Golden autumn is a dull time ... This is what many poets call a wonderful time of the year. How many poems, sayings, proverbs and riddles were invented on the autumn theme. In early September, it is multi-colored, lush, warm. There is no longer such a sultry heat. Agree that after the summer you want a little bit of coolness. In November, the sun peeps out less and less, the sky darkens, frequent rains begin and a lot of clothes. However, each season has its own unique charm. Toddlers also learn all the natural delights. In this article you will find new proverbs, sayings, signs about autumn.
Autumn time - kids have fun
The nights have become cooler, the day is not so hot, and the morning smells of autumn. Adults and children are tired of the heat and dream of getting a little cooler. However, no one wants a period of rain or frost. After all, gray dull everyday life becomes from this and stretches until spring. One wants to plunge into hibernation, like a bear in a den, and sleep through all the dull days. And if you don’t think so, but remember that in autumn there is a great opportunity to enjoy the last warmth. Only at this time you can see colorful, bizarrely shaped leaves. With them, children in kindergartens and schools make wonderful applications. First, they go with teachers to the park, where there are a lot of bright and beautiful leaves, collect bouquets from them, make herbariums, and then crafts. How the kids love to jump into the mountains of leaves or just rustle them while walking.
Someone believes that it is in autumn that the body relaxes after a stormy and emotional summer. As they say, to each his own.
autumn signs
In ancient times, there were many different signs about autumn. From here we can say whether winter will be early or late, what autumn will be, etc. There are also folk signs of autumn for preschoolers 4, 5 years old. They are written in an accessible and understandable language.
Here are some of them:
- If the leaves fall early, winter days will begin early.
- Thunder in September - a warm and long autumn for kids.
- What is the first day of December - such will be the earth in winter.
- The indoor parrot is silent - a blizzard is knocking on our window.
- A cat curled up in a ball - potatoes will be expensive.
- A lot of cones on a pine tree - a triple cold winter.
- Rainy days in September - all of January in silver.
- In autumn, there are few mushrooms, and a lot of nuts - in winter there will be no laughing matter.
- A squirrel has a lot of reserves in a hollow - for a fierce winter.
- Birds fly low - they want rain to us.
- The cat hid her face - the cold came.
Autumn sayings
Teachers and parents tell children a lot of sayings. Thus, an idea is given about the tricks of nature, about the weather, about animals, etc. Better than folk sayings, the baby cannot be told about the seasons. Thanks to them, he understands nature and simple phrases more. Sayings about autumn for children say that there is no bad weather.
Every season pleases adults and children in its own way. Read the sayings about autumn to the children and ask them how they understand them.
- Autumn is the time of eating (the proverb speaks of the harvest).
- Autumn is rich - winter is satisfying (if a lot of crops are harvested, then there will be affordable food in winter).
- In autumn, any bird is rich (there is something to profit from in the fields).
- A few rainy hours - the earth dries for many days.
- September - seeing off summer, meeting cold weather.
- The day did not work - the harvest slammed.
- November - winter threshold (ready for winter).
- November - frost on the nose.
Sayings about autumn for children are best told in a team. This way they learn the material faster.
Autumn proverbs
Proverbs tell children about natural phenomena, talk about the habits of animals. Signs of autumn for preschoolers are found in almost every proverb.
Therefore, it is useful to tell them to kids. It is in short proverbs that there is all the information:
- In autumn, everyone knows that the rains get in the way.
- In September there are a lot of apples, in October cabbage is a gift.
- Multi-colored autumn has come - it has brought fun to the children.
- Autumn palette - I'm used to the herbarium.
- When they cut hay, they didn't ask for rain.
- Plant a tree - don't wait for the harvest now.
- In September it is cold, but satisfying.
- What you collect from the harvest, you live on in the winter.
- The bread that is in the field cannot be put in your mouth.
- There is no bad land, there are owners who do not understand anything about the harvest.
- In November, winter and autumn argue.
- You dig in the fall, you don't go hungry in the winter.
- Whoever did not work in the fall has nothing in the winter.
- Autumn has come and brought rain with it.
Tell proverbs and sayings about autumn for children in an accessible language. They need to understand exactly what they say. If the children ask questions, then explain what the phrases or words in proverbs or sayings mean.
Poems about autumn
Many poets write small quatrains for children just about this time. Why about autumn? Probably because nature is very beautiful, plays with a multi-colored palette. If everything is green in spring, then in autumn you can see bright red, yellow, orange and other colors.
The leaves are falling, covering the roads,
Nice to walk on them
All our worries subside
So we want to fool around.
Leaves fly and circle above us
What a beauty
Can't put into words
The autumn dream has arrived.
Birds fly to warmer climes
I look at them frozen
How they wag their tails
Take me with you.
The birdhouses are empty
I see the birds fly by
They didn't even sing the songs
With the feeling that blizzards will soon begin.
Autumn has come,
The rains have begun
We will ask her
Until you leave.
Riddles about autumn
After proverbs, sayings, stories or poems for children, it is best to fix the material with riddles.
Of these, you can also determine some signs of autumn for preschoolers. Here are some of them:
- We are walking in the yard
Fun for our kids
When does it happen? … (In November).
2. She brought a lot of harvest to people,
This ... came to us (autumn).
3. There are no brushes or paints,
And decorated, like in a fairy tale (autumn).
4. We collect potatoes, when does this happen? (autumn).
5. The rain pours like a bucket,
the whole earth got wet.
When does it happen? (autumn).
6. Flies, but not a bird, howls, but not a wolf (wind).
7. Frightened by the cold, flew away where it's warm.
Stop singing and having fun
These are migratory ... (birds).
What children need to know about autumn
Before asking the guys questions about the season, first tell a little. Show the children the pictures. Signs of autumn for children or riddles will be more understandable if they see with their own eyes what is meant. Tell them about cold days, wind, frequent rains, leaves come in different colors and shades. Children should understand that in autumn you can make wonderful crafts not only from leaves, but also from chestnuts, acorns, etc.
Show the kids with a good example what leaf fall is. Let them run over the leaves, touch them with their hands, collect them for crafts. From the pictures you can see how a flock of birds fly south. It is possible with children aged 5-6 years to go to the fields on an excursion. Let them watch how people harvest, while listening to the teacher's story about what it is for and what will be done with it next. Make up a few sentences with the children on the autumn theme. Have an autumn festival so they learn poetry. At the same time, memory, attention, thinking will develop. Ask them to come up with signs of autumn for preschoolers. From their observations, they can teach adults a lot.
There are a lot of mountain ash in the forest - the autumn will be rainy, a little - dry.
If the cranes fly high, slowly and "talk", it will be a good autumn.
Until the leaf from the cherries has fallen, no matter how much snow falls, the thaw will drive it away.
Clouds are rare - it will be clear and cold.
If there are a lot of nuts, but no mushrooms, the winter will be snowy and harsh.
If birches turn yellow from the top in autumn, the next spring will be early, and if from below, then late.
Signs and sayings of September
In September, hold on tight to your caftan.
In September it's nicer in the afternoon, but it's worthless in the morning.
In September, even the leaf on the tree does not hold.
In September, the forest is thinner and the bird's voice is quieter.
Summer ends in September and autumn begins.
In September, one berry, and that one is a bitter mountain ash.
In September, the tit asks for autumn to visit.
Thunder in September - to a long autumn.
Thunder in September portends a warm autumn.
A lot of nettennik in Indian summer - to a clear autumn and cold winter.
September is never fruitless.
September is the evening of the year.
September tears off the caftan from his shoulder, puts on a sheepskin coat.
September sees off the red summer, welcomes the golden autumn.
September is leaf fall.
September reddened the swamps - oats are threshed with frost.
September drove the birds on the road.
Isaac Levitan. Autumn. manor
September - gloomy
September 1 - Stratilat-teplyak. Teplyak holds on, bows after the departed summer.
September 5 - on Luppa - oats are beating with frost. First frosts.
September 10 - Natalya-fescue. They mow oats.
September 11 - Ivan Lenten, godfather in autumn. From lean Ivan - a man does not go out without a caftan.
September 13 - Kupriyanov day - crane departure. They pull root crops (except for turnips), dig potatoes.
September 14 - Semyon the pilot. The first meeting of autumn. Completion of summer work. If the first day of Indian summer is clear, then autumn will be warm.
September 19 - grabbing Mikhailov's matinees.
September 21 - autumn, the second meeting of autumn. They removed the onions.
September 24 - Fedorin's day. Not every summer will reach Fedora.
September 26 - The Cornelius root grows in the forest, but it freezes.
September 27 - Exaltation, the third meeting of autumn. The first winters. On Vozdvizhenye, the first lady is cabbage (they cut down cabbage). September 28 - goose flight, hussar. Geese fly - they drag a winter on their tail.
Signs and sayings of October
The October day is quickly melting - you can’t tie it to the wattle fence.
In October, it is autumn before noon, and winter in the afternoon.
In October, winter is removed from the white nest, dressed up to visit a peasant: "Let me stay in Russia, I will visit villages and villages, we will eat pies."
In October, and a hut with firewood, and a peasant in bast shoes, but still no spores.
In October at one o'clock both rain and snow.
In October, neither on wheels nor on sledges.
October rides on a piebald mare: she doesn’t like wheels or snakes.
In October, say goodbye to the sun, get closer to the stove.
Thunder in October portends a snowless, short and mild winter.
If in October a leaf from a birch and oak does not fall cleanly, expect a harsh winter.
Know autumn in October through mud.
October crowns white snow with great mud.
October is winter.
October will cover the earth where with a leaf, where with a snowball.
October is dirty
In October, before lunch, autumn, and in the afternoon, winter-winter. If in October a leaf from a birch and oak falls uncleanly, expect a harsh winter. The moon turned red - wait for the wind-string. Autumn frost - to dry, sunny weather. If there are a lot of nuts and few mushrooms, the winter will be harsh.
October 1 - Arin's day. If the cranes fly to Arina, then on Pokrov (October 14) one must wait for the first frost; and if they are not visible on this day, not a single frost will strike before Artemiev Day (November 2).
October 2 - Zosima, protector of bees. They put the hives in the omshanik.
October 3 - Astafiev winds. If the north, angry wind blows, there will be a cold, the southerner blew - to heat, the west - to sputum, the east - to the bucket.
October 7 - Fekla-zarevnitsy. Bread is threshed in heated barns from dawn to dusk.
October 8 - Cabbage is chopped for Sergius. If the first snow falls on Sergius, then winter will set in on St. Michael's Day (November 21).
October 9 - rain with snow - in January expect strong thaws three times, sunny and warm - June will be rainy and cold.
October 13 - if the snow does not fall, winter will not come soon.
October 14 - Pokrov day. On Pokrov before lunch, autumn, and after lunch - winter-winter. On Pokrov, heat a hut without firewood (insulate housing). What is the Veil - such is the winter.
October 17 - Yerofey and winter puts on a fur coat.
October 20 - Sergius. If Sergius is covered with snow, then from the November Matryona, winter will rise to its feet.
October 21 - it's getting colder from Tryphon-Palageya. Trifon mends a fur coat, Palageya sews sheep's mittens.
October 23 - Eulampia. On Eulampius, the horns of the month seem to point in the direction from which the winds should be.
October 27 - Paraskeva-mud, powder.
Signs and sayings of November
In November, winter fights with autumn.
In November, autumn - a fat woman with an evil one - fights in winter.
In November, the frost settles down.
In November, the first solid snow falls overnight.
In November, dawn meets dusk in the middle of the day.
In November, the sun smiles through tears and "white flies".
In November, it can rain in the morning, and in the evening it can snow in snowdrifts.
In November, the warmth of the frost is not a decree.
If the sky cries in November, then winter will come after the rain.
Mosquitoes in November - be a mild winter.
Whoever does not get cold in November will not freeze in December either.
The smithy is small in November, but forges fetters on all rivers.
Do not forge the river in winter without November - a blacksmith.
No wonder in November white flies (snow).
November December brother, September grandson.
November is an off-road vehicle: either snow, or mud, or mud, or snow - neither the wheel nor the skid can move.
In November, the snow will inflate - the bread will arrive.
November - leafy
November - September grandson, October son, winter dear father. November is a semi-winter season: a peasant says goodbye to a cart, climbs into a sleigh. November nights are dark before the snow.
November 4 - Kazan. Before Kazanskaya - not winter, from Kazanskaya - not autumn. It happens that it rains on Kazanskaya in the morning, and in the evening it snows in snowdrifts.
November 11 - Nastasya sheepdogs. They fed the shepherds in the yards.
November 12 - on Zinovia - Sinichkin's holiday. Feathered guests of winter flock: bullfinches, goldfinches, waxwings ... November 14 - Kuzminki, meeting winter. Do not shackle the river in winter without Kuzma-Demyan.
November 15 - Akundin kindles the barn.
November 19 - freezing.
November 20 - Fedot. Fedot - ice leads to ice.
November 21 - Michaelmas Day. If Mikhailo Demyanov destroys the path, do not wait for the way to the winter Nikola (December 19) If there is frost on Mikhailov's day, expect big snows, and if the day begins with fog, it will grow warmer.
November 22 - winter Matryona. Winter is on its feet, frost is coming.
November 23 - from Erast, wait for the ice crust.
November 25 - Studit will become cold and angry. If on the 25th it rains or snows - according to ancient signs, there will be thaws until the Introduction (December 4).
November 28 - Guryan on a pinto mare (mud, snow).
November 29 - winter sweats on Matvey.
Autumn- golden and fabulous time of the year. All trees are covered with paints of different colors and shades: from yellow to brown. At this time, the rainy season usually begins, coolness begins to be felt in the air. The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer. In autumn, birds fly to warmer climes. This is the time of harvest and preparation for winter. No wonder they say: "Spring is red with flowers, and autumn with sheaves." People have recorded many folk signs of autumn, which help to find out what winter and spring will be like, what weather to expect, whether the next year will be fruitful.
Autumn weather tips
- Damp summer and warm autumn - to a long winter.
- Autumn frost - to dry, sunny weather.
- There is a lot of snow in early autumn - expect early spring.
- Clouds are rare - it will be clear and cold.
- The stars are bright - for good weather, dim - for rain.
- If a lot of stars fall in autumn, next year there will be a crop failure.
Autumn signs about nature
- A lot of cobwebs for Indian summer - for a clear autumn and cold winter.
- The web spreads over the plants - expect a harsh winter.
- Mosquitoes appeared in late autumn - by the mild winter.
- Poultry hides its head under the wing - to the cold.
- In autumn, birds fly low - to a cold, high - to a warm winter.
- Geese flew - soon it will snow.
- Harvest for nuts, but no mushrooms, the winter will be snowy and harsh.
- When there are a lot of mountain ash in the forest, autumn will be rainy, little - dry.
- Rowan, viburnum, black elderberry ripened early - expect a cruel and snowy winter.
- Hazel gave birth abundantly - winter will be rich in snow and frost.
- If birch trees turn yellow from the top in autumn, the next spring will be early, and if from below - late.
- A lot of cones on pines and firs - for a cold winter.
- Abundant cones at the bottom of the spruce - frosts will be early, at the top - the winter will be short.
- Kalina is ripe, and the leaves on it are green - autumn will be warm.
Alexandra Murzina
Screenwriter and ILLUSTRATOR Murzina Alexandra Nikolaevna, librarian of the children's subscription "MU Kedrovskaya CBS"
This material can be diversified with folklore, music, fine arts, divided into seasons, supplemented and made into a cycle of events.
Targets and goals:
Formation in children of the need for respect for the environment;
Acquaintance of children with the oral calendar of nature, based on the signs accumulated as a result of many years of observation of the outside world;
Education of love for nature, for the native language.
Since ancient times, the people kept their own calendar, according to which the peasant looked at the weather in the yard, followed the phenomena of nature and used proverbs to say what the coming season would be like. After all, it depended on what the harvest would be in the year, which means when and how to prepare for work in the garden and in the field.
Such a diary of nature was called a folk calendar, which from generation to generation passed on folk knowledge about nature. Many of them do not lose their wisdom even now, suggesting about the weather and the upcoming changes of the seasons.
Every year they come to visit us:
One gray-haired, the other young,
The third jumps, and the fourth cries. ( Seasons).
Winter
So winter came, and with it, according to signs, proverbs and sayings, smart people read the weather outside the window and speculated about the upcoming spring.
December - the year ends, the winter begins. January is the beginning of the year, winter is the middle. February - closes the winter.
Folk proverbs and sayings of winter
1. The frost is not great, but it does not order to stand.
2. Thank you, the frost that caused the snow.
3. Take care of your nose in a big frost!
4. The sun - for the summer, winter - for frost!
Folk signs of winter
Smoke column - to frost.
If there was frost at night, it would not snow during the day.
The cat is in the stove, the cold is in the yard.
Crows and jackdaws sit on the tops of trees - to frost.
Early snow - by early spring.
Heavy snowfalls in early winter lead to heavy rains in early summer.
Snowy winter - to a long spring, to a rainy summer.
Warm winter - cold summer.
Dry and cold winter - to dry and hot summer.
If February is cold - to a favorable summer.
Winter questions - quizzes.
1. Which month ends the year and begins the winter? (December)
2. What month is called: jelly, frown, freeze-up, recostave? (December, because it cools the earth, the sky glooms, the time of early twilight comes, rivers and reservoirs freeze).
3. What month are they talking about: midnight of the year and why? (About December. The longest nights. The darkest month)
4. Which month is the middle of winter and the beginning of the year? (January)
5. What is the shortest month of the year? (February)
Journey game
We leave the house and walk through the frost (stomp our feet);
We turn onto a slippery country road (sliding foot movements);
There are deep snowdrifts ahead (rubbing palm on palm);
We crossed the river and again we go through the frost;
Now on the slippery slope;
Through snowdrifts
And above the head there is a snowball (we catch snowflakes with our hands).
Spring
So spring came, and with it, according to signs, proverbs and sayings, smart people read the weather outside the window and speculated about the upcoming summer.
March is the morning of the year. April - with water. May - with flowers.
Folk proverbs and sayings of spring
1. Spring, light the snow, play the ravines!
2. Water flowed from the mountains, brought spring.
3. I saw a rook, meet spring.
4. The swallows have arrived - soon the thunder will rumble.
5. Until the first thunderstorm, frogs do not croak.
Folk omens.
Spring is only timidly coming into its own, and people want to know what it will be like, what will tell them about the summer that follows. And here again, the folk weather calendar, in folk signs, is at your service.
If the water in the river does not increase in spring, it will lead to a hot summer.
If in the spring long icicles form on the roofs when the snow melts, it means a long spring.
If it’s warm in mid-March, it’s a warm summer.
Cold spring - to hail summer.
If it melts quickly and the water runs together - to a rainy summer.
Larks, fly in, bring red summer.
Spring questions - quizzes.
2. In honor of which goddess May got her name? (May - in honor of the ancient Italian goddess of spring Maya).
3. Old Slavonic names of which month will I name? - Berezozol, “dropper”, “protalnik”, “high-end destroyer”, “rooker”, “sunflower”, “whistler” and “wind-bearer”, “greenhouse” and “gardener” named him. (March).
4. What month was called "the morning of spring and the morning of the year" (March).
5. What month was called Traven, Grass, Poleten, Maynik or Rose Flower. (May)
Journey game
The leader says the words and shows the movements, the children repeat after him.
We leave the house and walk along the sidewalk (stomp our feet);
We turn onto a country road, the fallen leaves rustle under our feet (sliding foot movements);
There is a river ahead, we walk along the sand, the sand rustles under our feet (rubbing palm on palm);
And now we cross the river along the wooden bridge (clapping hands on the knees);
We crossed the river and again we go along the sand;
And now for the leaves;
The trees around are large, swaying (hands above the head, like branches);
And ahead of the groove, jump (clap on the knees);
And now the bush, let's jump ...
Summer
So summer has come, and with it, according to signs, proverbs and sayings, smart people read the weather outside the window and speculated about the upcoming autumn.
June is colorful. July is the peak of summer. August is the crown of summer.
Folk proverbs and sayings of summer
1. What is born in the summer will come in handy in the winter.
2. Prepare a sleigh in summer, a cart in winter.
3. Summer day for a winter week
4. Put on a berry, you will pick up a box.
Summer folk signs.
If July is hot - to the cold in December.
Dry and hot summer portends a frosty and little snowy winter.
Rainy summer - to a long winter.
If in the summer thunderstorms often thundered and it rained - to snowstorms in winter.
The frogs croaked - to bad weather.
Swallows fly low - before the rain.
Strong dew - by a clear day.
Rain through the sun - to bad weather.
Rainbow in the evening - good weather.
Rainbow in the morning - to the rain.
Summer questions.
1. How are the words "July" and "king" related? (Both owe their origin to the name of the great Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar: Julius - July, Caesar - King).
2. And to another Roman emperor, we owe the name of the month, this time August, Which one? (To Octavian Augustus, who, after the death of Gaius Julius, took his place).
3. What flower does summer begin? (Bell. And in the garden - purple lilac. When its flowers begin to crumble, spring is over).
4. What kind of mushroom summer ends? (White milk mushrooms).
5. Who bathes in an anthill? (Black grouse. They, like domestic chickens, “bathe” in the ground to get rid of insects. In the forest, the most convenient place for such “bathing” is an old abandoned anthill).
6. Does lilac bloom in spring or summer? (Spring: Summer begins with the flowering of lilacs).
Autumn
So autumn came, and with it, according to signs, proverbs and sayings, smart people read the weather outside the window and speculated about the upcoming winter.
September is the evening of the year. October is winter. November - winters chant, gates of winter.
Folk proverbs and sayings of autumn
1. Summer with sheaves, autumn with pies.
2. In the spring, the rain grows, and in the fall it rots.
4. The first snowball is not prone.
Folk omens.
Thunder in September - warm autumn.
There are a lot of mountain ash in the forest - autumn will be rainy, few - dry.
If the autumn is rainy, there will be a rainy spring.
If September is cold, it will snow in March.
Thunder in September - to a long autumn.
If in October a leaf from a birch does not fall cleanly, expect a harsh winter.
Autumn quiz questions.
1. On which side of the tree should you look for mushrooms? (From the north. Mushrooms do not have green leaves, and they do not need the sun. Mushrooms need moisture).
2. What are the popular names for the month of September? (serpen, stubble, hussar, zornnik, hospitable).
3. What folk names does the month of October have? (leaf fall, leaf fall, leaf stubble, mud).
4. What are the popular names for the month of November? (breast, snow, off-road, semi-winter).
5. Which tree leaves turn red in autumn? (Rowan, aspen, maple).
Host: So! Our conversation has come to an end.
The seasons in folk proverbs, sayings, riddles will teach you to master the Russian word more fully and more skillfully - Russian colloquial speech, and acquaintance with folk signs will develop observation and love for your native nature.
List of used literature:
1. Big book about nature: Poems, stories, riddles, signs, proverbs \ Khudozhn. V. Dugin. - M .: Drofa-Plus, 2006. - 208s. :
2. Monthly. The story of the 12 months of the year. Folk omens. // Children's encyclopedia. - No. 10 - 2003.
3. "People's calendar". Proverbs, sayings, signs. Compiled by Georgy Dmitrievich Ryzhenkov.
4. “Clever Ivashka, firebird and golden grain. Russian folk riddles. Comp. G. M. Naumenko.
5. Folk signs and calendar. L. S. Khrenov.
6. Proverbs, sayings, puzzles. V. Volina.
7. 1000 riddles, proverbs, sayings, tongue twisters for elementary school. Auth. - comp. V. N. Ivankova.
September - frowning, howler, zorevnik.
sayings
September is never fruitless.
September is the golden month of mushroom pickers.
In September, the leaf on the tree does not hold.
In September, one berry, and then a bitter mountain ash.
Folk omens
Thunder in September - warm autumn.
In September, there are a lot of spiders on cobwebs (tenetniks) in the forest - by a long dry autumn.
There are a lot of mountain ash in the forest - autumn will be rainy, few - dry.
folk calendar
September 5th. Loop lingonberry . From that day on, they began to collect lingonberries. They noticed - if the lingonberries ripened, then the oats dropped (reached). They say: "Bend over - the lingonberries are ripe, move - the oats have reached the field."
8 September. Natalya-fescue. On this day, oatmeal jelly was cooked and pancakes were baked. Oatmeal jelly was once an everyday dish of the peasant table, hearty and very healthy.
September 13th. Kupriyan. They began to pull root crops (except for turnips) and dig potatoes.
September 14th. Day is a pilot. Between summer and autumn. Semenov day. The first Osenins were celebrated on Semyonov Day. On this day, they arranged amusing farewells for flies and cockroaches, annoying summer insects. On September 14, "Indian Summer" begins. They say: "Indian summer is dry - autumn is wet."
September 21. autumn equinox,Nativity of the Blessed Virgin.From time immemorial, this day has been celebrated as a harvest festival. It was the day of the second meeting of autumn and was called the Osenins or Ospozhinki.
23 September. Peter and Pavel are fieldfare.There is a belief that rowan planted in front of the entrance to the house protects it from unkind people.
September 27. Exaltation . Starting with the Exaltation, for two weeks continued " cabbage "- girls' gatherings, during which they harvested cabbage for the winter. “Third autumns - cabbage and bear birthdays”, “The exaltation of the caftan shifts from the shoulders, puts on the sheepskin coat”.
September is the flying season. Not all birds fly away: jerks go on foot to the sea.
Warm sunny weather in September is called the second or "Indian" summer.
There are more clear days in September than in March.
September is a month of abundant growth.
In September, field work ends, the time for the “golden” autumn begins.
The first leaf fall begins at linden, then at elm, birch, maple, aspen.
Folk recipes.
October - winter winter, leaf fall, dirt,
wedding man, yellow.
sayings
Summer with sheaves, and autumn with pies.
It is not from goodness that a tree drops a leaf.
In October - neither on wheels nor on sledges.
October will cover the earth where with a leaf, where with a snowball.
Folk omens
In autumn, the web is for clear weather.
October thunder - to a snowless winter.
If the leaf fall passes soon, we should expect a steep winter.
A lot of acorns on oak - for a fierce and snowy winter.
In autumn, birds fly low - to a cold, high - to a warm winter.
If in October a leaf from a birch and oak falls uncleanly, expect a harsh winter.
Late departure of birds - to a warm winter.
Late leaf fall - to a harsh and long winter.
folk calendar
October 1st. Arina-crane years; Arina Rosehip. On this day, they begin to collect and dry rose hips. It was noted that if cranes fly to Arina, then the first frost will be on Pokrov.
October 3rd. Note the winds: north - to the cold, south - to heat, west - to sputum, east - to the bucket.
October 7th. Fekla-zarevnitsa.On Fekla-zarevnitsa, they began to thresh bread in barns and celebrated this day everywhere as a holiday. According to custom, gatherings were held with games, songs and refreshments, which lasted until midnight. Threshing began with a lit fire. Hence the name - zarevnitsa. October 7th was considered knot day. If the tied knot is not untied, then happiness will be strong.
10 October. Savvatiy the beekeeper - bee nine. Beekeeping played a very important role in the economy of a peasant in Ancient Russia, since sugar was not yet known and it was completely replaced by honey. “These days it is necessary on an empty stomach, every morning, to eat a teaspoon of honey with warm water” - a folk recipe.
October 14. Protection of the Holy Mother of God. The agricultural year ended with the cover, the results of the harvest were summed up. Intercession fairs were held, weddings began to play.On Pokrov before lunch - autumn, after lunch - winter. What is the Veil, such will be the winter: the wind from the north - the winter is cold, from the west - snowy, from the south - warm.
17 October. Erofey is a leshegon.According to legend, the evil spirits expelled in September on this day fell underground until spring, trying to harm people. Therefore, on Leshiy Day, they tried not to go into the forest.From Yerofey, the cold is stronger.
27th October. Paraskeva Friday. From that day on, flax began to be crushed. Flax was known in ancient Egypt, Babylon, India, it preceded cotton. The Slavs grew flax even before the formation of Kievan Rus. There was a belief that the linen thread itself is a talisman. In general, the entire process of making clothes - from spinning threads to embroidering ornaments - was essentially a magical procedure that had the goal of providing protection and health to a person. The very process of making fabric, reflected in folk songs-games, included the “absorption” of the energy of the sun, water, and air by the fabric.
Folk recipes.
Oatmeal Cookies.
1 egg, 1 cup sugar, 100 g margarine, 1.5 cups sour cream, ½ tsp. soda, 1 glass of oatmeal, 1 glass of flour.
Knead the dough. Cool the dough, roll into small balls. Bake cookies in a warm skillet in the oven until they turn pink.
November - leafy, semi-winter, chest (ice on a river or piles of earth).
sayings
October is cold, father, but November has chilled him.
In November, winter and autumn fight.
November nights are dark before the snow.
November is a semi-winter season: a man says goodbye to a cart, climbs into a sleigh.
November closes autumn.
Crying for the sun in November windows.
In the autumn bad weather, there are seven weathers in the yard:
sows, blows, whirls, stirs and tears, and pours,
and sweeps from below.
Folk omens
What is the weather in November, so is May.
Tit to the hut - winter in the yard.
Feed the birds in the winter - they will serve you in the spring.
Folk calendar.
November 12 . Zinoviy-titmouse. Sinichkin day. Wintering birds arrive: tits, waxwings, goldfinches, jays, tap dances. “The titmouse bird is not great, but even that one remembers its holiday”, “The titmouse squeaks - it promises winter, the cold calls out.”
the 13th of November. Andrey autumn . "Chicken name day". On this day, they honored Kura and Kurka, thanked them for the feather and fluff from which pillows and feather beds were made.
November 14th. Cosmas and Damian - artisans. Festival of craftsmen and blacksmiths. "Kuzminki - the first meeting of winter", "Kuzminki - a commemoration of autumn", "Kozma-Damian - a blacksmith forges ice on land and on waters." First frosts. If by this day the leaf remained on the trees, then a harsh winter is ahead.
November 28. Guryev day. If snow falls on Gurya, then he will lie until the flood.
November closes autumn.
Folk recipes.
Bread in a Russian meal.
Baked goods made from flour without filling are an indispensable part of any Russian meal, both everyday and festive.
The bread served during the festive feast was very diverse in terms of flour composition, dough preparation method, form and purpose. It was baked from rye, barley, wheat, oat flour of coarse or fine grinding, as well as from various mixtures: rye and wheat, rye and barley, rye with the addition of bran, potatoes, carrots, and in lean years - quinoa, pine bark, oak . The choice of flour and variety depended on the well-being of the family, the purpose of the product.
Bread dough could be sour or unleavened. The sour was closed with sourdough, which was the thick kvass, pieces of sour dough left over from previous baking, or yeast made from malt and hops.
Bread was baked in a Russian oven on cabbage leaves, baking sheets, or directly on the floor, cleared of ash. They put it in the oven on a bread wooden shovel.
"Loaf".
The dough was prepared in the same way as for yeast pancakes. Then it was poured halfway into oiled molds and baked in the oven.
Cranberry or cranberry broth.
For 1-1.5 cups of cranberries or lingonberries, 1-2 tbsp. honey, 1 tbsp. flour (preferably rye or the cheapest wheat).
Squeeze the juice from the berries and leave. Pour cranberry pomace with boiling water (1 cup), boil to half the volume, squeeze again, rub the pomace, boiled, combine with juice. Dilute flour in juices. Boil cranberry or lingonberry water with honey, pour in cranberry or lingonberry juice with flour while boiling, and stirring, bring to a jelly-like state, add a little salt to taste.
December is a student.
sayings
December is cold, the earth is cold all winter.
December ends the year, winter begins.
December whitens the eyes with snow and tears the ear with frost.
December will pave, and nail, and give the sleigh a move.
Winter is not summer: she is dressed in a fur coat.
New Year - to spring turn.
Folk omens
Smoke column - to frost.
In winter, the sun sets in the clouds - to the snowfall.
If there was frost at night, it would not snow during the day.
Lots of snow, lots of bread.
The cat is in the stove, the cold is in the yard.
The crow hides its nose under the wing - to the cold.
If crows sit on the tops of trees, croak intensively and clean themselves, this is snow in winter.
Crows curl in the air in winter - this is to the snow, and if they descend and sit on the ground, there will be a thaw.
If the titmouse starts squeaking in the morning, it will be frosty at night.
If the sparrows hide under the roof, there will be frost and a blizzard, and if they gather in a heap and chirp restlessly, this is a blizzard.
Folk calendar.
December 1. Plato and Roman - winter markers. “What is Plato and Roman, such is winter”, “If the day is warm, then the winter will be warm.”
December 3rd. Proclus. What a day, such is June. If it snows, it will rain on June 3rd.
December 4th. Introduction . The introduction has come - the winter has brought. If there is frost on the Introduction, then all the upcoming holidays will be frosty.
5th of December. Prokopov day. "Prokop came - he dug up a snowdrift, he steps on the snow - he digs the road." They went out to clear the snow so that the travelers would not go astray. In the evenings they sleighed - they made sleds.
December 14th. Naum-literate . From that day on, in Russia, they began to teach children to read and write. "The prophet Nahum instructs the mind, leads to the mind."
December 22 to December 31The year is ending, and the ardent winter is just beginning.
If the sky is starry for the New Year - to a good harvest.
December is a student. It is not the coldest month of the year yet, but it is often blizzard. December is the darkest month of the year.
For St. Petersburg, the freezing of the Neva is conventionally considered the beginning of winter.
Recipes of traditional medicine.
Cold remedy:
Bring beet juice to a boil, cool, instill 5 drops in each nostril.
For angina and cough:
It is useful to breathe the steam of freshly boiled potatoes in the "uniform". Boil unpeeled potatoes, drain the water, open the pan, wrap yourself carefully over it and breathe.
For bronchitis:
Drink a decoction of sage ¼ cup 3 times a day.
Mix radish juice in equal proportions with honey. Accept
½ cup 4-6 times a day.
2 tbsp St. John's wort brew with 1 cup boiling water in a thermos, insist
1 hour, add honey. Drink tincture ½ cup 3 times a day.
Take oregano grass, coltsfoot leaves and blackcurrant in equal proportions. Pour a tablespoon of the collection with 1 cup of boiling water, insist. Drink the infusion hot with honey.
January - clematis, blueberry, deaf winter, lute.
sayings
The beginning of the year, the middle of winter.
The sun is for the summer, the winter is for the frost.
January will add two hours.
January is the turning point of winter.
Winter doesn't go well with summer.
Winter is not summer - she is dressed in a fur coat.
January-clematis, take care of your nose.
The bullfinch is a companion of winter.
In winter, the sun smiles through tears.
Folk omens
The sun is higher - the frost is stronger.
Few stars in the sky - to bad weather.
Stars shine strongly in winter - to frost.
Blizzard in winter - bad weather in summer.
In January, many frequent and long icicles hang - the harvest will be good.
If in January there are frequent snowfalls and snowstorms, then in July there are frequent rains.
If in January - March, be afraid in March of January.
In winter, dogs wallow - there will be a blizzard.
The bird hohlitsya - to bad weather.
folk calendar
Jan. 7. Christmas . "Winter to frost - a man for the holidays"; “If it’s warm on this day, the spring will be cold”, “The sun plays at Christmas”.
January 7th to 19th. From Christmas to Epiphany - Christmas time . According to legend, on holy days the doors to a happy family life were opened. At Christmas, any guest was considered sacred. This is the time of caroling and girlish divination. Guys and girls dressed up as goats and bears and went from house to house, wishing the owners a fruitful year and good in the house.
January 18th. Epiphany Christmas Eve. If there is a lot of frost on the trees on the night of Epiphany, the year will be fruitful.
January 19. Baptism . The time of the most severe frosts. The cold from Epiphany is on the wane. "On Epiphany thaw - to the harvest." Wedding weeks went from Epiphany to Maslyana.
January 23. Day Hoarfrost - to a damp summer, dry weather - to a hot summer.
Snow is a warm coat.Soil surface temperatureunder the snow is 4-6 times higher than the air temperature.
V old New Yearin Russia they celebrated first on March 1, then on September 1. On January 1, they began to celebrate it only from 1700. And according to the peasant economy, the New Year was always celebrated at the end of December, on the day of the winter solstice.
January on the threshold - the day arrived at a chicken step, January towards the end - added two hours.
As the day grows, so does the cold.
January is the most fierce of all months.
January - spring mustachioed fish.Burbot rose from the depths. It's time to spawn.
January is the month of bright stars, white trails, blue ice.
January is a fierce time - the "ninth wave" of winter.
Gone half term of wintering birds, sleepy dormancy of plants, snow cover.
On severe frosty January days, the animals do not come out of their holes.
Squirrel sits in a hollow. Dozing.
For a good harvest, January should be dry and cold, not wet and warm.
In January, “snow falls down and fattens the fields” (fertilizes).
In January, “frost jumps along spruce forests, along birch forests, along damp banks, and along spindles” (vertices are dry places near the river).
February - snow, blizzard, lute, bokogrey, section.
Sayings.
February will add three hours.
February is a fierce month, asks how shod.
Blizzards and blizzards flew in February.
February is strong with a blizzard, March - with a drop.
Like you, February, don't be angry, like you, March,
don't frown, but it smells of spring.
The winter sun does not heat well.
In winter, a fur coat is no joke.
Don't be afraid of winter, be afraid of winter.
February warms the bear in the den.
Folk omens.
The north wind subsides at night.
Clouds go against the wind - to the snow.
Warm February will bring spring with frosts.
High roads - high bread will be.
Blizzards in winter - bad weather in summer.
If February is not cold, March thinks badly about it.
Indoor birds are silent - the cold will last for a long time.
Sparrows hide their heads in their tails - in the cold or before a snowstorm.
The crow always sits with its nose to the wind.
Folk calendar.
February 4th. Timofei Poluzimnik. Timofeevsky frost took the creeping winter with it. If there is a blizzard on that day, the whole week will be blizzard.
February 6 . Aksinya. Winter break. Blizzard - late spring. What is Aksinya, such is spring.
February 10th. Efremov day. On this day, they cajoled the brownie. They left him a pot of porridge, wrapped in a towel or wrapped in coals so that he would not catch a cold. Exactly at midnight, the brownie comes out and has dinner - since then he has been helpful and humble for a whole year. In the evenings, they told fairy tales about the brownie, amused themselves with nursery rhymes and jokes.
The 14th of February. Tryphon is a mouse.Mice were conjured at Tryphon, which by this time were becoming very numerous in half-empty barns. There is snow on Tryphon - the spring will be rainy. Starry on Tryphon - spring will come late.
February, 15. Candlemas. Since ancient times, this day was considered the first meeting of spring. The day has more light, the night has less cold. If there is a thaw on this day, then spring will be early; if the cold returns, the spring is cold. The children on this day in the morning called out to the sun and arranged winter games.
February 17. Nikola Studeny . Cold day - put on a fur coat again. It is a rare year in Russia that there were no frosts on this day.
24 February. Vlas'ev day. In many places, Vlasyev Day was celebrated as a big holiday and they walked for three days or more. St. Blaise is the patron saint of cattle. On this day, he was asked to protect livestock, especially cows.
February 27. Prokop Roadbreakerdigs the road (thaws begin).
The first decade of February is the most blizzard time, the time of strong snowstorms.
February is the last cold. In St. Petersburg, February is usually colder than January.
In February, there are often nights with cracking frosts (the bark of trees bursts).
February lute, and bokogrey (the sun warms the side, and in the shade the frost grabs the nose).
The ground in February is colder than snow. Mice from minks move to snowdrifts.
In February, hares, foxes, squirrels run in pairs. They have February "weddings".
February is the month of bird starvation. Bird feeders need to be filled with food more often.
On a sunny February day, the birch trunk turns pink, on a cloudy day it becomes white as snow.
In February, spruce cones open. If there are a lot of cones in the forest, then there will be a lot of small rodents.
March - protalnik, dropper
Sayings.
Spring and autumn - eight weather per day.
In March, winter is behind and in front.
At least March, but put on a trousers.
March is unfaithful: now he cries, now he laughs.
March - brother is not happy about spring and winter.
In March, even a chicken from a puddle will get drunk.
Folk omens.
Neither water in March, nor grass in April.
Without a master, the land is an orphan.
Spring time - ate from the yard.
Do not look at the sky, there is no bread there, look at the ground below, closer to the bread.
In the spring, if you fall behind for an hour, you won’t catch up for a week.
Sow at the right time - you will collect the grain from the mountain.
For the time being, do not sow the seed.
Every seed knows its time.
Whoever works happy in the spring will be rich in the fall.
Early arrival of rooks and larks - to a warm spring.
A migratory bird flows in flocks - towards a friendly spring.
The rooks sat in the nests - in three weeks to go out for sowing.
Rooks fly straight from the nest - early spring.
I saw a starling - spring is at the porch.
Rooks sat on the ground - wait for a protracted spring.
The first swallow is not yet spring.
In the spring the rain grows, and in the autumn it rots.
Folk calendar.
March 1. It melts early - it does not melt for a long time. If large icicles form on the roofs, the spring will be protracted.
2nd of March. If the snow melts from the sun - there will be a fruitful year, from the rain - wait for the drought.
March, 3rd. Oatmeal. On this day, birds were fed with specially baked oatmeal pies - oatmeal. At this time, the oatmeal bird makes sounds similar to the words: "Leave the sled!"
March 4 . If birds nest on the south side of trees or houses, then there will be a cold summer.
March 7th. Early arrival of rooks and swallows - by early spring; long icicles - for a long spring.
March 13 . Vasily-dropper. There is usually a thaw on this day. "Vasily the dropper will come - and the winter will cry." Healing pine buds were collected in the forest (insist in a thermos and take with bronchitis).
March 14th. Evdokia . If a chicken does not find water to drink on Evdokia, then bread will not be born. If there is no thaw on March 14, then do not expect a good harvest.
March 17. Gerasim the rooker.“A rook on a mountain - spring is in the yard”, “I saw a rook, meet spring!”, “The rook pecked winter.”
March 30. Alex warm . Alexey - streams from the mountains. Ice from the water, snow from the ground lags behind, and the fish starts off from the camp (returns to life from the winter hut). Day of the fisherman.
Folk recipes.
Kissel from rye bread.
1 liter of water, 150 g of rye bread, 1 cup of dried fruits, 5 tbsp. Sahara,
1 tbsp starch, cinnamon on the tip of a knife.
Steam the bread with water, bring to a boil, cool and wipe, add sugar and prepared dried fruits.
Cook until softened. Put cinnamon, pour in starch diluted with cold water, bring to a boil again and cool.
Serve with cream and ice cream.
April - snowman, aquarius, birch, pollen.
sayings
April streams wake the earth.
April with water, May with grass.
April is neither colder than March nor warmer than May.
Do not break the stove - it's still April in the yard.
Wet April is good arable land.
In April, the earth dies - blows with wind and warmth.
April will get everyone drunk.
Where there is a river in April, there is a puddle in July.
April does not like the lazy one, he loves the nimble one.
Folk omens.
April is warm, May is cold - the year of grain.
Put aside the tricks, but take on the arable land.
The day before you sow, the week before you reap.
If you miss an hour in the spring, you won’t make up the year.
The earth has warmed - do not be late for sowing.
The field is not sown with words.
Who cherishes the earth, the earth pities.
What goes around comes around.
Crimson dawns - to the wind.
Blue evening clouds - to change the weather.
The seagull flew in - the ice is coming.
Birds pluck - to rain.
Birds make their nests on the south side of the trees - by the cold summer.
April is the month of the first flight of bees to snowdrops and willows.
April is the first month of spring warmth.
Folk calendar.
April 1st. Daria the floater . Daria is dirty. Dirty holes. What is the weather like on April 1st, so is October 1st, and vice versa. This day was called deceitful. It was believed that jokes and laughter drive away evil spirits from people, give mental and physical health. The more fun this day is lived, the more happiness will be this year.
April, 4. Vasily Solnechnik, Warm. Icicles hang from the roofs, scales fly off the fir trees.
April 8th. A sandpiper flew in from overseas, brought water out of the gate (the ice begins to melt).
14th of April . Mary of Egypt. Marya - light the snow, play the ravines. If the ice (water) disappears quickly, the year will be easy, good.
April 18th . Fedul Vetrennik . Fedul came - a warm wind blew. Windows were being opened on Fedul.
April 21 . Rodion Ledol, icebreaker, Roaring Waters. First field trip. The length of the day has increased by 2.5 hours. With light and warmth comes.
April 24 . Antip Polovod . Antip dissolved the water. Rivers open up. Antip without water - bins without grain. If the waters did not break on Antipas, then the summer is bad.
25th of April. Spring soars the earth. The bear comes out of the den. The hare crossed the road - to failure.
Wherever the swallow can fly, and arrive again in the spring.
The swallow begins spring, the nightingale ends summer.
The first swallow of spring does not make.
Frogs do not croak until the first thunderstorm.
Folk recipes.
Grandma's gingerbread.
200 g sugar, 3 eggs, 200 g flour, ½ tsp. cinnamon, 50 g butter.
Combine all components, knead the dough. Place ½ teaspoon of batter on a greased baking sheet. Put in the oven for 7-10 minutes. As soon as the gingerbread is browned, remove them with a knife, arrange on a dish and decorate.
May.
Sayings.
May frost will not squeeze out tears.
May decorates the forests, summer awaits for a visit.
The rain in May raises bread.
It happens in May that there is paradise under the bush, and then such May that you give hay to the horse, and climb onto the stove yourself.
And I would be glad to marry, but May does not order.
Do not feast, if you sow bread.
Do not brag when you go to the field, but brag, take it from the field.
The sun will warm - everything will be in time.
The earth is a plate: what you put in is what you take out.
May is cold - you will not be hungry.
If it rains in May, there will be rye.
You plow in time - you dance more cheerfully.
Folk calendar.
May 2 . Ivan Vetopeschernik. “Here you are, mother spring, a new novelty,” they said, spreading canvases in the field and spreading bread and salt on them.
5 May . Luke . On Luka, onions are planted in the beds. Whoever eats onions will be delivered from eternal torment.
the 6th of May. George the Victorious- the patron of agriculture and shepherding, the keeper of Holy Russia. Egory (Yuri) Veshny. Egory begins spring, Ilya (August 2) ends summer. Egory came - and the spring will not go away. Egory with warmth, and Nikola (May 22) with grass.
May 15 . Borisov day . The bird king (nightingale) will gather to sing in these numbers - spring will bloom together. If the nightingales sing all night, it will be a sunny day.
16th of May. Green cabbage soup, Mavra Thrush . Nettle, sorrel, garden greens grow. The milk of May milk yields is healing.
May 18 Arina Rassadnitsa. On Arina, mowing from last year's grass is being burned. Cabbage seedlings are planted in vegetable gardens.
22nd of May . Nikola Veshny . Nikola Teply, Nicholas the Wonderworker is the protector and patron of the Russian people. In Nikola, like rain, there will be bread and rye. For the first time after the winter, they went with horses at night.
26 of May. Lukerya Komarnica. Mosquitoes appear. "There are a lot of mosquitoes - it will rain tomorrow." We started collecting medicinal herbs.
Folk recipes.
Black gingerbread with icing.
For glaze: mix 500 g of sugar and ½ cup of water. Boil the syrup until it stretches with a “thread”.
Ground crackers 3-4 cups, syrup 2-3 cups, honey 2-4 tbsp, soda - ½ tsp, egg yolks - 2 pieces, cinnamon - 1 tsp, star anise - 1/2 h .l., ginger - ½ tsp, cloves - ¼ tsp.
Mix jam syrup and honey and heat without boiling, add ground spices, baking soda, egg yolks, 1 tbsp flour, ground rye crackers. Knead a stiff dough, let it lie down for a while, roll out a layer 1 cm thick, dry on the spot, cut into mugs while warm and glaze. Put the gingerbread on a sheet and dry in the oven for no more than 1 minute.
Loaf.
The dough for the loaf was prepared in the same way as for yeast pancakes. Then it was poured halfway into oiled molds and baked in the oven. That's what a real loaf is!
June.
Sayings.
June passed through the meadows with a scythe, and July ran for bread with a sickle.
June - a hoarder of a peasant saves a harvest.
June has come - spit on fishing.
Folk omens.
At sunset, the clouds ringlets - to the rain.
The sun sets in the fog - to the rain.
Pure stars in winter - to cold, in summer - to clear weather.
Strong wind during rain - good weather.
The greener the rainbow, the more rain.
A high round rainbow - for good weather, low and flat - for bad weather.
The rainbow is red - the weather is clear.
If the rainbow is in the morning, then do not expect good, and if in the evening, then there is nothing to be afraid of.
Clouds before sunrise - to the rain.
Folk calendar.
June 1st. Ivan long . Nettle spell. The last time they cooked cabbage soup was from young nettles. They whipped each other with nettle brooms, hoping that this would contribute to the growth of greenery and children. The youth danced all night, greeted the sun. This holiday contributed to the birth of a new crop.
2 June . Falaley gardener. Completed the planting of vegetable crops. "Falalei came - finish the cucumbers as soon as possible."
July.
Sayings.
July is the peak of summer.
Summer is nice for everyone, but the top of the head is hard.
In July, the yard is empty, but the field is thick.
July - at least undress, but it won't be easier.
It is not the ax that feeds the peasant, but the work of July.
"Ecology" of the program "Childhood"
Folk omens.
Fog is over the forest - it will rain, mushrooms will come.
Fog spreads over the water - to good weather.
The forest is noisy in winter - expect a thaw.
The oak forest makes noise in the summer - to bad weather.
The decline of the river - to rain, profit - to good weather.
Marigolds fall down by noon - to be a thunderstorm.
Dandelions squeeze their heads - to the rain.
The horse stomps, kicks with its back foot - to bad weather.
The horse snorts - to the heat.
Folk calendar.
July 1. Yarilin day. Elijah the prophet reigns until Elijah's day. Trade fairs were organized everywhere, people went to visit relatives.
July 6 . Agrafena bathing suit. On Agrafena they wash themselves with dew, begin to bathe in the river, douse themselves with water, soar in the morning in the bath. On this day, brooms are harvested for the whole year, medicinal herbs are collected.
July 9th Tikhvin buttock. Strawberry Day. "The wild strawberry-berry ripens on Tikhvinskaya, calls the red girls into the forest." In the mornings we went to a strawberry meadow, collected a strawberry leaf, which was brewed in winter instead of tea.
July 15 . Bereginya - an ancient Slavic goddess. The girls weaved and embroidered amulets for their betrothed.
August.
Sayings.
A peasant has three worries in August: to mow, to plow, and to sow.
In August, the sickles are warm, the water is cold.
See oats and flax in August.
August is a pickle, just a lot.
Folk omens.
The rooster sings at the wrong time - to the bucket.
Early chirping of larks - to warm weather.
If the lark is not heard from the very dawn, it will rain.
Beetles buzz - to bad weather.
Ants hide - to a thunderstorm or heavy rain.
If a bee sits in a hive and buzzes, wait for the rain.
If the bees go for prey in the morning, wait for good weather.
The increased work of spiders - to heat and good weather (flies do not fly in bad weather, and a web is not needed).
The cat is sleeping soundly - to warmth.
A cat in a ball - frost on the threshold. The cat scratches the floor - into the wind.
When woodpeckers are very audible, it will rain.
Frogs are silent before cold weather.
The squirrel builds a nest low on a tree - for a frosty winter, high - for a warm one.
A lot of berries - for a cold winter.
If rain is rare in summer, expect mushrooms.
Folk calendar.
August 2 . Ilyin's day. Ilya's summer ends, the rye begins: the harvesting of grain begins. On Ilya before lunch - summer, after lunch - autumn. Elijah the Prophet was considered the master of heavenly waters, commanded the forces of nature, in his power - drought, rain, thunder and lightning. Ilya is a terrible, stern, punishing saint, but at the same time generous, endowing. On this day, they baked koloboks from new rye, brought the first sheaf into the house, put it in the “red” corner, decorated it with flowers and ribbons. After Ilyin's day, the rains were considered harmful.
August 14 . Honey Spas . On the first Savior, honeycombs are broken, the first honey is taken from the hives and consecrated in the church. They started harvesting medicinal berries - bird cherry and wild raspberry.
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