The basic element of purification is the absence of the menstrual blood, as in each area of the traditional mentality, it is thought of a spoilt, defiled, evil doer, creating ill-fated situations. A woman during her menstruation period is submitted to several interdictions. She is not allowed to cook, to join the others at the table, to make calls, to touch a sacred object or to perform charms. "
Yet, there are some magic practices that succeed just while the menstruating, especially because the menstrual blood becomes the basic element of the deed. Thus, in order to turn her husband's eyes from other women's beauty or from physical lust, the wife pours a few drops from her menstrual blood in her husband's liquor and says:
"Holy Mary, You Holy Mother,
 May John leave me
 When this will leave me. "
No doubt that the effect of this practice is seen in time: the man will be old when the woman will stop menstruating, so he won't be tempted by the desires of the youth time.
As a measure of forewarning it is better that the young wife should lubricate the corners of the house and the threshold with her menstrual blood, likewise she should drop salt and pepper on the threshold and in the corners of the house for remoting the evil spirits. These practices belong to the class of accepted 'doings' (secretly by women) considering their beneficial aims, of protecting the familial harmony and the sacralizing of the intimate space. This one must be sealed somehow by the life of its owner. The menstrual blood holds the seal of the mistress' life and character. Appealing to this secret marking, the space is dominated and submitted.
"The magic concept of the space approaches, mostly the one of sensitive experience, as a matter of fact, the geometrical space; the magical space is characterised by the fact that each of its sides has magic accents. Whereas the geometrical space can be divided into countless, shapeless parts, within the magic one, each part bears the same shape as the whole. Likewise for the magical thought the space of an object takes part in its own existence."
There is a causative link between the space of life and life.
In order to influence positively the mutual understanding and harmony within the house, the wife has to resort to these magic practices for forestalling.
There is always an influence relation between the success of an action and the space where it is performed. Thus in the familial space, the luck is settled. That is why when a member of the family dies, there must be taken certain measures of settling the luck. "The measure of the dead man is taken and put in the stable and girder so that the luck cannot leave the home" or "when the dead is taken out, the door is closed until the dead has passed over the threshold and all the family stays indoors in order to forget the one  who is gone and to keep the luck with them in case it wants to run away."
For the purification of the air there must be done incencings, and not only for holidays, but also for other events- when a new building is started, when a fountain is dug, when animals, especially cows, are bringing forth,  etc.
In the traditional man's concept, every element of his householding has its own purpose and a well defined role, as a distinct link of chains full of meanings and old customs ,beliefs and inheritted customs of mythical and magical essence from past generations. If we consider the house as a central privileged space, structured geometrically at its turn around the archetypal hearth , the gate becomes the third passing threshold ,the first limit circle after one of the house door and the one of the porch. The first circle is the fire place and the room that shelters it- the place where  the biggest part of the family's life  unfolds . The living space is very carefully  chosen -the traditional man always takes into account the magical aspects both during the process of building and after it is done. Under the threshold the man places some stuff with magical qualities : garlic, pepper , salt , holy water and silver coins. They have to protect the space from the night's aggression ,especially of the evil's.
The practice of purifying the stable after an animal's bringing forth are very important and they relate directly to the keeping of manna of the cow's milk. Here it is for instance a charm of Cupseni  Charm for preparing cows or young cows when they bring forth for the first time.
For this charm you need two brothers - a little boy and a little girl , a candle from a child born by a mother that had never given birth before and a silver ring that has passed through seven weddings and spoiled by so much use; a kerchief belonging to a woman who owns a cow and a basket for the cleaning of the cow, holy water , incense , basil, osier rot , dry excrements and milk pot.
The basil, incense and the rot are laid on the embers and the cow's legs are smoked and then the whole stable. You take the kerchief and touch the cow's horns with it crossing it three times . When you smoke you cast the spell.
"Holy Mary, You Holy Mother,
 Prepare this young cow,
 By my speech,
 But I am not worthy,
 'Cause I'm a sinner,
 But those two young brothers are,
 May this young cow be prepared."
You sprinkle holy water over the cow and say the spell. You take the remaining from the cleaning of the cow, put it in the basket and give this one to the young boy. The child holds the basket in one hand and in the other one, he holds an end of the belt. The girl holds the other end. They have to walk round the cow three times. While doing this, you say again the spell:
"May this young cow be spoiled
 May its milk be taken
 Only when these two brothers
 Get wed."
 The children hold each other's hands over the cow, if they cannot reach their hands, they put the belt between them and make the sign of cross. When they hold each other's hands you take the milk pot and put the wedding ring in it. You milk the cow with your hands crossed over the wedding ring saying the spell. You take the milk pot and walk round the cow three times while spelling. The remains from its cleaning are put under the bridge where the cow stays or under the threshold of the house. If you cannot lay it there, you put it in a still water, in a pool. You smoke again with incense and that's all; nothing will get close to the stable or harm the cow.

According to the same magic induction the herbs with which the female mouse dropped its babies can open all the padlocks. The testimonies about the herbs of the beast are several; more over we were shown someone in the village who said to have the palms down with this herb.
   Any material that the man gets in contact with becomes a useful object in the positive or negative magic practices.
    We are told that the swaddling clothes of the baby shouldn't stay out after sunset because the Beautiful Ones might steel or charm them and then the baby might get sick. While another informer uses similar materials for another remedy against the bad illness:" Who suffers from bad illness takes a new basin in a holiday and goes to foul water where three stream meet. He waters the basin ,shakes it towards East and says:
"Holy Mary
You Holly Mother
Take away the evil spirit".
You point with the basin towards the four cardinal points and then it is washed, dried during the night and then in the daytime in the shade; after that it is put under the sick man. You also take some holly oil from a priest and put it on his sheets and the man will get rid of the worst trouble.
  The magic influences upon people can be accidental. Thus it is possible for someone to tread on a place loaded with negative charge and take over him a certain amount of a curse. And in the most fortunate case his heels will crack but it is impossible for him to take over him the disease of the dead and then the death. Often the cause of a sudden illness is the spoil of the evil-eye. In the manuscript dictionary of the tireless scholar Iordache Golescu we can read the following lines:" When I spoil with the evil eye it means that I harm something with my eyes, with my sight. That is to say that looking at something, that thing is so harmed and suffers so much that if it is child or a cow suddenly it gets sick and dies. If it is a bottle, it cracks. If it is a clay pot ,it breaks. But a lot of sickness and harms happen especially to children and I say that who has this vice when spoiling  someone feels his eyes sore, feels a rash, a burn at his eyes; and has a great lusting attraction and pleasure towards that thing he sees, that if he could he would swallow it alive.

In some situations, the old women's job is to tell the fortune. Traditionally, the future is told "in beans" or "in wax"; the wax is poured in a bowl with water and the shapes formed in the water are interpreted. The decoded symbols are similar to the meanings of dreams. Thus, the symbol of the snake means sickness, animals mean good, the ring shape means death etc.
As to the "reading in beans", we admit that we haven't succeeded to make the necessary connections for the solutions in selling the future. We can, though, say that 41 seeds of the same sort (corn, beans) are needed. The fortune-teller says:
"41 pieces,
Tell us right and true,
In a just mood,
Tell us the wish of ... (name),
Guess for us ,
Not lie to us ,
Because if you lie,
We'll make you dry,
And give you to the poultry,
You are Holy grains,
May you tell us straight,
From now on and ever."
The grains are divided first into two columns of five groups of four grains each except for the one grain that remains separate. They are divided and mingled again. The teller makes the cross sign at each division three times. They are grouped in three parts at random. Each group is divided in clusters of 4 grains each, the rest of grains from every group being set in three lines; here are some examples of meaningful positions:

something it is going to happen to him at his wedding.
In order to take care or strengthen the hair there are some remedies based on walnut tree leaves or nettle. People who have two "twistings" in thier hair are said to be possible of having two marriages in life. The deshevelled hair is sign of grief and sorrow.
When  a wife cannot give birth to her baby, her plaits are undone because by means of magic imitation her bringing gorth is undone. The hair mustn't be thrown in fire for this can bring headaches, moreover it must be "hidden" to stop someone from doing witchcraft with it.
The one who has blended eybrows can spoil and it is recommanded to keep away from him/her. "If  your right eyebrow throbs, you'll get good news, if the left one throbs  you'll get into trouble." The blue-eyed people can spoil. "When your right eye throbs you will have a joy, when the left one throbs, you will have a bad thing happenning to you." "No one is allowed to look in the mirror when there is a dead man in the house, because the dead can take him/her with it."

The child laughing in his sleep is "visited" by angels. It is not good to cry for the dead because "the tears burn him." If when baptized a baby cries a lot it's a sign of a long life. The boys are not allowed to wear beads as they will bring tears to them.
If the nose irritates you, you will fight with someone. If a child feels his nose irritated repearedly it means that he has "belly worms" and must be treated with garlick.
Sneezing is a sing of party and good time or somebody's mentioning you. If someone can't sneeze it's good for him to look at the light ball or the sun. When a sick man sneezes, he will get better.
"If your ears tingle it means that someone talks about you or that you will hear some news."
"When your cheeks are burning someone is gossiping about you." The little babies' cheeks are pressed at their birth in order to make them beautiful faces.
The hiccup is the sign of someone's mentioning you. Spitting the babies and the children and the animals keeps away the spoil.
"The most auspicious occasion used for the evil spirits to sneak in one's body is when this one opens the mouth for talking in food and drink." (8, p. 54) Thus, there are some important beliefs to be respected in this regard: It is not good to eat with the pot on the knees or on the arm because "you eat your luck or you are heading to poverty." It is also bad to eat lying in bed because you are vulnerable to illness and nor with the head covered for "the food doesn't settle."
If a piece of food falls down it means that the dead asks for alms. One shouldn't eat on the threshold or standing because his luck will run away.
The food mustn't be given on the window because it brings sickness. One shouldn't eat on the road or walking, because this causes stupidity. Also, the food spoiled by mice, cats or dogs brings illness. The child shouldn't be given to eat fish before starting to speak because he can remain dumb like the fish.
The pregnant woman is not allowed to eat twin fruit or food from her lap because this influences the development of the child.
When a new kind of food is eaten
" (Name of the food)
New bread in old mouth
May it reach our ear."
It is eaten bringing the food over the head.
It is not good to drink water after an old person because you'll get old, but it is auspicious to give water to anyone who asks you, even the dead, to get rid of your sins.
The child is given water to drink from a bell so that he would have a nice voice.
The pregnant woman shouldn't thrust the knife or the axe in the threshold for she is going to give birth to a baby with "rabbit lip".
The kiss as well is submitted to some interdictions. The children mustn't be kissed while sleeping as "their sleep can be taken away", or their heels and bottoms ,to stop them from alienating. Also the palms of the children are not to be kissed in order to stop him from stealing.
When you bite your tongue, someone gossips about you. In order to get rid of the evil spirits you make the cross sign with the tongue.
The first teeth are thrown over the house and steel teeth are asked for: "Here, crow, there are milk teeth, and give me steel teeth."
Who has space between the front teeth is a liar. The teeth are not to be touched with the comb for they can fall off.
The magic imitation works everywhere. The mother mustn't give the child to suckle at the left breast because he can become dull, she gives him the right one, to have luck. No one is allowed to sit on the bed of the pregnant woman, in order not to take her milk.
As a remedy for the "white spot" on the eyes, woman milk is needed. This milk refreshes and embellishes the complexion.
In order to be hard working and able to work nicely and easily the girls catch salamanders in their hands.
It is good to be careful with your nails after cutting them because they are vulnerable to charms.
The nails of the baby are bit for him not to become a thief.
After washing your feet, don't wipe them because otherwise you wipe away your luck.
If in the spring you see a stork standing in its nest, you'll be fine in that year, if it flies, you'll be very lucky, and if it sits, you'll have problems.
People are great observers. The experience of thousands of years has classified these beliefs and superstitions as extremely necessary. A lot of them have been admitted by the science as true.
It is known that the metal attracts the lightning. Most of our informers didn't study physics and chemistry and still they know very well how to keep their houses away from this danger: "We chase away the thunder and the lightning throwing together outside the wooden pallet for bread and thrusting the hatchet in the threshold