People whose professional activities are associated with risk always try to negotiate with "otherworldly" forces and with Lady Luck
Pilots, circus performers, parachutists have especially many professional superstitions. Often doctors and athletes also try to negotiate with fate: the first - in order to avoid a fatal mistake and not harm patients, and the second - in order to achieve victory over an opponent.
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Pilots: don't shave before flying!
Many pilots adhere to this rule: you cannot shave on the day of the flight. If you ignore the sign, a breakdown or other trouble may occur. In addition, pilots sacredly observe several other rules that may seem ridiculous to a person far from aviation.
- Flowers growing on the airfield should never be picked.
- It is forbidden to leave the cockpit in front of the commander.
- You can't kick the wheel of an airplane.
- Under a strict ban - the word "last", they usually say: "extreme flight."
- It is considered bad luck if one of the crew members suddenly stumbles or even falls.
- Some pilots avoid flying in the last days of August and at the very beginning of September - they say that these days the probability of breakdowns is highest.
- The most terrible thing is a bird that flew in before flying into an airplane. Such a sign is a disaster.
Photo from pixabay.com Paratroopers: You can't take pictures!
If you take a picture before skydiving, there will be no luck, and in general, everything can end very sadly. Such a picture is called - "to the monument." Besides:
- A skydiver should not be allowed to go home after making a round number of jumps. For example, having jumped for the hundredth time, he must make at least one more jump on the same day.
- This rule also applies to the case when the main parachute for some reason did not open and it became necessary to use the reserve: the parachutist, having landed, must immediately rise into the air and jump again.
- If the parachute was put on three times, but the jump did not take place, the parachute must be shifted again.
- The rule of not saying the word "last" applies to skydivers as well.
Circus performers: a funeral for good luck, and a wedding for failure
Going on tour, circus people rejoice if they meet a funeral procession: it always brings a full house and good fees. But meeting a wedding is not good: there is a high probability of a failed tour. Surprisingly, this sign works, ask any circus. There are other true signs:
- The poster must not be allowed to lie on a sofa, armchair or bed. The poster should work, that is, hang on the wall and attract viewers, and not rest. It’s also good to spread one poster, for example, in a hotel room or trailer in which the artists live, and actively stomp it with your feet: then the viewer will “tumble down” to the performance just as actively.
- The arena is treated very respectfully: it is forbidden to enter it in the same shoes in which they walked down the street. You can not turn your back to the arena. Artists also avoid passing through the center of the arena unless absolutely necessary.
- An artist going to perform a number must not cross the road.
- You can not gnaw seeds in the circus building.
- You can't say "last". Only "extreme" - like paratroopers, pilots, etc.
- To prevent circus animals from getting sick, red rags and ribbons are attached to their cages.
Shot from the series "Doctor House" Doctors: no need for red-haired patients!
They say doctors don't like patients with red hair. This may seem inexplicable, but the redheads themselves understand what is happening: in such patients, more often than others, there are various allergic reactions on medications and contraindications, so they are more difficult to treat. What else are doctors afraid of?
- If something serious or, on the contrary, funny happened in the first hour of duty, such an incident will definitely repeat during the shift.
- In maternity hospitals, they are waiting for a girl to be born first in the new year: this promises good luck and luck for the whole year.
- If you exchange shifts, the shift will definitely turn out to be difficult and troublesome.
- You can't wish the doctor good morning or Good night, no good watch: this is one of the surest bad omens! If you wished, it certainly will not be anything good.
Athletes: no women on the bus!
Going to the game, the men's teams of football players, hockey players, basketball players never take women on their bus. A woman unfortunately - not only on a ship! And here are some more true signs:
- The boots that brought the player good luck should not be thrown away, even if they are completely unusable and have completely fallen apart.
- And in general, each football player must prepare his boots before the game on his own, preventing strangers from touching them.
- Many football players, like figure skaters, have their own lucky sign of which foot to start with when putting on boots (skates) and which foot to step on the field (skating rink) first.
- If the basketball game is won, the winning team tries to cut the net from the rings: this will help keep the luck.
- While the tournament lasts, many athletes do not shave or cut their hair. This cannot be done until the team wins. Well, or until it takes off.
Perhaps all these superstitions will seem stupid and ridiculous, but not to those who daily risk their health and life, and are also responsible for the health and lives of others.
Aviation omens and superstitions are based on thousands of years of observations by seafarers, travelers and merchants. For both, the interpretation of signs relating to weather, profit, and the condition of the ship is equally important. But there are, and not so long ago noticed, sometimes inexplicable, patterns that are directly related to aircraft, so to speak, “modern” signs. In addition, there are "personal" signs that are valid only for a certain person.
Here are the most complete collection aviation signs and superstitions.
Scratch the fuselage along the course of the aircraft - it will work for a long time and work properly.
Never put a cap on a visor, only on a crown.
Finding an earring on a plane is a great success.
In flight, be sure to wear an already “flying” thing.
For good luck - smoke half a cigarette before the flight, finish smoking after the flight, or bite something, and finish eating after the flight.
When it took off, if the moon shines on the starboard side - to the money.
Never scold the plane, otherwise it will break.
Never point a finger at the sky, to bad, non-flying weather.
You are not allowed to take pictures before the flight.
- You can not return home for forgotten things.
Stumbling down the ladder on a plane is a difficult flight.
You can not guess, say the time of arrival back to the base.
If a suitcase or bag is opened (broken) on board - to the money.
- Accidentally spill drinks on board - for money (stewardesses.).
Do not sew anything before departure. Not only buttons, but not sewing at all.
There was not enough cutlery for someone - not good omen(stewardess.)
- Do not wear anything inside out.
Never pick flowers at an airfield.
To meet an airplane in the sky, which flies in the same direction, is a good sign, towards it - on the contrary.
If a man is the first passenger on board, the flight will be easy (stewardesses.).
- You can not shave in flight.
You can't cut your nails before departure.
Never arrive on flights or leave flights in a fire or ambulance.
Do not use the word "last", in any configuration (synonymous with "extreme").
If salt spilled on board, be sure to sprinkle it over your left shoulder, otherwise there will be a loss.
Seeing a dead bird on the way to a flight is a bad omen.
Brooms, brooms, on the plane should stand with the broom up, then the plane will bring profit.
To lose an earring to a flight attendant on an airplane - this board will be the most profitable, not to lose on an airplane - to trouble in flight.
If there is bad weather in the sky and the plane is shaking a lot, you need to clink a little with upturned empty glasses.
An ancient sign came to aviation from sailors. If you wave a broom or broom overboard before takeoff, there will be a tailwind, then it must be removed before the end of the flight. In no case do not drop a broom overboard - a bad omen.
If the cat is on board in a playful mood - to a fair wind.
If a cat meows on board the ship, this portends a difficult journey.
Fly over a rainbow - for profit.
It is believed that with a thing stolen from the board, part of the luck goes away.
Another sign of ancient navigators is that you can’t say the word “dog” on board the ship; it is still forbidden to take a dog on board in some coastal areas.
If there is 200 cargo on board, the loaders do not enter behind the coffin through the luggage compartment, but enter and exit through the cabin of the aircraft.
If an odd number of people are flying on board with a load of 200 - to the imminent death of one of them.
If there is a delay in departure when cargo 200 is already on board, it is a bad omen.
The end of August, the beginning of September is an unlucky time for aviation.
And finally, the rune of travelers
Superstitions and signs arose a very long time ago, and to this day they play an important role in our lives. They did not bypass the aviation either. You are presented with a small selection of signs and superstitions of combat pilots who fought in the Great Patriotic War. The two most common signs among them were: not to shave before departure and not to be photographed before departure.
“As in many other flying units, it was considered bad luck to shave, cut your hair or take pictures before a sortie. In Poland, we somehow sit at the airport, the weather is non-flying, low clouds. After dinner it became clear that there would be no war for us today. They began to play cards, dominoes, and two pilots, Kolesnichenko and Tamarkin, went to shave. Suddenly an order: "Departure of the 1st squadron!" Already after the assault, they returned home along the landmark, over the highway, and the Germans shot down two of our right wingmen, namely Kolesnichenko and Tamarkin. For the first it was the sixtieth sortie, and for the second it was the fourth ... ”- Junior Lieutenant Katsevman Petr Markovich, 141st Guards Assault Aviation Regiment.
“We got up in the morning before dawn, a few hours before it was necessary to appear at the squadron command post. They washed, but never shaved - they shaved only in the evening. We had a case when Petya Govorov was shaving in the afternoon, after the lights out, and then suddenly there was an alarm. He didn’t even have time to get there, only wiped the foam from his face with a towel. He did not return from the flight ... So shaving before a flight is a bad omen, ”- Junior Lieutenant Yury Mikhailovich Khukhrikov, 566th Assault Aviation Regiment.
“We also shaved at night. You can’t shave before flights - it’s a bad omen. In addition, you can’t accept flowers, take pictures, give interviews,” Captain Ankudinov Pavel Efimovich, 621st Assault Aviation Regiment.
Talismans and "lucky items" were not uncommon.
“I fell near the aircraft propeller and, I look, there is a tobacco pouch, and our soldier lies in front of me. If the plane had crawled another meter, I would have crushed it. We got out of there. This pouch became my talisman, I never flew without it. He flew in one tunic. She is already all rotten, torn, yellow, but still in her. - Senior Lieutenant Purgin Nikolai Ivanovich, 155th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment.
“Everyone had their own signs. I never told anyone in idle conversations how many sorties I had, how I flew, how I attacked - I avoided boasting, I always thought that I could respond. Kolya Pribilov - a pilot from God - flew all year round in the same winter overalls. Even in summer! They say to him: “Change him, you’ll evaporate after all!” - "Not! The jumpsuit is happy, they won’t knock me down in it. There was another guy - the one, as we cross the front line, he was always baptized. Another one had a sewn-in icon in his pocket, his mother sewed it up when she saw her off, ”- Lieutenant Grigory Grigoryevich Cherkashin, 672nd Assault Aviation Regiment.
The belief in "fatal numbers" was also widespread.
“Pilots are superstitious people, we thought that the main thing was to cross the damn dozen, but I got a feeling of invulnerability early,” - Junior Lieutenant Konovalov Ivan Ivanovich, 953rd Assault Aviation Regiment.
“We knew all this very well even before we arrived at the front. And in the regiment, the “old men” told us that attack pilots have three “damned signs”, which they usually shoot down on the 3rd-4th sortie, on the 13th-14th sortie and on the 33rd-34th sortie. If he made 35 sorties and is still alive and not shot down, then there is a chance that you will last a long time. By the way, the sign turned out to be true, I was shot down three times, and it was on these “fatal numbers”, strictly following the “flight mysticism”, - Junior Lieutenant Katsevman Petr Markovich, 141st Guards Assault Aviation Regiment.
“I made my first sortie on a plane with number 13. But we, pilots, are superstitious ... My great-grandmother lived for 101 years. She loved me very much. I already studied at the flying club. Once he came, and she said: “Son, I will teach you to pray. It will rain, lightning, you will read it, lightning will not hit you, it will bypass you. We go to the plane, and I keep thinking:
"What to do?" Remembered! A projectile is also lightning, tracer lightning. Read this prayer. And then before each flight I read it and was sure that the projectile would not hit me, Allah would save me. And I still read!”, - Captain Begeldinov Talgat Yakubekovich, 144th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment.
But there were also "femme fatales".
“Or we had a minder, a girl named after P-I. Whoever sleeps with her, immediately died. Three of her “cavaliers” were already shot down in my presence. Everyone looked at this "fatal woman" with apprehension. Immediately after the war, our drunken mechanics, about fifteen people, raped this P-th in a "choir". The command, trying to hush up the emergency and not bring this shameful case to a serious investigation, immediately demobilized this unfortunate girl from the army, ”- Junior Lieutenant Katsevman Petr Markovich, 141st Guards Assault Aviation Regiment.
Recently, archaeologists from Torzhok managed to find a treasure from the 13th century. According to their own words, a stray dog that appeared at the excavation helped them in this. According to the legend of treasure hunters, meeting with an animal at the excavations portends successful finds. Representatives of many professions have their own "brand" signs. And, most likely, they did not arise from scratch.
So, doctors try not to change night shifts. Otherwise, they say, the night will not be easy. And don't have sex on the night before duty - something is bound to happen. What's so amazing? After making love, people relax and become less attentive. Here come the surprises...
Many own signs surgeons. For example, a surgeon will never operate on his relative or loved one. It is considered a bad omen to operate on a patient whose name and patronymic coincide with the name and patronymic of the doctor himself - the doctor, as it were, identifies such a patient with himself, begins to worry and ... may miss.
During the operation, surgeons put on gloves starting from the left hand. If the glove on the hand bursts, then the operation will be difficult.
It is bad luck for the surgeon to sit down on the operating table, and also to pick up the fallen working instrument before the end of the operation - this should be done by the nurse.
Representatives of another "emergency" profession - firefighters- they believe that if boots are cleaned during duty or a newcomer appears in the calculation, then in the near future a call to the fire will be received. When a firefighter returns from vacation, his comrades pour water on him in unison - otherwise, on the same day, he will have to go to another fire.
Concerning teachers, then they also have their own beliefs and signs. So, if a novice teacher suddenly breaks a chair leg in a lesson, then his salary will not be raised for a long time. Of course: since there is no money to buy new chairs, then teachers do not have enough for salaries!
For a teacher who has just graduated from a pedagogical institute, it is considered a very bad omen to be late for the first lesson. This means that he will not make a career at school. However, what kind of career is there if a person cannot even come to work on time!
At sellers It is customary before trading to take a bill from the previous proceeds and stroke all the goods with it so that it sells well.
If the first buyer is a man, then trading on this day will go briskly. Even better, if he pays with a large bill - this promises fabulous profits! Such a buyer is definitely recommended to make a discount.
At drivers it is considered especially bad luck to knock down a dog (namely, a dog, not a person). If this happens, you need to urgently get rid of the car, for example, sell it. Otherwise, the car will always get into accidents.
omen sailors that a woman on board - to trouble, it turns out, was born for a reason. Life on a ship on the high seas is difficult for the fair sex: they are not as hardy as men, they can get seasick, etc., and then you have to mess with them. In addition, the lady will attract male attention to herself and distract team members from their daily activities. So the omen is quite justified.
Even sailors never point the finger at the sky before sailing. This can cause a storm or calm and prevent a successful voyage. You can not point a finger at a sailing ship - it can sink on the way.
Pilots never pronounce the word "last" among themselves, replacing it with the word "extreme". It is impossible to wish the pilots a "happy flight" - then there will be troubles in flight. In addition, pilots never take pictures before flying - then one of them may not return back.
Russians have a trademark astronauts. Introduced by her famous designer Sergei Korolev- Do not launch on Mondays. They say that several launches on Monday were unsuccessful, and since then, if the launch fell on that day, Korolev always postponed the date. The tradition has been preserved to this day: space technology is not launched on Mondays!
The most common acting a sign - if the sheets of the role fell on the floor, you definitely need to sit on them, otherwise you will forget the role. That's right, sit down - calm down and be able to focus on the upcoming game!
In the theater, employees are strictly forbidden to whistle and eat seeds - there will be no fees!
If an actor stumbles at least once on stage, he will continue to confuse and forget lines. Well, obviously, I was worried...
But the signs, according to which it is impossible to hem a suit directly on the actor and you cannot use fresh flowers on stage, are difficult to explain.
It is also believed that playing death in the cinema and on stage is unfortunate. But sometimes they say the opposite: if an actor played death, he will live long!
In aviation, superstitions are almost on a professional level. Signs of pilots and stewardesses have been passed down from generation to generation for more than a dozen years. This is easily explained by the fact that the profession is extremely dangerous, since an aircraft failure in the air almost certainly leads to the death of the entire crew, and signs help to feel more confident during the flight.
Signs of pilots
In aviation, there is no word “last”, instead they use synonyms, for example, “extreme”
Pilots of military and civil aviation have the following superstitions:
- If a bird flew inside the plane before the flight, expect an accident at high altitude soon.
- The number "13" is unlucky. In Russia, there are no flights with this number, as well as tail numbers. Moreover, pilots avoid saying this number aloud before or during the flight.
- Pilots are not recommended to announce the estimated time of arrival at the airfield - something bad can happen during the flight.
- Before and during the flight, the pilots are not photographed - to an accident in the air.
- Pilots always put the service cap with the visor up - only the dead pilot's cap is put with the visor down.
- Smoking pilots smoke half a cigarette before the flight, the second half only after landing - good luck. Non-smokers use any food instead of cigarettes (they eat half before and after the flight).
- On the day of the flight, the pilots do not shave or cut their nails.
- Particularly superstitious pilots prefer to fly in the old form, refusing to change to a new one. They believe that the old form brings good luck.
- Not a single pilot will say a bad word about his plane - this will lead to misfortune.
- Pilots do not play cards on board the aircraft - so as not to lose their luck.
- Pointing your finger at the sky is a bad omen, for bad weather.
- An open parachute on board an aircraft is unfortunately.
- Pilots do not wear other people's clothes and take only their personal belongings on board, nothing more.
- A man must be the first to board the plane, if a woman - expect trouble during the flight.
- If the pilot stumbled while climbing on board, he will have problems during the flight.
- Before the flight, you can not sew up uniforms or sew on buttons - unfortunately.
- Pilots never tear flowers or other plants on the territory of the airfield.
Every year, thousands of flights are canceled in the world, including due to signs and superstitions of pilots.
Signs of stewardesses
Flight attendants are strictly forbidden to sew before the flight - neither darn holes, nor sew on buttons
Many signs of flight attendants are common with pilots, but there are others:
- A spilled drink or overturned food on a passenger is good luck.
- I stumbled while climbing the ladder - the flight will be difficult.
- If one of the passengers did not have enough cutlery - be in trouble.
- An earring found on board is good luck. The flight attendant herself lost her earring during the flight - the landing will be difficult.
- Found children's toy - unfortunately.
- When the plane shakes strongly during the flight, you need to knock on the upturned glasses.
- A meowing cat on board is an accident. Cheerful playful cat - the flight will be easy.
- Spilled salt during the flight - unfortunately.
- If one of the passengers vomited during the flight, the flight will be successful.
- A dead passenger during the flight is an increase in the luck of the aircraft for a long time. The dead man took all the bad luck with him.
- If a flight attendant knocked over the suitcase of one of the passengers, it is worth waiting for an increase in material well-being.
Many signs, at first glance, may seem strange or ridiculous. However, faith in luck and adherence to certain rituals help to tune in to the flight and easier to experience trouble during it. After all, many signs are just like this - the stewardess screwed up, and good luck awaits her. Every profession has something similar.