This, apparently, has already been postponed in the subconscious of entire generations: if the nose itches, signs signal either an imminent feast with a drink, or an unsuccessful undertaking of some business.
And often this is how it happens: suddenly, unexpectedly, a reason to celebrate something turns up, or, conversely, a person receives a refusal in a request, money, something else…
And what is this bad omen, aimed at alcohol and disappointment? Are there really no other, more pleasant interpretations?
The nose knows everything
It turns out that the above two signs just ended up in the top, because they come true more often than others, and the tip of the nose and directly under the organ of smell itches more often than other areas. Modern man simply stopped paying attention to the rest.
And completely in vain. The sensitive organ “knows” everything: to whom and when the news will come, and even their superficial content (good or bad news). In this case, the nostrils will itch the day before: the right - to positive news, the left - to negative.
The back of the nose itches for profit, its wings for we alth or poverty, depending on which sideitched.
In the old days, it was important for unmarried young ladies how and where the nose itches - the signs pointed to the betrothed. The itching on the left of the girls was extremely upsetting, and they were in no hurry to calm it down, because they knew that it was for a drunkard husband and a player.
Itching on the right is a good sign. The sign promised the young lady to be so dazzling at the next ball that her future husband would not pass by her: rich, decent and a little drinker.
Growing, is it?
And if the tip of the nose itches in a child, is the sign the same? Drink for him, right? In this case, thrifty grandmothers, who, by the way, were experts in signs, had a quite decent answer: it itches, it means it is growing.
And, surprisingly, otolaryngologists fully agree with this interpretation: a person's nose and ears grow throughout life. But they itch about this or some other thing - science hasn't proven it for sure.
Liar, liar, a hundred times liar!!
And how diverse folk omens are! The nose itches, foreshadowing anything to its owner: a meeting of classmates, leading from afar, a successful or unsuccessful marriage (marriage) - and don’t go to a fortune teller. It's better to go to a psychologist.
And his first question will be: "How prone are you to lie?" After all, according to the basic provisions of non-verbalism (the science that studies facial expressions and gestures), a person who constantly touches his nose is trying to hide something in this way or pass off a lie as the truth.
Most psychologists say that the nose itches, they don’t see any signs, except maybethat of an uncomfortable state, a tendency to exaggerate the facts in the patient. Yes, they themselves know how to embellish and exaggerate - such a profession. No wonder representatives of other areas of medicine are in no hurry to accept psychologists in the circle of "real doctors".
Are you allergic?
If the nose itches, the signs have all come true or, alternatively, they are not even going to come true, then it's time to stop believing in them and go to the clinic.
Perhaps itching inside or outside of the nose indicates a skin disease, allergy, infection, which at first manifest themselves as a slight scratching, and then grow in the nose so that it is difficult to breathe.
Don't joke with this one. Official medicine has a whole list of reasons that contribute to constant itching in the nose:
- allergic to pollen and household dust;
- initial stage of respiratory disease;
- infectious disease (the most common is herpes);
- body's response to constant stress.
Such reasons have nothing to do with mysticism, but it is necessary to pay attention to them. Heal too. A constantly itchy, swollen and red nose has never adorned anyone.
British version of the proverb about Barbara
The prim and restrained English and the stern Scots, who consider curiosity bad manners, unanimously declare that if it itches under the nose, it is definitely a bad omen. And it means nothing more than one of the unacceptable traitsof a person - the habit of sticking your nose in other people's business.
A well-mannered person will not pay too much attention to the affairs of neighbors, acquaintances, will not focus too much on his indifference to what is happening behind the neighbor's fence, whatever it is.
And, of course, he will not demonstrate his inherent weakness, curiosity, scratching his nose. Weaknesses, like privacy, are not customary in Britain to flaunt.
