslavl); Oleg Shagenov (Urukh village), Tatiana Veryaskina (Kirzhach), Marina Kamyanova (Balakovo); Lev Gurevich (Irkutsk), Anatoly Bobkov (Pleskovo village)(3,900 points), Yulia Votintseva (Yekaterinburg);- In Russia they called the oven "God ...". What? (6 letters)
- The Ukrainians believed that if the hostess, having taken out the lunch from the oven, forgets to close the oven with a damper, this will lead to unpleasant consequences ... To what? (7 letters)
- What, according to the ancient Russian custom, cannot be done near the stove - will you bring trouble? (8 letters)
- On which saint's day all the ashes were removed from the oven? According to legend, she has the power of the sun. It was poured into the garden, into the berry fields, under the bushes and trees. This day is October 4 in a new style. (7 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 34 (1 237), November 14, 2014
Participants:
Andrey Cheshuin (Kirov), Oksana Khalak (Vladimir), Denis Moroz (Stolin); Rustam Zhumagaliev (Mikhailovka), Alexey Vorontsov (the village of Krasnoborsk), Marina Filippova (Zaprudnya); Denis Korotkov (Balakovo), Ivan Lykov (Efremov), Irina Nikolaeva (Kemerovo)(3,000 points);- On November 5, according to the new style, on the day of St. James, the peasants broke a piece of yesterday's pie and scattered it across the field, because November 4 (a great Orthodox holiday). They believed that winter birds (bullfinches, tits) would fly to the field and calm the earth with their voices. What was the name of such a cake? (9 letters)
- On November 12, according to the new style, Sinichkin's day was celebrated in Russia. On what saint's day did this happen? (7 letters)
- The black tit has a black cap on its head, a mask made of feathers. What is it called because of this hat? Everything remained from the name itself, except for one letter, one letter changed for some mysterious reason, but, nevertheless, this name was so stuck with it because of this hat, because of this bird. What is it about? (8 letters)
- With regard to the titmouse, the first law on the protection of birds was passed by Louis of Bavaria in 1328. Here is how it was formulated: “A heavy fine awaits the one who catches the tit - the zealous insect catcher. The one who breaks the law must pay a royal tax of 60 shillings, and also give a beautiful one ... ". Whom? (6 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 35 (1 238), November 21, 2014
Participants:
Rubik Muradyan (Belogorsky farm), Lyubov Kruglikova (Novonikolskoye village), Valeria Agapova (Sobinka); Vadim Yastrzhembsky (Alexandrov), Anton Slon (St. Petersburg), Alina Petrosyan (Gelendzhik); Dmitry Shapovalov (Novopetrovsky settlement), Nina Veprintseva (Zheleznodorozhny town), Vera Tarasenkova (Vishenka village)(3 400 points);
- How did the distillers call bad, low-quality bread wine in the 19th century? (7 letters)
- In the old days one could hear such an invitation from a barber. "... with a finger - ten, with cucumbers - fifteen." It meant this - the client's cheek when shaving was pulled from the inside either with a finger or with a cucumber. What was mentioned at the beginning of the invitation? (8 letters)
- What was the name of the henchman - a person awaiting ordination in seminary jargon? (6 letters)
- What word came into modern language from the jargon of the free-trade traders, which meant "good, profitable"? (6 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 36 (1 239), 28 November 2014
Participants:
Valeria Butyreva (settlement Tuchkovo), Olga Kolesnikova (Ivanovo), Mike Kremlin (Khimki); Spartak Malkhasyan (Yerevan), Elena Moroz (Yaroslavl), Andrey Pryazhnikov (Moscow)(4 350 points); Olga Pleshakova (Tula), Yuri Tkach (Istra), Vladimir Borisov (Rostov-on-Don);
- What was the revolving gas lantern installed in the late 1860s? (8 letters)
- The first urban street lighting system was created in the 17th century in Amsterdam on the initiative of Jan van der Heyden. In 1668, he proposed installing lanterns so that at night residents would not fall into ditches, because there was no ... What? (6 letters)
- Gas lighting was initially met with disbelief. In America, it was believed that street lighting with gas violated the divine laws according to which there should be darkness at night. Besides, it could lead to a general ... What? (8 letters)
- In 1853, pharmacists Ignatius Lukasiewicz and Jan Zech invented a lamp that worked on the substance "New camphine" they had received. What is this substance? (7 letters)
- On what holiday in Russia did they never light a fire in the house and cook nothing in the oven? In Penza, for example, they were afraid that if this was done, they could be killed by lightning in the summer. (12 letters)
- What was the name of a lighting device in the old days, consisting of a shallow vessel with a recess for a lamp wick? (6 letters)
- The Japanese say about a poor person who stubbornly wants to learn: “He reads with fireflies and lights ...”. What? (4 letters)
The participant guessed the horizontal word, but the other two could not.
Volume 37 (1 240), December 5, 2014
Participants:
Alexey Mazurov (Nelidovo), Tatiana Vasilieva (Kirillov), Emil Huseynov (settlement Boradigah); Alexey Filatov (Moscow), Sergey Minchev (Melenki), Vera Soshinskaya (Tulun); Feodora Vornichesu (Tiraspol), Arno Sharabkhanyan (Shushary settlement), Gleb Korsunov (Kiev)(2,400 points);
- The name of which dish comes from the name of a small mallet used to stun the caught fish? (7 letters)
- What was the name of shards, shards of dishes in the old days? (8 letters)
- What was the name of a small bowl made of wood and covered with painting in the old days? (9 letters)
- What was the name of a jug with a thin neck made of clay or glass in ancient Rome, which was used to store oil, wine and vinegar? (6 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 38 (1 241), December 12, 2014
Participants:
Galina Popova (Syktyvkar), Sergey Trapeznikov (Vologda), Olga Stenina (Ryazan / Vladikavkaz); Tatiana Semyonova (Moscow), Alexander Kim (village of Raigorod), Arey Balevsky (Kolomna); Elena Poltavchenko (Taganrog), Mikhail Emelyanov (Tuchkovo), Larisa Gudyma (Tiraspol)(1,900 points);
- Different peoples have different theories of the origin of mountains. According to Montenegrin beliefs, these are stones that fell out of a leaky sack from God, according to Belarusian beliefs, these are petrified giants, but the Ukrainians believed that every mountain is ... the devil. What exactly? (6 letters)
- A long time ago, according to legend, Magomed came to Mount Elbrus and admired the people living under its peaks. What did he give the highlanders? (5 letters)
- Spanish writer Ramon Gomez de la Serna said that a cave is ... mountains. What is it? (5 letters)
- How is the distance in the mountains measured in Tibet? (5 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 39 (1 242), December 19, 2014
Participants:
Olga Savchenko (Perm), Anatoly Skachkov (Reutov), Zhanna Slyusareva (Zainsk); Tatiana Koshevaya (settlement Pavlovsky), Dmitry Shelest (Moscow), Natalia Khudorozhkova (Chelyabinsk); Svetlana Leshko (Vostochny settlement), Margarita Bogatyreva (Ibresi settlement), Elena Aspinova (settlement Yugo-Kamsky)(3450 points);- What was the name of the small commodity traders once? For example, “Sugar cockerels, honey gingerbread, sugar-scarlet strawberries with green calico leaves” - such is the quote from “The Lord's Summer” by Ivan Shmelev. (7 letters)
- What was never allowed at the one-day Ivanovo auction, which was held in the old days on September 11? For believers, this day is important, because Ivan the Fast is the day of the beheading of John the Baptist. (8 letters)
- What was the name of a wandering seller of medicines and drugs in the Pushkin era? It comes from the Italian word. (8 letters)
- What was the name of the row at the auction where used clothes, shoes, and so on were sold? (6 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
Issue 40 (1 243), December 26, 2014
Participants:
Lili Njenga (Kenya), Alaraj Nasim (Jordan), Christina Leon (Ecuador); Jacques Marius (Cameroon), Anita Dhar (India), Rene-Pablo Tapia (Bolivia); Nja Amoyen Josselin Sandra (Cote d'Ivoire), Ali Elsayed (Lebanon)(5 465 points), Enkhbuyan Ariunbilag (Mongolia);
- The Vietnamese believe that in no case should something be done for the New Year, this is called tet in Vietnamese. What is not allowed, as the Vietnamese believe, for the New Year? (9 letters)
- On New Years, the Sikhs - a people in Pakistan and India - thank the god of water for the first time in 40 days they can start something. What to do? (7 letters)
- What, according to the Japanese, should be done at the time of the New Year so that good luck would come in the coming year? (8 letters)
- What shouldn't be done with food in China during New Year's Eve? (4 letters)
The participant refused the super game.
In Russia, fortune-telling and rituals have always been treated with respect. Christmas divination is considered by the people to be the most truthful, this period of time is really special and mystical. The most fateful are the predictions received in the period from Christmas to the very Epiphany. Young girls are wondering about the groom, while other people are interested in what surprises and surprises the coming year has in store for them. There are many ways to see the clues of fate, the interpretation of which depends on the intuition of fortunetellers.
Eavesdropping
This method of fortune telling is interesting for its unpredictability. At night, fortunetellers go secretly into the street, walk in silence, without engaging in dialogue with anyone, and stop under the window of a residential building, where the light is on, then listen to conversations and sounds coming from inside. If it is calm outside the window, or there is a quiet pleasant conversation, this speaks of a calm and measured life next year. If there is a scandal in the house, accordingly, the life of the fortuneteller will not be quiet. A crying baby foreshadows motherhood or caring for babies, in connection with the field of activity.
There is only one attempt, even if the signs of fate will not be fully understood by you, as you change in your life, you will realize their meaning.
Fortune telling on the groom on Christmas Eve
On Christmas night, before going to bed, the girls put on one stocking or sock on their right leg, and say: "The bridegroom-mummer, come to me in a dream, take off my stocking!"
If you have a dream with a clear image of a guy, this is the image of your future groom. If you do not remember your dream, or you dreamed of something on a different topic, most likely you will not become a bride this year.
Divination on a ring, bread and a hook
Three unmarried girls participate in this fortune-telling, and the fourth (married or older relative) helps them. The girls sit in a circle at the table and close their eyes. At this time, the assistant lays out a slice of bread, a hook made of straw or wire and a ring in random order on the table, then covers the objects with a dense scarf through which they are not visible.
At the same time, the girls are looking for objects under the scarf by touch, you cannot choose. The first thing that comes to hand and will be the answer to the question.
The girl who gets the ring will marry a dandy, the one who has bread in her hand will meet a rich man, and the hook foreshadows the girl's life with a poor man.
Fortune telling on the groom with a rooster
This method of divination is most common in villages, because the participation of a live rooster will be required.
Place objects on the floor: a bowl of grain, a container of water, and a mirror. Run a rooster into the room and see what object it will fit. If to the mirror, the groom will be beautiful and aesthetic, if to the water - he will have a penchant for drunkenness, and if the rooster chooses grain, this portends a rich groom.
Video: Christmas divination
Christmastide - two weeks of winter holidays, starting with Christmas Eve on January 6 and ending with Epiphany on January 19. This is the time when life turns upside down, when you can do everything that is prohibited at any other time.
Orthodox Christmastide did not arise from scratch. According to many researchers, our ancestors had their own beliefs about these two weeks. These beliefs, combined with the Christian tradition, created that explosive mixture of holiness and magic, which we can still see here and there today.
In the old days, Christmastide was divided in a very peculiar way: the first week was called "holy", the second - "terrible". People believed that this was the time of transition - when the old year had already ended and the new one had not yet begun (remember that until the arrival of the Bolsheviks at the beginning of the 20th century, the new year in Russia began on January 13). It was believed that the spirits of the dead came to earth, and not only them - in some parts of Russia there was a belief that God opened the gates of hell so that demons with features could rejoice at Christmas. Young people and elders were actively guessing about the future - it was believed that guessing was the easiest at this time.
During Christmas time, it was forbidden to work in the evenings. Girls and boys gathered for games, the brightest of which was caroling. Caroling was customary on the night of Christmas, St. Basil's Day and Epiphany. The carolers were allowed a lot of things that the rest of the time would have ended in tears: for example, if the owner did not give presents, the carolers could take the cattle out of the barn or break something.
An interesting tradition of Epiphany Christmas Eve, which is now practically not found anywhere, is to drive out evil spirits. This included the consecration of water, and in many places, for this purpose, they fumigated the house and outbuildings with incense, and bypassed livestock with an ax. In some places it was the guys' task, which they performed by blowing whips on fences, swinging brooms and shouting loudly.
HOLY fortune-telling
At Christmas time, the girls wondered about their betrothed, and the family - about the future harvest, prosperity. Christmas divination was carried out on dark evenings or nights. At twenty-four o'clock they gathered for midnight fortune-telling, after midnight - for night ones.
The means for fortune-telling were objects in which, according to legend, magical power was concentrated. It could be a shoe, skirt, belt, stocking, thimble, needle, ring, comb, mirror. When divining, the girl had to comply with certain conditions, choosing the right place and time. But above all, the girl had to get out of the protection of her religion and amulets. Christians, for example, took off the cross, and all without exception, regardless of religion, untied all kinds of knots, including belts, loosened their hair, and sometimes took off all their clothes, including shoes.
To protect herself from otherworldly forces, the girl outlined a magic circle around herself - with a candle or a torch, a knife, a poker. If they wondered in a group, the girls stood in a circle, holding each other by the little fingers.
One had to go to the place of fortune-telling in silence, in the dark, trying to remain unnoticed. A special place for fortune-telling was also chosen - "unclean". It could be either an abandoned house, as well as a barn or a canopy, a basement or an attic, sometimes even a cemetery, or "borderline" places - those where two worlds form a border: a threshold or corner of a house, a gate, an intersection, places near the water (wells, ice hole). They made fortune-telling in houses, they also wondered at churches.
The crossroads from ancient times was considered an unclean place that belongs to demons, they said that at the crossroads an unclean spirit has power over a person. This place is "borderline" between the two worlds, both dangerous and, conversely, healing actions were performed here. The gate, which also served as a place for fortune-telling, is a symbol of the border between one's own world and someone else's. The girls threw their shoes through the gate, standing at the gate, wondering who would pass by (the appearance of a man foreshadowed an imminent marriage), climbed onto the gate and "hailed the share", guessing their future from the sounds and voices they heard.
Fortune telling at the crossroads
Exactly at midnight, come to the crossroads to “listen to the surroundings”. Cheerful laughter or singing nearby means an early marriage, fun. If you hear crying or lamentation, there will be no wedding this year. It is believed that it is at the crossroads that you can hear the voice of fate, because the border between the two worlds passes here, and, standing at the crossroads, you seem to be in two worlds at the same time.
Fortune telling on the mirror and the month
On one of the Christmastide nights, when a month is visible in the sky, take a small mirror, go to the window and direct the mirror so that the month is reflected in it. Look closely - after a while, instead of one month, you will see several. Count how many months you have been dreaming: in this way the girls wondered about the future family - whether it will be big or not.
Divination with three mirrors
For this fortune-telling, you will need three mirrors of approximately the same size and two tall candles. Such fortune-telling begins at midnight, having previously outlined themselves with a magic circle - a sign of protection (they drew with chalk, and a burning torch, and a candle).
Place two mirrors one opposite the other on either side of you, light candles in front of them, and set the third behind. You should see the reflection from the third mirror in the side mirrors, from where the narrowed one should appear from the looking glass behind you.
In no case should you turn around, and also look at the figure in the mirror for too long. If the vision is frightening, say three times: "Beat me!" - and stop your fortune-telling by extinguishing the candles.
Kitchen fortune telling
You need to rotate a regular kitchen knife on a regular cutting board. The knife is placed in the center of the board. On the edges of the board, pieces of paper are laid out on which the possible answers are written: "yes" and "no".
you need to be patient;
be afraid of false friends;
there is good news ahead;
long-awaited letter;
success in business;
unexpected guest;
tears will be replaced by joy;
lead from afar;
new fan;
unexpected meeting;
important letter.
You need to focus on the question, and then spin the knife. This is done three times, receiving three responses. Among them (not necessarily the first) will be the answer to the question posed, and the other two will be additional messages related or not related to the original question.
Fortune telling on matches
Insert two matches on the sides of the matchbox and light it. If the burned-out heads turned to each other, it means that the “envisioned” guy and girl will be together.
Fortune telling on strings
Cut the threads to the same length and light them. Whoever's thread burns out faster, that first one will be married. If less than half of the thread burns out or the thread goes out right away, then you will not get married this year.
Wealth or poverty
Immerse the lighted torch in water quickly. If it immediately goes out, then a poor life is expected, and if the fire goes higher, a rich one.
Fortune telling by a cat's paw
Make a wish and call the cat. If she crosses the threshold of the room with her left paw, then the wish will come true. If right - alas! - No.
Royal dream
Put four kings from a deck of cards under your pillow and say a request-spell: "Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, I will dream in my dream!" The betrothed-mummer must necessarily dream - in the image of a king - with a crown on his head and in a royal robe.
Christmas divination with cards for a wish
Shuffle the deck of cards, draw six cards from the pack, open them and make a wish for any card that is not in these six. Shuffle the remaining thirty cards and lay them in piles of two, three, four, five, and six cards. If the hidden card ends up in any of the piles, this means:
2 - the wish will not come true;
3 - unlikely;
4 - will meet serious obstacles;
5 - maybe it will come true;
6 - will come true for sure!
If the coveted card still has not dropped out, then these piles (two, three, four, five and six cards) must be removed, and first the open six cards must be mixed with the remaining ten cards and laid out one card at a time, saying: "Wait, be patient." , "Rejoice", "Be strong-angry", "Wave your hand." On what words the conceived card will fall out, they will be the answer whether your wish will come true.
Christmas fortune telling with cards for fate
Take a deck of thirty-six cards, shuffle and remove the cap. Choose a king or queen (depending on the gender of the one you are guessing at) of any suit and, without removing the cards from the deck, lay out in four rows of nine cards. Those cards that will be near the planned king or queen will tell about your fate.
The value of the suits:
Hearts suit: loyalty, friendship, love, honor, truth, virtue.
Diamonds suit: wealth; a prosperous, wealthy and cheerful life.
Clubs suit: trouble, scandalous incident, boredom, loss, dishonor, illness, infidelity.
Spades suit: good luck in any endeavor and success in society.
The value of each card:
Worms
Ace is a love letter.
The king is a passionate man.
The lady is the bride.
Jack is a pleasant guest.
Ten is the news of love.
Nine is a loving explanation.
Eight is fun.
Seven is fun.
Six is a fun road.
Diamonds
Ace is a letter.
The king is a young man, groom, unhappy lover.
The lady is a young girl, a windy woman.
Jack - monetary chores.
Ten is a gift.
Nine is an obstacle.
Eight is hatred.
Seven is infidelity.
Six is a fun road.
Clubs
Ace is a false rumor.
The king is a married man, a loyal friend.
The lady is a married woman.
Jack - good luck in business.
Ten is a lot of money.
Nine is little money.
Eight is cheating.
Seven - news from the government house.
Six is a useless road.
Peaks
Ace is a sad letter, news of death.
The king is the enemy.
The lady is an evil woman, a gossip.
Jack - gossip, unpleasant chores.
Ten is a disease.
Nine is the loss of a friend.
Eight - treason, sadness.
Seven is a quarrel.
Six - unlucky road, late road.
Stand in front of me like a leaf in front of a grassThe Christmas tradition is to believe in the best
- Gilded your hand, I'll tell you the whole truth - for a long time I haven't met gypsies with such a proposal. Probably, they understand: now is not the season for them. After all, two winter weeks for Catholics from December 25 to January 6, and for Orthodox Christians from January 6 to 19, called Christmastide, is the most suitable time for magic rituals.
Fortune-telling at Christmas and Christmas time has become a tradition since ancient times - since pagan times. The holidays fell on the period of the winter solstice. The turn of winter into spring was interpreted as a border between the old and the new economic year: the cycle of winter work was coming to an end, preparations for sowing and spring troubles began. In addition, it was believed that on the first day of Christmas, the souls of the dead come to earth from the other world and the rampant of evil spirits begins. Remember at least Gogol's "The Night Before Christmas" - you will immediately understand everything. That is why the ritual associated with communication with otherworldly forces, that is, fortune-telling was timed to coincide with Christmas time, when it was easier to get to the otherworldly forces.
Like any ritual, Christmas divination was surrounded by a lot of conventions.... The fortunetellers had to take off their body crosses (evil spirits, as you know, are afraid of the cross), belts, untie all the knots on their clothes, girls - to dissolve the braid. They went on fortune-telling secretly: they left the house without crossing themselves, walked in silence, closing their eyes and covering their faces with a handkerchief so that no one would recognize anyone. And in order to protect themselves from the intrigues of evil spirits, they outlined a circle around themselves and put an earthen pot on their heads. With clay pots and loosening of braids, now, of course, I'm strained - who has these pots left, and there are a lot of girls with short haircuts. But one condition must be met without fail: during Christmas and Christmas fortune-telling, you can look for only good meaning in everything. Believing in bad omens means setting yourself up for failure in advance in the new year.
After reading a long list of fortune-telling, I came to an unexpected conclusion: you can guess on anything. Valenok, shoes, candles, mirrors, walnut shells, wax, milk, pets (cat, dog, rooster) - in general, we take the first thing that comes to hand and start. True, depending on the subject, the method of divination changes slightly. But the main thing - there is nothing, but what to guess. There are no questions here: we are guessing about the future, girls - about the groom and a successful marriage, having a family - about the sex of the unborn child or about how life will turn out next.
The scariest Christmas divination - with mirrors... Russian classics have described it a hundred times, if not more. Having listened to various tales, impressionable persons even fainted during this ritual. According to ancient beliefs, a mirror is generally a mystical object. It represents the border between the real world and the spirit world. Therefore, a broken mirror will certainly bode well. By the way, most of the "thin" signs are associated precisely with the reflection in the mirror. A woman was strictly forbidden to look at him in those moments of her life when she could most easily violate the invisible border between the world of the living and the world of the dead: during pregnancy, after the birth of a child and the entire postpartum period, when she was considered "unclean". But we are modern people, we have nothing to fear. Moreover, a mirror can also become a talisman. The impure force reflected in it loses its magical power and forever loses its ability to harm people.
So let's get started... Guessing is best at midnight (the most rampant evil spirits), in an unclean place - in a bathhouse. In a city apartment, an ordinary bathroom will do. The fortuneteller remains in the room in complete solitude, looses her hair, takes off her belt, puts two cutlery, a mirror and a candle on the table, sits down in front of the mirror and says: "The betrothed, mummer, come to me for supper." At midnight, she will see a man looking over her shoulder. Seeing the dizo of this betrothed-mummer, immediately quickly say: "Out of this place!" The male image will disappear, you will be out of danger.
You can guess with two mirrors. Mirrors are placed opposite each other so that one mirror is reflected in another. In this case, one mirror is placed on a table with candles on the sides. At midnight, candles are lit, the girl undresses, sits on a chair between the mirrors and carefully peers into her reflection. If the mirrors are set correctly, then the reflections form a long gallery, in which the image of the narrowed one should appear.
Another very popular fortune-telling, also described in Russian classical literature, according to a felt boot or shoe... We leave the outskirts of the village (you can just go out into the street), remove the shoe from the left foot and throw it over the shoulder, toe first. Where the sock looks, from there you have to wait for the matchmakers. If the sock is turned towards the hostess, alas, there will be no wedding this year.
You can find out the future and barking dogs... At midnight, taking a knife with us, we go out into the street and begin to cut a snowdrift, saying: "Damn, damn, don't be silent, damn, damn, tell me what kind of husband I get, will you have to laugh or cry?" Having uttered the words of the spell, we shut up and listen to the dog barking. Spiteful, abrupt barking promises a stern and sullen husband, cheerful and lively - the husband will come across a cheerful and kind.
If there is a howl, do not pay attention and postpone the process to the next midnight. Because he promises a short marriage and early widowhood.
Do you want to tell fortunes by candlelight? We'll have to prepare. This is not for you to throw a shoe over your shoulder. We take stubs of white wax or paraffin candles (colored ones are not suitable), put them in a metal dish, melt on fire and immediately pour into a container with cold water. And now we strain our imagination and try to see what kind of figure it turned out. A house promises the establishment of a new farm, ruins - misfortune, a pit or a cave predicts a serious illness or near death. A ring or a candle predicts a quick wedding, damn it - a long girlhood. In general, what you want is what you should try to see.
It looks about the same and divination with wax and milk... We put the milk poured in a saucer on the threshold. We put the stubs of wax candles in a metal dish, melt them over the fire, saying: "Brownie, my master, come under the threshold to drink milk, eat wax." Then we pour the wax into the milk and consider which figure came out. The cross promises illness or minor troubles, a blossoming flower - a wedding, an animal - an ill-wisher, a scattering of small stars - good luck in business, a human figure - the appearance of a new friend.
You can tell fortunes by the shadow... To do this, we crumple the newspaper properly, put it on a plate and set it on fire. When the paper is completely burned out, we put a candle next to the plate and look at the shadow that the burnt newspaper casts on the wall. The meaning of the figures is the same as for divination with wax.
To know the future by hair, will have to get hold of the hair of a loved one. At midnight, add a pinch of ash, a pinch of sugar and a pinch of salt to a bowl of water, mix. When the mess "settles down", we throw two hairs into it - our own and that of our beloved. We leave the bowl until morning. If your hair is intertwined in the morning, a wedding is not far off. If they are at a distance from each other, separation is close. If the hair is drowned, the one to whom it belongs will become seriously ill.
You can see the betrothed if you pour 3/4 of the volume of water into an ordinary glass with smooth walls (without drawing and grinding) and carefully lower the wedding ring, previously cleaned, into the middle of the bottom. Looking intently at the very center of the ring, you can see the constricted one. You won't see anything in five minutes, so look long and hard. Perhaps something will be dreamed.
In the old days, trying to find out what the future husband would be like, they took at random in a dark wood shed log... A smooth log with a smooth thin bark promised a handsome and young husband, with a thick rough bark - ugly, with peeled bark or no bark at all - poor, cracked - old with a physical handicap, a large - a strong and strong husband, a gnarled log indicated that the family will be big: every bitch is a child. In the city, of course, there are no wood sheds. Therefore, instead of a log, we will choose a tree at random. We blindfold, unwind and go in search. The principle of guessing is the same as for a log.
The next method of fortune telling is suitable only for rural conditions or, in extreme cases, breeding exhibitions of birds. Several girls must gather in one room, be counted. Large grain is poured on the floor and brought into the room exactly at midnight black cock... He will bite all the grains - the one whose number coincides with the number of grains pecked will get married (therefore, there should be exactly as many grains as the girls gathered), the rooster did not peck anything - there will be no weddings, there will be only minor troubles.
The betrothed-mummer can be seen and in a dream... There are several ways to see it. You can pull out several twigs from a broom, build a bridge out of them and put it under the pillow until morning with the words: "Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, he will take me across the bridge." You can take matches instead of twigs and build a well out of them. In this case, it is necessary to say: "The betrothed, the mummer, come and drink some water."
You can do it easier. Write the name of your beloved on a piece of paper, kiss him with painted lips to leave a mark, put on a small mirror and send him under the pillow.
On the night from Monday to Tuesday, you can put a spruce twig at the head of the bed. Saying "I go to bed on Monday, I put a fir-tree in my head, dream of the one who thinks about me," we calmly fall asleep. Whoever dreams, he loves.
On the night from Thursday to Friday, the saying becomes more complicated: "Thursday with Wednesday, Tuesday with Monday, Sunday with Saturday. Friday alone and I, young, alone. I am lying on the Zion mountains, three angels in their heads: one sees. The other will say, the third is destiny will indicate ". Whoever dreams is the groom.
In a new place, you can get off with a simple saying: "In a new place, dream of the groom to the bride."
Fortune-telling on relatives good in Holland. There, for some reason, the windows are not closed with curtains. Therefore, you walk along the sidewalk and see perfectly what is happening inside the room. With us, this, in my opinion, is impossible. Nevertheless, those wishing to find out what awaits their relatives in the coming year, tradition advises to look through the windows of neighbors during dinner. If you can see the heads of those sitting at the table, then everything will be in order with the relatives, if the heads are not visible - expect misfortune.
And to find out what awaits you, your beloved, you need to overhear the neighbors. However, the audibility in our houses is such that everything is audible even without special eavesdropping. But personally, I was not lucky with the neighbors. Upstairs there are constant scandals and showdowns. If you believe me, then next year I will have another year. Now, if they had peace and quiet, then everything would be tip-top. However, there is still time before Christmas. Maybe on Christmas night in the "merry" family will be quiet? As a last resort I will listen to my neighbor in the apartment on the left. It's always quiet there.
Now let's find out what is the name of the betrothed... It couldn't be easier. Go outside at midnight and call out to the first person you meet. Find out the name. So your betrothed will be called.
Take a fresh egg, poke a small hole in it and carefully pour the contents into a glass of water. When the squirrel curls up, according to the shape it has taken, you need to guess your future. Church means a wedding, a ring means an engagement, a cube means a coffin, a ship means a business trip (for a man) or the return of a husband from a business trip (for a woman). If the squirrel sank to the bottom, there will be a fire in the house.
Cat will also help in fortune telling. Make a wish and call your cat. If the threshold of the room crosses the left paw - that's why. If you are right, nothing will come true. My advice: there is time before Christmas, you can train your pet. As soon as he learns to step over with the right paw, you can guess.
The next method of fortune telling may well be fun. Water is poured into the basin, and strips of paper are fixed along the edges of the vessel, on which they write what the fortuneteller can expect in the coming year. Let's say a wedding, a new job, moving to a new apartment, etc. If several people are guessing at once, then the names of those present are written on paper, and they think of one event, say, only a new job.
Then, in a half of a walnut shell, they fix the stub of a church candle, light it and push it to the middle of the basin. The shell should float to one of the notes by itself. But the enigma will come true only if the paper, upon contact with the "boat", ignites from the flame of a candle.
Fortune telling by the book will also give you a lot of pleasant minutes. Take a volume of your favorite writer. Ask a question in your mind, guess the line number at the bottom or top, and open the book at random. The answer will be not only the hidden line, but the entire semantic passage, which this line is included in. If the answer found in the book defies logical interpretation, the fortune-telling is repeated.
