Spider in the morning
The proverb spider in the morning brings grief and worries, in the evening spider, refreshing and refreshing , does not refer, as is usually mistakenly assumed, to the spiders with whom people sometimes share their home, but to the creative activity of spinning . The assumption that a spider seen in the morning brings bad luck is pure superstition and is based on a misinterpretation.
Full saying and explanation
Spider in the morning
brings grief and worry.
Spider at noon
brings luck on the third day.
Spider in the afternoon
brings luck the next day.
Spider
refreshing and refreshing in the evening .
Those who only spun the spinning wheel in the evening when they were working at home earned a good amount of extra income, and that was refreshing (= nourishing ). However, women who had to earn their living spinning in the morning, i.e. in their main job, were considered to be threatened by poverty and were plagued by grief and worries , i.e. fears of existence . Economically secure women often carried out this activity in the evening as a pastime and in good company.
Web links
- PM magazine - "Do spiders bring bad luck in the morning?" ( Memento from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- kirchenweb.at - Quotes, proverbs - superstition
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volksliederarchiv - Spinne am Morgen ... by Johann Lewalter , verbally from Kassel around 1911, No. 107 - actually it's not about “the spider”, but about “spinning”, insofar imperative, request: Spider!