Wall to wall- a game for real men. One of the oldest traditional Maslenitsa fun. This is more than a game, this is an ice battle, this is also a theatrical action. Previously, such a war lasted at least an hour. Before starting a fight, the teams of fighters got into the right mood: they mocked their opponents and praised themselves. Then the men stood in two lines opposite each other and began a fight. Very quickly it became impossible to understand who was one’s own and who was a stranger: brother also received from brother, no one left the battlefield intact. Such cruel entertainment served to release the bad energies accumulated over the winter.

ice column- a game for the strongest and most persistent. Tall wooden table is poured cold water, and gifts are placed at the top. To get your prize, you need to climb onto the icy pole and not slip off it.

Throwing felt boots- a game for the most accurate. The rules and essence of the game are simple: the one who throws the felt boots as far and accurately as possible wins. Also, using a felt boot, you can throw a broom like a spear - at a distance.

Cherry- a game for those who crave a kiss. Girls and boys stand chaotically in relation to each other. The player jumps into his friends' arms and hopes for luck. How his friends spin him and in which direction they throw him will determine which girl he will end up with. Whichever one he landed near, he should kiss that one.

Golden Gate- a game for children. Two people join hands and hold them so that a gate is formed. Children become a “train” one after another and begin to pass through the gate. At some point, the gate closes and catches one of the players. The one who is caught joins the gate himself. They play until everyone is caught.

All these games can be remade in modern style When playing “cherry” you can throw not the participant, but his hat - at whomever you hit. Or replace it with a traditional “bottle” and spin it. A great option is for everyone to go to the hill. The ice is so bad that you will have time to ride and laugh before reaching your destination. The main thing is to have fun and have fun, spend time with friends so that you can spend the winter with dignity and spring will come to us.

Fortune telling for the Old New Year It has become a popular entertainment since ancient times and unmarried girls on this day tried to find out their fate, the name of their betrothed and how many children they would have. It is believed that on this holiday this kind of prediction will be the most truthful.

Here are the most popular and simple fortune telling for girls on Old New Year:

Guessing with felt boots

Each girl takes turns throwing her felt boots or felt boots onto the road. In which direction the sock is pointed, the girl will get married.

Guessing with mirrors

The girl needs to sit between two mirrors in the dark, light a candle and peer into the reflection, thinking about her future groom. Whose appearance appears will be the husband. You need to guess at midnight.

Guessing with a thread

Several girls take threads of equal length and set them on fire at the same time. The one who burns first will get married faster.

Fortune telling with a ring or needle

If it is a ring, then it should be lowered into a glass of water; if it is a needle, then it should be pierced through the woolen fabric. Then we hang it on a thread or thread, and gradually lower it to the hand of the person we are guessing about. If the object makes circular movements, then a girl will be born, if it is pendulum-shaped, then a boy will be born.

Selecting a subject for the future. We put different objects in a bowl or saucer (you can put them in felt boots): ash - not very a good life, sugar - on the contrary, sweet life, ring - marriage, onion - tears, glass - cheerful life, gold - wealth, etc.
We pull out one object without looking.

Guessing with matches

Matches are inserted into the matchbox on both sides and set on fire. Burnt matches are aimed at each other - the guy and the girl will be together.

Fortune telling in a dream for the Old New Year

If a girl goes to bed for the first time in a new place, then before going to bed you need to say “I’m sleeping in a new place, the bridegroom is dreaming about the bride.” The one he sees is the future groom.

Before going to bed, you need to put four kings under your pillow and say, “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, he will appear in my dreams.” If you dreamed about the one of spades, then the groom is old and jealous, the one of hearts is young and rich, the one of the cross is a military man or businessman, the one of diamonds is desirable.

On the bulb

Each girl takes an onion and marks it. Then they are planted together in the ground; the one that sprouts faster will get married faster.

On a passerby

At midnight, go out into the street and ask the first man you meet what his name is. This is exactly the name of your future spouse.

Guessing by log

Walk backwards to the woodpile and take the log without looking. If it’s even and smooth, then the husband will be flexible; if it’s heavy, he’ll be rich; if there are a lot of knots, there will be a lot of children; if it’s crooked, then the husband will be crooked and askew.

Fortune telling with a cat

You need to make a wish and call a cat into the room; if it comes in with your left paw, it will come true, but with your right paw, it won’t.

Guessing from a book

Take a book, maybe a Bible. Mentally ask the question, then say the page and line number. And read - this is the answer to your question.

Whatever they tell you for the Old New Year, be sure that the good will come true and the bad will not. The main thing is to believe in your own happiness!

In Russia, Christmastide is traditionally celebrated from January 7 to January 19. Twelve holidays include carols, folk festivals, performances and fortune telling. Initially, Christmastide was celebrated by peasants. In honor of the transition to the new year, they tried to beg the gods for a generous harvest with rituals and chants. Gradually the holidays began to fill up Christian meaning and is celebrated during the period between sacred dates for believers - from Christmas to Epiphany. The most favorite New Year's pastime for young people was street fortune-telling. Fortune telling by felt boots is the most popular Christmas ritual that helped unmarried girls Find out where your betrothed lives.

Fortune telling "throwing felt boots"

A simple and truthful ritual with which you can find out where the betrothed-mummer will come from.

Rules:

Fortune telling with felt boots

Prepare a felt boot, an onion, scraps of fabric of the same size, a glass, salt, sugar, a ring, a crust of black bread, grain, a golden item. Wrap the items in shreds, mix them in a saucepan, and pour them into felt boots. Pull out any object wrapped in fabric and find out your future. If several girls are telling fortunes, after each one all the objects are removed from the felt boots and mixed again.

Interpretation:

Funny street fortune telling for Christmas time:

• fortune telling for the groom. Approach the first man you meet and ask his name. It was believed that this name would belong to the future spouse;
• fortune telling by dog ​​barking. Tells about the character of the betrothed. Go out of the gate with a knife, start cutting the snow, listening to the barking of the dogs. A shimmering, ringing bark predicts a kind and flexible husband, a jerky bark predicts an evil one, and a drawn-out howl predicts quick widowhood. If barking is not heard at all, the wedding celebration will not take place in the coming year;
• fortune telling by window. On Christmas night, go to the window of a neighboring house and look into it. If the neighbors are sitting at festive table, no health problems are expected in the coming year; if you leave the table, worries and problems await you;
• fortune telling by felt boots on the name. Throw your felt boots on the road and wait patiently. Whoever picks it up first, ask his name.

Christmastide are the two weeks of winter holidays, from Christmas Eve, which falls on January 6, to Epiphany, celebrated on January 19. Fortune telling at Christmas is rightfully considered the most truthful. Christmas fortune telling has its roots in the times of pagan Rus'. It is fortune telling during winter solstice(and this is the period of Christmastide) was given special importance in pagan times. It was believed that on these days otherworldly forces were the most active, and the boundaries between the worlds were thinner, which contributed to a more truthful result of the New Year, Christmas and Christmas fortune telling.

With the advent of Christianity in Rus', Christmas fortune-telling was not only preserved, but also acquired a more mystical meaning, and although the church tried to fight superstition and fortune-telling, they were carefully passed on from generation to generation, and have survived to this day in a little changed form.

When you decide to tell fortunes for Christmas, remember that the result of fortune telling may not meet your expectations, so is it worth spoiling your holidays...

A huge variety of methods for Christmas fortune-telling have been invented in Rus', but the main theme of all Christmas fortune-telling is fortune telling for the betrothed (groom). This is understandable, because in ancient times, the fate of a girl depended entirely on how successfully she would get married.

Fortune telling (with felt boots) on the “side” you will marry

This is the most famous and widespread type of fortune telling. The girls take turns throwing their felt boots over their backs onto the road and, by the direction of the toe of the fallen felt boots, recognize the direction in which they will get married.

Fortune telling with mirrors

This fortune-telling is well known from literature and is now popular among brave girls.

In the old days, mirrors were attributed magical properties. The custom of covering mirrors if there is a dead person in the house also reflects this attitude of our ancestors to the magic of mirrors.

Fortune telling is carried out in an empty and quiet room. There should be no one and no sounds. The fortune-telling girl should let her hair down and concentrate completely. She should sit in the dark near two opposite mirrors. Novikov’s painting shows this position of the girl. At midnight, the girl lights two candles placed on the sides of the mirrors and says: “My betrothed, the mummer, show yourself to me” and begins to peer into the gallery of reflections, hoping to see her groom. You can sit in front of mirrors for a long time, or you can see your betrothed right away.

Fortune telling in a new house

You can only guess in the house where you spend the night for the first time. Only then is fortune telling considered correct. Before going to bed, you should cross yourself three times and go to bed with the words: “I’m sleeping in a new place, I dreamed of the bridegroom.” The man you dream about will be your fiance.

Fortune telling on straw

Fortune telling on straw is most interesting when there are many people present. Exactly at midnight, gather in one room, light a candle and start guessing. To find out the name of your betrothed, put straw knocked into a lump on the table, place a frying pan on this lump, put a stone on the frying pan and pour a little water. Then each of the girls should slowly pull out a straw and the name of the betrothed should be heard by the sounds made by the stone when it vibrates in the frying pan. During fortune telling, there should be absolute silence in the room.

Fortune telling (with burning a thread) for the speed and order of marriage

A simple and visual fortune telling, which is still popular in our time. It consists in the fact that girls cut threads of the same length (it is better to take thicker threads) and set them on fire at the same time. The threads need to be held at one end, the other lowered down and set on fire. Whoever's thread burns out first will be the first to be married. The order in which the threads burn in the hands of the girls will show the order in which they get married. If someone’s thread goes out immediately or the thread burns out by less than half, then this girl will not get married.

Fortune telling (with a ring or needle) about the gender of the unborn child

Certain actions are performed with a ring or a needle: the ring is lowered into a glass of water, the woolen fabric is pierced with a needle, then, suspended by a hair or thread, it is slowly lowered near the hand of the one being told fortunes. If an object (ring, needle) begins to make circular movements, a girl will be born (less often, a boy), if it is pendulum-shaped, it will be a boy (less often, a girl), if the object does not move, there will be no children.

Fortune telling (with choice of subject) for the “quality” of life

Objects are hidden in a bag, cup or felt boot, then the girls choose their felt boot or bag. The choice of object symbolizes life in the coming year: ash - bad life, sugar - sweet life, ring - getting married, onion - for tears, glass - drunkenness, Golden ring – Rich life etc., you can come up with and modify fortune telling with your own options.

Fortune telling with a rooster for the betrothed

Several plates or bowls are taken, grain is poured into one plate (or money is placed), water is poured into another, a mirror is placed nearby, and sometimes a chicken is brought. A rooster approaching a mirror symbolizes the beauty and tenderness of the future groom; if a rooster approaches grain or money - his wealth; if a rooster approaches a hen, it means he will be a “womanizer”.

Fortune telling with matches

Two matches are inserted into the sides of the matchbox and lit. If the burnt heads are facing each other, it means that the “given” guy and girl will be together. If the match heads are facing different sides or fell off - then no.

Fortune telling (by barking dogs) about the age of the groom

At midnight, take a knife, go outside, go to a snowdrift and start cutting the snow with a knife, saying: “Damn, damn, don’t be silent, damn, damn, tell me what kind of husband I’ll get, will I have to laugh or cry?”

After pronouncing the words of the spell, shut up and listen carefully to the barking of the dogs.

• If an angry, sharp bark is heard, it means future husband will be strict and gloomy;
• hoarse barking promises an old groom;
• shrill barking - the groom will have a bad character;
• ringing bark - young;
• if the dogs bark cheerfully and loudly, then the husband will be cheerful and kind;
• It’s very bad if you hear a dog howling during fortune telling. This suggests that the marriage will not last long and very quickly the young wife will become a widow.

Fortune telling "Well"

To carry out this fortune telling, you need a well. If a girl lives in a village and has a well with a lockable roof, then this is an ideal option. If you don’t have such a well at your disposal, then you should make a symbolic well. To do this, you can use matches, toothpicks, and other sticks. Building a well is quite simple. Make a square out of the sticks, placing the ends of the sticks on top of each other and so make several rows. Take a thimble, pour some water into it and place it next to the well. In villages, girls can pour water into a bucket and place it near a real well. Lock a real well with a real key made from sticks, “lock” it with any key, making the appropriate movement with your hand, and put the key under your pillow. When you go to bed, say: “Betrothed-mummer, come to my well to drink some water, ask me for the key.” Your betrothed will come to you in a dream to drink water from your well.

Fortune telling by shadows

This type of fortune telling, due to its simplicity and clarity, is very common among modern girls. The girl sets fire to a sheet of paper crumpled by her hand, and then looks at the shadow of the burning paper on the wall - this is the first stage of fortune telling, even at this stage quite clear images can arise.

Everyone takes Blank sheet paper, crumples it, places it on a dish or large flat plate and sets it on fire. When the sheet burns or almost burns, it is displayed on the wall with the help of a candle - this is the second and main stage. By carefully examining the shadows, they try to find out their future from the images of the shadows.

Fortune telling with a ring to evoke the image of the future groom

Take an ordinary glass with smooth walls, a flat bottom and no pattern, pour water into it 3/4 full and carefully lower it to the middle of the bottom wedding ring. The ring must be pre-washed in running water so that it does not carry the information of its owner. Looking closely at the very center of the ring, saying the words: “My betrothed, come to me,” you can see the betrothed. To see it, you may have to look into the ring for quite a long time.

Fortune telling with inducing a dream about a betrothed

We write the young man's name on a piece of paper, put it on a small mirror and under the pillow, or put three bay leaves under the pillow. On one they write “Ananius”, on the other - “Azarius” and on the third - “Misail” and say the spell: “From Monday to Tuesday I look at the windowsill, whoever dreams about me, let him dream about me.”

They tell fortunes on the night from Monday to Tuesday. Take a spruce branch and place it at the head of the bed overnight. At the same time they say: “I go to bed on Monday, put a spruce tree at my head, if I dream of someone who thinks about me.” Whoever dreams is the one who loves you.

They tell fortunes on the night from Thursday to Friday. Going to bed, they say: “Thursday with Wednesday, Tuesday with Monday, Sunday with Saturday. Friday is alone and I, young, alone. I am lying on the Zion Mountains, three angels in my heads: one sees. Another will say, the third will indicate fate.”

Girls tell fortunes if they go to bed where they never had to before. Before going to bed they say: “In a new place, dream of the bridegroom.” You will see your fiance in a dream.

Card reading

Before going to bed, they put four kings under the pillow and say: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, he will appear in my dreams.” If you dream about the king of spades, the groom will be an old man and jealous, the king of hearts means young and rich, the king of the cross - expect matchmakers from a military man or businessman, and the king of diamonds - from the desired one.

Fortune telling for relatives

They go to look at their neighbors' windows during dinner. If they see the heads of those sitting at the table, they foretell to themselves that the future relatives will all be alive; if they don’t see the heads, then a misfortune must happen to the relatives.

Melt the wax in a mug, pour milk into a saucer and place it at the threshold of your apartment or house. Say the following words: “Brownie, my master, come to the threshold to drink milk and eat wax.” WITH last words pour melted wax into milk. Now watch what is happening carefully.

• If you see a frozen cross, some illnesses await you in the new year.
• If the cross only appears, then in the coming year your financial affairs will not go too well, and in your personal life you will be overcome by troubles, but not too serious.
• If a flower blooms, get married or find a loved one.
• If an animal appears, be careful: you will have some kind of enemy.
• If the wax flows in stripes, roads and crossings await you.
• It will appear like stars - expect good luck in the service, in your studies.
• If a human figure is formed, you will gain a friend.
• House - soon acquiring a new household; For a girl, this is primarily due to her marriage.
• Shapeless ruins are a sign of misfortune in the near future.
• A pit, a small cave or a grotto is the most undesirable figure, since it symbolizes a burial place and predicts a serious illness or imminent death.
• Trees - they can be interpreted in different ways: upward-pointing tree branches promise quick joy, drooping branches - sadness, melancholy and boredom.
• A ring or candle definitely predicts an imminent wedding.
• A pancake that has settled to the bottom, on the contrary, promises a long girlhood.

On the bulbs

Take several bulbs and mark each of them. These bulbs are planted in the ground: the one that sprouts first, that girl will get married ahead of the others.

Around the ring

Pour 3/4 of water into an ordinary glass glass with a flat bottom, without any designs, and carefully lower the wedding ring into the middle of the bottom. Then they look through the water into the middle of the ring, where the image of the betrothed should appear.

Throw the ring on the floor. If it rolls towards the door, it means the girl is getting married soon, and the man is going on a business trip. Can be interpreted as leaving home.

Calling out to passers-by

Go out into the street at midnight and ask the name of the first person you meet. This is exactly what your betrothed will be called, this is exactly how he will be handsome and rich.

Eavesdropping

You climb under your neighbors window and, naturally, listen. If they have a showdown with breaking dishes, you can expect a “fun” year. If there is silence in the house, your year will be harmonious. Depending on what is happening in the neighbors' house at the time of eavesdropping, the coming year will shape up for you.

Fortune telling by wood chip

Pour water into a basin. Attach strips of paper to the edges of the pelvis, on which events are written, for example, a wedding, a trip, receiving money, new job etc. (if there is only one fortuneteller), or the names of all those present who want to know their future. In the second case, one event is planned, in particular a wedding, meeting a future spouse, etc.

You need to take a dry wood chip, it’s better deciduous tree and fasten on it the stub of a candle that was burning in the house where the fortune-telling takes place. Light the candle and push the “boat” to the middle of the pelvis. From there, the sliver should itself float to one of the notes. Whichever note floats to, that event will happen. If the sliver turns over or sinks, then the event you envisioned will not happen next year.

Fortune telling on an egg

Take a fresh egg, make a small hole in it and carefully pour the contents into a glass of water. When the protein curls, you need to guess your future based on the shape it takes. The sight of a 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 protein sinks to the bottom, there will be a fire in the house.

Fortune telling on logs

You need to approach the woodpile backwards and select a log by touch. If it is even, smooth, without knots, the spouse will come across with an ideal character:

• the log is thick and heavy - the husband will be wealthy,
• there are many knots - a family will have many children,
• crooked log - the husband will be askew and lame or angry,
• the log is even, with smooth thin bark - the husband is handsome and young,
• thick, rough bark - ugly husband,
• the bark on the log is peeled off in places or completely missing - the husband is poor,
• cracked log - the husband will come across old, pockmarked, with a physical disability,
• a large log is a strong, strong husband,
• a knotty log means the family will be large: each knot is a future child.

Fortune telling with a cat

Make a wish, call your cat. If she crosses the threshold of the room with her left paw, her wish will come true. If it’s on the right, it’s not destined.

Fortune telling by book

It is best to take a book of spiritual content, for example, the “Bible”, without opening it, guess the page number and line at the top or bottom, then open it and read it in the guessed place. They interpret what they read in accordance with what interests the fortuneteller most of all.

A few days ago I took part in a felt boot throwing competition. The competition took place within the organization where I work. To be honest, I’ve never done this before and didn’t even realize that there could be such a competition. When I was offered to take part, I doubted whether it was worth it, since I was not confident in my abilities (and I did the right thing - the last place is proof of this), but curiosity took over.

Where did the Russian tradition of throwing felt boots come from?
IN ancient Rus'(before baptism) on Maslenitsa, during the festive festivities, young boys and girls looked closely at each other. Those who did not find a betrothed on this day did all sorts of fortune-telling (most often on the night of Ivan Kupala). One of the types of fortune telling was the tradition of throwing felt boots, boots or mittens. At the edge of the village they threw a felt boot and where he pointed his nose, the narrowed one would come from there.
Those who had felt boots were considered wealthy. A young girl, in order to attract attention, threw a felt boot at the guy. And if she threw her felt boots into his yard, then matchmakers could be sent. Throwing felt boots and felt boots was done not only on Maslenitsa, but also on Christmas and New Year.
The Church condemns all kinds of fortune telling, so few people have heard of such a tradition. Nowadays, they throw felt boots at a distance for fun. There is also a new type of competition for throwing felt boots for accuracy.