It is a well known fact that Romanians are a superstitious people, so it's time to have a look at the way they interpret dreams and certain signs they find in the everyday life. Passed on from the elders, these traditions are kept even nowadays even in the greatest of cities.

Dreams and interpretations

Here's a list with the most common interpretations of different symbols that might appear in your dreams: 

• clear water – great worries
• dirty water – disease
• falling in unclear water – disease
• fire – argument, worry, good weather
• infant – danger
• going to a wedding – argument
• having a tooth fall off and hurting teeth – a member of your family will die
• somebody dies – changing weather
• visitors – news
• somebody's house crumbles – death of someone living in that house
• a bull or a pig chases you – illness
• receiving news – having guests
• plane, soldier – getting news
• gipsies – good luck
• attending church – loss of money
• playing, dancing, laughing – upset
• flying – growing
• getting dirty – shame
• if a pregnant woman dreams of a boy's hat or a ring – she'll give birth to baby boy
• if she dreams of a scarf or woman's ring – she'll give birth to a baby girl
• wolves – problems with the law
• crossing a bridge – winning in front of the law, achieving something
• going uphill – progress, health improvement
• descending a hill – money loss
• priest – religious holiday
• white clothing – joy, success
• widow man/woman – danger 

Tradition also says that Monday night dreams, as well as those on Thursday and Saturday night come true, while those on Sunday (towards morning) usually don't come true. Some use special books for interpreting dreams, while others consider that dreams are sent either by your guardian angel or by the evil spirits.

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