Notes for August. Folk omens for August. Folk proverbs and signs of August

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The hot season is behind us, and the end of summer is nearing. August is the height of the harvest, the harvest of vegetables and fruits begins. Among the people, he was given the names "serpen" and "stubble". It is in August that the most beloved church holidays - the Savior - fall. There are three of them: honey (August 14), apple (August 19) and nut (August 29).

Proverbs and sayings related to August:

• In August sickles warm, water cools;
• From Ilyin's day, the night is long and the water is cold;
• Swallows begin spring, and call autumn;
• Mushrooms have appeared - summer is over.

FOLK SIGNS FOR EVERY DAY OF AUGUST

Makrida Day. People said that Makrida equips autumn. A good day heralds the dry season, while a cloudy one portends a wet one. August 1 is also important for the next year: it was believed that if it rains, then next year's rye will be excellent, and the harvest will be rich.

Signs:

If the fluff flew from the aspen - go for the boletus.
Watch autumn in Macrids.
Macrida is wet - and autumn is wet, dry - and autumn too.
A bucket on Makridu - autumn is dry.
If Makridu is wet, then the suffering is inclement.
If it rains that day, then there will be a good harvest of nuts.
The Mokrins would pass, you will be with bread.
If it rains on Makrida, the sowing of winter crops will be good.
If at sunrise the sun slowly emerges from behind the clouds, it will be a good day.
If, in clear weather, the wind blows from the east for several days, and intensifies in the evening, bad weather is approaching.
The moon is pale, foggy - to the rain.
The frog does not come out of the water - to dry weather.
Ants hastily close up the entrances to the anthill in the middle of the day - it will rain.
Spiders make nests - to the cold.
The web spreads over the plants - to the warmth and clear autumn.

Ilyin's day. At this time, religious processions were traditionally held with prayers for rain or good weather. It was customary not to work in the fields, as it was considered dangerous due to thunderstorms. The people believed that from that day on, mosquitoes no longer bite.

Signs:

Before Ilyin, sweep the hay for days, put a pood of honey into it.
In that Ilya, in that and Exaltation (September 27).
The prophet Elijah is ending the summer, the fat is stinging.
On Ilya before lunch, summer, after lunch, autumn.
If it was dry on Ilyin’s day, then it would be dry for six weeks, if it rained that day, it would go for six weeks.
Before Ilya, even the priest will not rain rain, and after Ilya, the woman will catch up with an apron.
Before Ilya, clouds are in the wind, after Ilya, against the wind.
Ilya will come - he will bring rot (rain).
On Ilyin's day, the stone will vegetate (matinees).
Elijah with a word keeps the rain and brings it down.
Ilya holds the storm.
If the rye is harvested by Ilyin's day, then finish the new sowing before Flora and Laurus; and if the rye ripens later, then this later, until the Seed of the Day.
The first hour of the Savior was in store, Peter and Paul added two, and Elijah the prophet dragged three.

On this day, it is customary to put things in order and repair the bins, because it is there that the grain of the new crop will be poured. You can collect fallen apples, but eat them not fresh, but processed (cook compote or wine).

Signs:

Ilya the Prophet - with thunders, Onufry - with prostrations.
Ilya the Prophet walks around the field, considers the wort (left on the stubble to dry the sheaves) private, the Monk Onufry raises the cornfield, directs the plow.
Thunder is unceasing - there will be hail.
Good weather will continue if ground fog forms in low places in the evening and at night, dissipating after sunrise.

Folk wisdom says: “Wash with dew and through silver, you will be white,” so the girls got up early in the morning and went out into the meadows. On this day, it was not customary to work, as they said that a thunderstorm would kill, and they prayed to the patroness with a request to protect them from lightning.

Signs:

If there is a thunderstorm, there will be hay behind the eyes.
Thunder rumbles incessantly - there will be hail.
Marya is a dew window.

Trofimov day. If the weather was good, then people spent almost round the clock in the garden and on the field. The people said: "Sleep for a long time - no good can be seen."

Signs:

The boot is big - on the leg, small - under the bench (about the harvest).
I thought to mow - the rain does not order; I was going home - but Trofim does not order.
Trofim the insomniac has a supply of bread.
Kalinniki-raspberries - from Trofim to Silantiev day.
The appearance of fog in the evening, which spreads along the ground, portends good weather.
The stars twinkle brightly at dawn - in a couple of days it will begin to rain.
The owl screams - into the cold.
The dawn will soon die out - there will be a strong wind.

Boris and Gleb's summer day. This name was given due to the fact that thunderstorms, and as a result, fires, could destroy the entire crop. On August 6, people did not work - they were afraid of the disfavor of the saints.

Signs:

Do not take up bread on Gleb and Boris (do not reap).
Boris and Gleb create a harvest, rule over stacks of grain.
If the grain for Boris and Gleb is still waxed, sticky, unripe, it is necessary to wait with the harvest until Silin's day.
It started to rain in the morning - the weather is fine in the afternoon.
Night dew does not dry up - to a thunderstorm.
Flies wake up early and begin to buzz - before dry weather, sit quietly - before rain.

Anna is cold. From that day, cold morning frosts begin, and gardeners begin to dig early potatoes. The people said that “what is the weather on Anna before dinner, such is the winter until December; what is the weather in the afternoon, such is the weather after December”, so this day was considered a sign for winter.

Signs:

Light and warm weather portends a cold winter, but if it rains, the winter is snowy and warm.
If the night of the next day is fresh and cold, then the coming winter will come early and is expected to be frosty.
A lot of acorns on oak - for a warm winter.
If it rains on Anna, the winter will be snowy.
If frost falls on Anna - to a cold winter.

Yermolai Day. On August 8, everyone tried to quickly remove the compressed bread. From that day on, the picking of early apples began. You can’t eat them yet, but you can use them for homemade liqueurs, jams and other preparations.

Signs:

Yermolai - clean up the bread.
There is no end to the harvest, God's light is on the four sides.
In the morning - cold dew, and in the afternoon the heavens rumble.

Kachanov day and the day of Panteleimon the healer. On August 9, it is customary to turn to the patron saint of all healers with a request for a cure for various diseases. It is also believed that on this day, late cabbage curls into heads, so everyone baked pies with it and treated everyone around.

Prokhor Day. On this day in Russia, blacksmiths were honored, who ruled the plowshares of plows before plowing the land for winter crops, got along with plows. It is believed that after August 10, potato tops begin to wither. Also, this day was considered unlucky for trading and exchanging anything.

Signs:

On Prokhor the sun bakes, the hay dries merrily.

Kalinin day. On August 11, the first frosts often occurred, which could harm the unharvested bread. The people said that from that day migratory birds begin to gather in flocks and prepare for departure.

Signs:

On Kallinika fog - a crop of barley and oats.
If ripe oats turn green for the second time, autumn will be rainy.
If it hardens (it gets colder), the matinees will be cold in early September.
If there are no frosts on Kalinov's day, Luka (September 5) will not freeze either.
Kalina will not jam, and the Lupa will not thrash.
If there are fogs on Kallinika, store scythes about oats with barley.
In the evenings and nights, Kalinnik threatens with lightning, sends autumn thunderstorms.
Kallinik troubles - unfavorable time for bees; in the confusion, the bee has no move.
Seraphim gathers lightning in the field, and the reapers gather rye and wheat.
If there are a lot of berries and nuts, and few mushrooms, the winter will be snowy and harsh.

Silin day. August 12 is great for sowing winter crops. On this day, the weather is usually cloudy and cool. The people believed that rye and other crops sown on this day would be especially good.

Signs:

Whoever sows rye for Strength will be born strong.
Early plowing of the fields and sowing for Strength - to abundant winter.
If there are a lot of rowan berries, the autumn will be rainy, and the winter will be harsh.
If the rowan berries are red, next summer will be rainy.
Wind gusts - to calm weather.
Frequent thunderstorms in August lead to a long autumn.

Day of Evdokim. On August 13, the people bowed to the harrow - they thanked her for her help, put them in order and cleared them of the earth. The peasants began to collect the first turnip, a real breadwinner.

Signs:

Sow a rye field on Evdokim.
The snail-harrow will tear out all the roots in full.
If you don’t speak the harrow, you won’t please the horse.
If the fog quickly dissipates in the rays of the rising sun, good weather will be established for a long time.
If the web has flown, the sunny weather will last for a long time.
If a steamy (thick, white) fog has gone over the forest - go for mushrooms.

Makovey Day and Honey Spas. According to custom, on August 14, water in rivers and lakes was blessed. After that, people could swim, but only once, the last time. New honey, fresh vegetables and seeds were traditionally brought to the temple.

Signs:

Rain on Makovey - there will be no fires.
Swallows fly off at three Spas (August 14, 19 and 29).
Roses are blooming, cold dews are falling.

Stepanov's day. On August 15, it is customary to turn to St. Stephen with a request to protect the horses. In some areas, haymaking ended, so village holidays were held. On this day, it was supposed to carry out such a ceremony: all family members wove a wreath of twelve herbs, which was called "the sun with haze." It was brought home with honor and hung in the red corner under the icons. He was supposed to protect the family from autumn and winter fevers.

Signs:

If it rains on Stepanov's day, there will be few fires, and the potatoes will be well harvested.
If a cold northeast wind blows on Stepanov's day, there will be a thin pour of bread.
If Stepan is dry, it will be dry for six weeks, and if it rains, he will be six weeks.
What is Stepanov's day, such is September.
Hayloft - cold dew.
Good hay in hayloft sheds, not in the rain.
If the month was born, washed by the rains - then there will be no rain, but when the month becomes horns again and is washed by the rains - then the mushrooms will go.
If the spiders reduce the size of the nets-traps - be windy.

Isakov day. On August 16, people expected the appearance of whirlwinds. They could be asked about what kind of winter this year will be. In addition, the people called this day raspberries, because there were a lot of this tasty and healthy berry in the gardens and forests.

Signs:

What is the whirlwind, such is October.
If the wind is with whirlwinds, expect a snowy winter.
It will swirl from all sides - there will be a furious winter with thick snow on the houses.
What is Isaac, such is Nicholas in winter (December 19).
Strong cold wind - to a frosty winter; southern, warm - to soft and snowy.
On Isakiya whirlwinds - a steep winter.
If the poultry began to change feathers early, the cold will come early.
If high (cirrus) clouds stretch out in a narrow and long strip, there will soon be a strong wind.

Avdot'in's day. On August 17, the last cucumbers, garlic and onions are harvested. It starts to rain from Avdotya-hay, which causes irreparable damage to hay. People were in a hurry to remove it from the meadows until this very day.

Signs:

Seven youths bring seven rains.
If there is a thunderstorm on Avdotya, there will be hay behind your eyes.
If there is strong dew on Avdotya, flax will be gray and braids.
What is Avdotya - such is November.

Day of Eustigney the Zhitnik. On August 18, people conjured the stubble so that evil spirits could not settle on them and harm the livestock. Also on this day, it was necessary to knead the first barley bread from the fresh harvest, and onions were hung in the upper rooms and barns to purify the air.

Signs:

What is Yevstigney, such is December.

Apple Spas. On August 19, it is customary to pick the first apples, which are eaten with honey, sugar and great pleasure. Before the Second Savior, it was impossible to eat any fruits, such an act was equated with sin. People always went to church to consecrate apples. Fruit was given to the poor just like that, and the sick were sent home.

Signs:

What is the Second Savior, such is January.
Second Savior - take mittens in reserve.
What is the day on the Second Savior - such is the Protection (October 14).
A dry day portends a dry autumn, a wet one portends a wet one, and a clear one portends a harsh one.
The second Saved an hour for everything (the fruits ripen), he saved a fur coat.
Spasovka is a gourmet, and petrovka is a hunger strike.
On the Second Spas, a beggar will eat an apple.
From the Second Savior, sow winter.

Day of Pimena-Marina. On August 20, people watched the behavior of the stork. If the birds are preparing to fly away, then the winter will be cold.

Signs:

If the storks are preparing to fly away, the autumn will be cold.
Pimeny-Marinas - do not look for raspberries in the forest: the girls will go around the forest, clean it up.
After the summer, they don’t go through raspberries.
If the spiders leave the web and hide in the nearest shelters, wait for the weather to worsen.
If the water in the river foams, it will rain.
Red dawn at sunrise - to the rain.
Clouds in August are rare - for clear, cool weather, arranged in stripes - for rain.
The roosters sing in unison until sunset and before the first stars - the next day the weather will be fine.

Mironov day. The people believed that on August 21 a strong wind was blowing. People imagined him as a spirit that sits on a chain at the edge of the sky. The wind was often addressed with conspiracies, especially love ones.

Signs:

The wind-driven winds drove the dust across the wide world, sobbed through the red summer.
What are Myrons, such is January.
Early frost on Miron - for the next year's harvest.
Myrons-windrunners drive dust along the road, moan in the red summer.

Silent winds blow on Micah - by a bucketful autumn, a storm on Micah - by a rainy September.
Intense heat or heavy rains - for the whole autumn.
At noon they look at the water in rivers and lakes: if it is quiet, the autumn will be quiet, and the winter will be without blizzards and evil snowstorms.
The abundance of berries portends a cold winter.
Mountain ash is formidable (a lot of bright red berries) - the winter is frosty.

Anton's day. The people believed that on August 22, animals suck milk from cows, so they cannot be driven out to pasture. From that day on, merchants and wealthy peasants began to prepare for the autumn fairs.

Signs:

Matvey is rainy - work in the field is in vain.
South wind with whirlwinds - to a snowy winter.
Ripe oats are ringing - the nuts are ripe.
Steep whirlwinds - to a steep winter.
Summer rain with autumn begin to argue.
Since Midsummer Day, they put milk in krinks under three dews - cows will give more milk.

Lawrence Day. At this time, the water freezes. It was customary to pray to Lawrence to see the light and get rid of demons. If the reservoirs are not disturbed by the wind on this day, then the autumn will be quiet, and there will be no snowstorms in winter.

Signs:

If there is intense heat or heavy rains on Lavrentiya, it will be so all autumn.
The sorcerer looks into the water, scarlet dawns spread over it.
Dawns - God of candles.
That July and August will not be cooked, September will not fry.
Autumn and winter live well, if the water is calm and it rains on Lawrence.

Saint Basil's Day. At this time, the people have a belief that a white horse gallops in the swamps, which is looking for its owner, and wandering lights light up. Believers believed that these were the souls of the dead and drowned. In addition, sheep were sheared on this day, as they would have time to grow new wool before the big cold weather. Under no circumstances should you drink alcohol. People believed that the souls of the dead punish drunkards.

Signs:

St. Theodore tends goats, St. Basil gives wool to sheep.
Smoke without wind beats to the ground - to the rain.
There are a lot of nuts, but few mushrooms - the winter will be snowy and frosty.

Day of Pamphilus and Kapiton. On August 25, cleaning began on the povets (a room under a canopy for household equipment). The people said: "Fotya Povetenny does not give rest to the owner - he calls to take a lead."

Maxim's day. At this time, the peasants were cleaning the barns and cellars, preparing to store the new crop.

Signs:

Summer builds winter: winter heat - summer cold, blizzards in winter - bad weather in summer, snowy winter - rainy summer, frosty winter - hot summer.
The winds are blowing quietly - to the bucket, and a storm sweeps - to be a rainy September.

Mikheev day. Completion of the Dormition Fast. The people believed that the fall of the leaves began on this day. In addition, masons were honored on August 27. Representatives of this profession in Russia were afraid, because they could do a cruel joke with the house if the owners annoyed them with something.

Signs:

If the cranes fly, it will be frosty by mid-October, and if not, then winter will come later.
Quiet wind in the garden - dry autumn in the forest.
Mikheev day with the Indian summer storm-wind echoes.
Plow the field - press the extra mop.
Micah with a storm - to rainy September. If the wind is calm on Micah - by a windy autumn, and if a storm sweeps - to bad weather in the fall.

Assumption is an important holiday of the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. On this day, it is customary to finish the harvest and harvest the last crop. On Dormition, he arranged a worldly feast and baked various pies from the flour of the new harvest.

Signs:

From the Dormition the sun falls asleep.
To plow until Dormition - press an extra shock.
Young Indian summer from Assumption to Semyon day.
Swallows fly away three times, three Spas.
Winter this three days before the Dormition and three days after the Dormition.
Before Peter's Day, you need to have time to plow, before Ilyin - harrow, before the Savior - sow.
See off the Assumption, meet autumn.
If the young Indian summer is windy, expect bad weather for the old.
If a rainbow appears on the Dormition or these days - by a long and warm autumn.
A lot of cobwebs in Indian summer - to a clear and cold winter.
Pickle cucumbers on Assumption, chop cabbage on Sergius (October 8).
By the day of the Dormition, the whole gathering is in time (harvest, especially grain);
This winter three days before the Dormition and three after the Dormition.

Bread Spas. On this day, the first loaf was baked from the flour of the new crop. Immediately after the holiday, winter bread began to be sown. It was customary to consecrate new wells, clean healing springs by autumn and drink underground water.

Signs:

The Third Spas is a holiday for all holidays (the harvest has already been harvested and you can set a rich table).
Petrovka is a hunger strike (Petrov fasting is as strict as the Great Fast), and Spasovka is a gourmet (the harvest is ripening).
The Third Savior has stored up bread.
The Third Spas is good - there will be kvass in winter.
Well, if the Savior is on the canvas, and the bread is on the threshing floor.
If the water is calm on the Third Spas, then the autumn will be quiet, and the winter will pass without snowstorms.
If the cranes fly away to the Third Savior - under the Veil (October 14) there will be frosts; if not, then the winter will be late.
Swallows fly off at three Spas.

Day of Myron the Windrunner. It was generally accepted that August 30 is the beginning of leaf fall. On this day, people collectively provided assistance to widows and families where there was no breadwinner. In some areas, a fly funeral was held on this day - festively dressed girls had to take flies, cockroaches and other insects out of the house in coffins made of vegetables.

Signs:

You won’t drop out on Miron - next year you will collect only flowers.
If there is fog and dew on Miron in the morning, the weather will be good.
The beginning of leaf fall: the birch tree begins to drop the leaf first, followed by linden, elm and bird cherry.
If the clouds covering the entire sky gradually thicken and darken, prolonged bad weather will soon come.
The golden color of the dawn and the purple color of the horizon - for good weather.
Early frost at the end of August - to a rich harvest next year.
Tikhon blows softly - Myron is resting

Frol and Laurus Day. At that time it was not customary to work on horseback. In the morning they were cleaned, washed and braided in manes.

Signs:

This winter from the Transfiguration to Frol.
From Frolov's day, the zealous sit (i.e., work by fire), and from Semyon (September 1, old style) they are lazy.
You can’t work on horseback for Frol and Lavr, otherwise there will be a case.
With Flora and Lavra autumn matinees.
If you don’t drop out before Frol, frols will be born (flowers).
We looked at the roots of wormwood: if the roots are thick, the year will be fruitful.
He begged Frol and Lavr - wait for the horses to do well.
Crimson-red star - to rain and wind.
If the air is transparent, the weather will change for the worse.
Flor da Laurus - stop sowing rye.

In August, the days are still hot, but it gets dark much earlier. In the Vladimir province, August was called "gustyr", considering it a satisfying month. They also called him "the stalker". In August, blueberries and lingonberries are harvested, they go to the forest for mushrooms. "Agaric mushrooms appeared - the summer is over." Most medicinal herbs have not lost their medicinal properties. Water in ponds and rivers becomes colder. Swallows predict rainy weather: they swim in the water, constantly fly into the nest. Rain can be expected if “leaves show their underside” and “frogs croak loudly during the day.”

August 1. Makrinin day. Mokrins
The women made it rain. Special rituals were common, in which women born on August 1 took part.
It's raining on Mokrina - the autumn will be damp and cool. Mokrina is wet - and autumn is wet.
Rain on Mokrina - to the harvest of rye and nuts next year.
From that day on, they began to collect aspen mushrooms.

August 2. Ilyin's day
This holiday was dedicated to Elijah the prophet.
The breath of autumn is already felt, although summer is still going on. "It's summer before lunch on Ilya, and autumn in the afternoon."
In the villages they baked bread, which they treated to all their neighbors.
On this day, they tried not to work in the field, so as not to anger the prophet Elijah. In churches, Ilya was asked about the fertility of grain.
On Ilyin's Day, cattle were not released into the meadow, as they believed that snakes, evil spirits and predatory animals could offend and injure them.
It is believed that there will be a thunderstorm on this day.
They believed that thunder drives out evil spirits that have inhabited them from wild animals.
It was believed that after Ilyin's day it was impossible to swim in the river. "Ilya cooled the water." “Before Ilya, a peasant bathes, and from Ilya he says goodbye to the river.”
What is the weather on this day, such is the 27th of September.

August 3rd. Onufry the Silent
That day they worked in silence.
The day is suitable for putting in order outbuildings.
Strong dews are a bad flax crop.

August 4th. Maria Yagodnitsa
Women washed themselves with dew in the morning so that their skin was white and clean.
On this day, jam and compotes are cooked.
"If there is a thunderstorm, there will be hay behind the eyes."
Lightning was feared that day.

5th of August. Trofim Bessonnik
"Long sleep - no good to be seen."
"There is work - reluctance to sleep."

August 6th Boris and Gleb
The memory of Saints Boris and Gleb is celebrated.
On this day, they did not go to the fields, as it was believed that the August thunderstorms set fire to the haystacks. “Don’t take on Gleb and Boris for bread.”
Gathering cherry berries.

August 7. Anna Summer
Holy Anna, mother of the Virgin Mary is honored.
This day defines winter. If the matinee is cold, then the winter will be frosty. “What is the weather before noon, such is the winter until December. What is the weather after lunch, such is after December. Rainy weather - to a warm and snowy winter, and a clear day - a frosty winter is expected. Ants build large anthills - for a cold winter.
Cooked early potatoes.

8 August. Ermolaev day
In Russia, apples were collected before the Apple Savior, but they were not eaten.
"Yermolai - clean up the bread."
Herbs on this day have healing power. Traditional healers celebrated this day as a good day for collecting medicinal herbs.

August 9th. Panteleimon the Healer, Panteleimon Headed
In Russia, the saint was prayed for a cure. Healers collected herbs that day, conspiracies were pronounced.
It was not recommended to work in the fields that day, as they were wary of thunderstorms.
In churches, ears of corn were illuminated from the fields. Then they were brought home and kept for a long time.
By this day, last year's cabbage was kept, pies were baked with it.

August 10. Prokhory-Parmeny
Blacksmiths celebrated. They were considered special people, possessing not only great physical strength, but also able to tame metal.
This day is considered unlucky for all people associated with any kind of trade. "Prokhory-Parmeny - do not start an exchange."
Dig up tulip bulbs.

11th August. Kalinnik
“If ripe oats turn green again, autumn will be rainy.”
There are morning frosts and cold fogs.

12th of August. Silvanus and Strength
The rye ripens, its ears bend to the ground.
Even weak people feel strength on this day. "The powerless hero lives."
Cows were guarded on this day so that the witches would not drink their milk.
The stars twinkle strongly at dawn - it will rain heavily.

August 13th. Evdokimov day
Previously, on this day, the harrow was spoken so that its teeth would not break.
Turnips were boiled and steamed for pies and cereals.

August 14th. First Spas, Honey Spas, Poppy Spas, Spas on the Water
Assumption fast begins.
In some provinces, the First Spas was called the Wet Spas. Bathed in the holy waters.
On this day, the honeycomb was broken.
Beekeepers in churches illuminated honey.
Poppy-seed buns were baked that day, they were treated to neighbors.
There was a belief that witches would not get into the house if the entrance to the hut was sprinkled with poppy seeds on Poppy Spas.
The fields were plowed for winter crops.

August 15. Stepan Senoval
The whole family collected flowers for Stepanov's wreath. The wreath was hung in the hut in the red corner. When illness came to the house, a bunch of herbs and flowers was brewed so that the spirit of summer would help.
Families had a silver coin that fathers passed on to their sons. She was lowered into the spring water, which the horses were given to drink. The coin was fed in a secret place in the stable. It was a very interesting and complex ceremony, after which the horses became docile.
The weather of this day indicates the weather in early September.

August 16th. Anton Vikhrovey
Strong wind, especially with whirlwinds - to a snowy and harsh winter.
"What is Whirlwind, such is October."
If it started to rain that day, it would take a long time.

August 17th. Avdotya Malinovka, Borage, Haymaker
It often rains on this day. They asked: "Do not go where they mow, but go where they ask." Or: "Do not go where they reap, but go where they burn."
This day indicated the weather in November.

18 August. Evstigney Zhitnik
It was believed that on this day it is useful to eat bread with raw onions and salt, and drink it with kvass. Onion bundles and braids were hung in the rooms.
This day determined the weather for December.
At sunset, the echo was heard. A distant echo is for a sunny day, a close one is for rainy weather the next day.

August 19. Second Savior. Apple Spas
In Russia, Apple Savior was widely celebrated.
Before the Second Savior, apples (and grapes) were not eaten.
Apples were lit in churches that day. Bazaars were set up where apples from carts were sold.
The nights are getting colder.
"Second Saved the fur coat."
The weather that day indicated the weather in January.

August 21st. Myron Vetrogon
Blackberries were collected in the forests. Its leaves were dried to be brewed for colds.
On this day, the winds are raging.
Vetrogon updates the weather in January.
A calm, windless day leads to a clear and sunny autumn.
Hoarfrost - to a good harvest next year.

22 August. Matthew Ophiuchus
Cows were guarded from snakes so that they would not stick to the udder. Milk was milked behind closed doors. It was believed that on this day it is easy to jinx the cattle.
The autumn rains are starting.

August 23. Laurentian day
At noon they looked at the water. Quiet and calm - to a windless autumn, calm winter.
"Autumn and winter live well, if the water is still and it's raining."

24 August. Evpatiy Kolovrat
People were afraid of this day. According to legend, in a battle with the Tatars, a hero on a white horse was killed by Batu. Since then, his horse has been galloping through the swamps in search of a rider. At night, the horse breaks the grave, looking for its owner. The souls of dead warriors and drowned people wake up from his crying. Will-o'-the-wisps all over the cemetery light up.
On this day, the sheep are sheared.

25-th of August. Fotya Povetenny
On this day, it is customary to clean up the household premises. Especially where horse utensils, plows and harrows are stored.
It usually rains.
Clear weather - to the abundance of white mushrooms.

August, 26th. Tikhon Passionate
On this day, the cellars and sheds were put in order.
Quiet winds - to good weather in the coming days. Strong wind - rainy September.
If there are a lot of mushrooms, then the next year will be fruitful. "If it's mushroom, so it's bread."

August 27th. Mikhey Tikhovey
Weddings are played, matchmakers come to the bride's parents.
On this day, masons are congratulated.
On this day, watch the wind. Windless weather - by sunny autumn, the wind is blowing - rainy autumn is expected. Storm - a rainy September is expected.
Cranes stretched like a wedge to the south - frost will hit in October. Birds do not fly - autumn will be protracted.

August 28. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The beginning of a young Indian summer.
On this day, the peasants arranged clubbing. Wealthier people feed the poor.
On the Dormition, cucumbers were salted.

August 29th. Third Savior. Walnut. Savior Not Made by Hands
On this day, the peasants prayed to God, then the men went to the field to sow grain.
They began to sell canvases and canvases. “On the First Savior, they stand on the water, on the Second, they eat apples, on the Third, they sell canvases.”
They cleaned the wells.
If the cranes fly away by this time, then it will be frosty on Pokrov (October 14).

August 30th. Myron Vetrogon
On this day, widows and orphans were helped.
If there is dew and fog in the morning, then the weather will be fine.

August 31. Flor and Lavr. horse festival
Flora and Lavra are revered in Russia as patrons of horses.
On this day the horses were given rest. They were looked after, and then sprinkled with holy water. Treats were fed.
Horseshoe-shaped cookies are baked.
Celebrated the end of the sowing of winter crops.
Women gathered in the evening with needlework in their hands. We discussed our lives.
The roots of wormwood were used to judge the harvest for the next year. Thick roots - the year will be fruitful.

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August closes the summer, but it has little resemblance to summer. The nights become cool and the days are not so hot. People say about the August nature: "The night is long, the water is cold." Harvesting has been the main occupation of people in August for more than one century. It is not for nothing that August was nicknamed the farmer, the thick-eater, the generous hospitable. And today farmers take care of the timely harvesting of grain.

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Gardeners rejoice at the harvest of tomatoes, and gardeners enjoy the view of bulk apples. Anyone who is involved in agricultural work will be helped by the signs of August, which unobtrusively give instructions related to harvesting and preparing the land for the next season. Many folk omens in August allow you to find out the weather in autumn and even winter.

August Traditions

August is cleaning time

The last month of summer had a lot of work for the farmer. They started harvesting grain, dug early potatoes, collected medicinal herbs, berries, mushrooms, carried out the second haymaking, sowed winter crops. Each step fed the whole year.

Delay could lead to famine in the winter. Therefore, they tried with the whole family, involving all family members in economic affairs. Each Orthodox holiday brought its own adjustments to life.

Signs about the weather and nature

Knowing the folk signs of August about the weather and nature, you can prepare in advance for the surprises that autumn and winter are preparing. The following signs that give weather predictions are very popular:

Signs about animals and birds

Many signs of the weather for the current August were based on the behavior of animals, birds, and even insects.

• Cranes try to leave their native places - to the rapid onset of winter frosts.
• Songbirds fall silent before rain.
• Bees begin to actively buzz in the hive - before a good, clear day.
• Mosquitoes cluster and fly in heaps, grasshoppers chirp loudly on fine days.
• If it is rainy, cloudy, and the owls began to scream, then dry weather will set in.
• If in the rain the chickens behave calmly and do not try to hide, and the spiders calmly continue to weave webs, then the precipitation will soon stop, and several days of clear weather will set in.
• Frogs jump out of the water before the rain.

In the past, this blah is known: pigeons hide under cover, the cuckoo flies low, seagulls spend all their time swimming - also to rain.

Notes by day

The knowledge collected by the people is distributed according to the days of the calendar. Each day corresponds to some church holiday, established by the Orthodox Church or coming from more ancient, pagan times. This combination made the agricultural calendar part of the Orthodox one, which mentions all the Saints and the days of their veneration. The people have always honored the traditions of venerating the Saints, skillfully combining in their minds prayers to the Saints for help and appeasing Domovoy, Leshih, and Ovinnik.

Below are the main traditions of each day of August and folk signs that were observed on this day.

1. Macrides. Makrinin day. It marked the end of summer work and the beginning of autumn work. According to the weather on Macrides, they judged the weather for all days of August. Rainy weather frightened rainy August. But she promised a rye harvest for next year.
2. Elijah the Prophet. Many signs are associated with the day of Elijah. They stop swimming in ponds, watch the weather, start harvesting. Ilya sets the weather for a month and a half.
3. Day of Onesimus. They sowed winter crops, performed the ceremony of “launching cats into huts”, the purpose of which was to get rid of rodents. Abundant dew at this time was a bad sign that did not promise a good flax harvest.
4. Mary Magdalene, Berry. Flower growers traditionally remove flower bulbs from the soil on Mary. We went into the forest for berries - red and black currants, blueberries. Signs of August about the 4th believed that the morning fog ensured the dominance of calm weather until the evening.
5. Theophilus, Trofim, Day of 13 martyrs, Kalinniki-raspberries. This period has many names. If the morning sun in a short time stopped its radiance, the weather was windy during the day.
6. Boris and Gleb. Thunderstorms are usually shawls to work in the fields during this period of the month. Thunderstorms were accompanied by lightning, so the peasants tried not to go out into the fields and postpone the harvest. We continued to collect currants, bird cherry. Jam was made from berries, juice was made. There was an active preparation of birch brooms for a bath.
7. Anna Cold. Cold morning on the Winter Index - to a frosty winter. The state of the weather before lunch indicated the peculiarities of the weather before the New Year. The afternoon foreshadowed frosts or a calm winter for the period when the New Year holiday would pass.
8. Yermolai Day. The picking of apples began, but they were only picked and piled, it was impossible to eat them. After all, the Apple Savior has not come yet. Pancakes were fried from the early potatoes of the new harvest, they were added to vinaigrette, okroshka, which was an indispensable dish in the time of trouble. Folk traditions advised to start collecting medicinal herbs, which during this period of the month accumulated many useful substances.
9. Panteleimon the Healer. This is a refreshing holiday. They were engaged in harvesting oats, collecting herbs, the collected ears were consecrated in churches. The consecrated spikelets were kept in the house.
10. Smolenskaya. Parmen and Prokhor. On August 10, many signs and proverbs were based on the glorification of blacksmiths. The productivity of the farmer depended on their skill. The day as a whole was considered negative, so they tried not to leave home, not to arrange fairs. People slowly worked in the gardens, picked pears in the orchards.
11. Kalinnik. They started collecting viburnum, dried it, prepared various dishes. Often in the morning the first frosts began. So that the frost would not destroy the crops, people asked to send them fogs instead of frost. It was believed that if the fog appears in the evening, then. At this time, mushrooms began to grow in the forests.
12. Strength and Siluyan, John is a warrior. They hoped to receive strength from the Force for work in the field. The more you work during this time, the stronger you will become. So everyone tried their best. Sow winter rye. The cloudy weather on Sila had nothing to do with the rain. Superstition advised to get rid of pain in the legs by applying three burdocks, plucked from three bushes, to sore spots.
13. Evdokim. Preparing for the Dormition Fast. If the night before Evdokim was calm, the weather will be fine. But in the afternoon to hear the frequent knock of a woodpecker - to bad weather.
14. Makovey. Honey Spas. They begin to cut the honeycombs. Honey was lit in the church. A treat is prepared from the fresh collection and a festive table is set. everyone was fed, including the poor. Assumption fast began, but people did not have to starve, because vegetables, bread and mushrooms were in abundance. The martyrs Makoveev were commemorated in the church. On Makovey, they went to the rivers in procession and blessed the water. And then they bathed themselves and bathed cattle, protecting themselves from diseases and the evil eye for a year. On August 14, all signs advised to determine the weather of December 28 by the weather of the day. Swallows begin to fly to warmer climes.
15. Stepan Senoval. In the middle of the month, they began to mow the grass that had grown back after the first haymaking for the second time. The first thing they did in predicting winter weather was to look at August 15-19. The weather these days is similar to the weather in mid-January.
16. Anton Vikhrovey, Isaac. The first thing that the day foreshadowed was violent winds and whirlwinds. If this happened, they were afraid of winter with cold and snowstorms. Also determined the weather on October 19, which coincided with this day. The wind knew the winter weather. Each wind had its own meaning. The north wind promised a fierce winter, the south - mild.
17. Avdotya Ogurechnitsa, Raspberry. The hostesses picked the last cucumbers of the year. And the girls went to the forest for raspberries. If you manage to collect a lot of it, next year you will be able to enjoy the harvest of bread. The beginning of the rains can destroy the hay.
18. Evstigney Zhitnik. The rite of invocation of the stubble was practiced. People in the field turned to the earth for help. It was forbidden to sing in the field so as not to distract the earth. At home, they ate bread with salt, kvass could be consumed from drinks, paying tribute to the field. The first kneading of dough from fresh flour was ritual. The bread baked from it was kept until spring as a talisman.
19. Apple Spas. Time for picking apples, their consecration. signs on the Savior on August 19 until that time did not allow eating fruits, and on the Second Savior they broke the fast with consecrated apples and met autumn.
    
20. Marina. The raspberries are completely gone. By storks they judged what autumn would be like. Their departure marked the cold autumn days.
21. Myron Vetrogon. The cold was active. According to the weather on Myron, they judged January.
22. Matthew. The rain is no longer like summer, more like autumn. The cows were not allowed out of the house so that the snakes would not suck the blood out of them.
23. Lavrenty Zorechnik. At noon we watched the water. If she is calm, then autumn will stand evenly, calmly, and winter will please with softness.
24. Evpaty Kolovrat, Fedor and Vasily. The swamps at that time were considered a place of rampant evil spirits, so they did not go there. It was forbidden to drink alcohol, because a drunk person is the first desire for evil spirits, because drunk people are very easy to overcome.
25. Holy Fire Day. Fotya Povetenny. Need to put things in order. After all, the time was approaching for a change of harness, cleaning tools for storage until spring. Therefore, the first. What needs to be done is to remove the garbage, sort everything, put it in its place.
26. Tikhon Passionate. Organized cleaning in sheds, cellars, hallways. To expel evil spirits, conspiracies were used. With the "Passion" icon they went around the house, and they prayed to Saint Tikhon for deliverance from misfortunes.
27. Mikhey Tikhovey. Masons and other builders who participated in the construction of churches and temples were revered. At the end of the month, the weather of autumn was determined by the winds. Rampant winds promised a windy autumn.
28. Dormition. Seeing off the summer, celebrating the harvest. The day was also called Dozhinki. A wreath woven from the last ears of corn was brought into the hut. The Dormition Fast ended.
29. Walnut (Bread) Spas. Nuts ripened, they were collected and consecrated in the church along with the ears. Pies were made from the fresh harvest. From that day they began to sell canvases and grain, to clean wells.
30. Miron. Beginning of leaf fall. Signs on Miron on August 30 said that by this time the sowing of winter crops should be completed. There is another name - "Widow's Help." Everyone tried as much as possible to help the widows, to give gifts to their children. To understand the future weather, they looked into the chimney. If soot falls off in pieces in it. So, bad weather lies ahead.
31. Frol and Lavr. Horse holiday. Since Saints Frol and Laurus can be depicted on icons only together with horses. On this day, these animals were given special attention. They weren't pushed anywhere. The horses needed to rest. They were fed heavily, given something tasty. Thoroughly cleaned and bathed. It is believed that this will protect the horses from diseases. There were also logical reasons in this regard: the agricultural season was over, now the horses could rest.

August got its name from the name of the Roman emperor Octavian Augustus. The old Russian name is serpen (from the word sickle): bread is harvested this month. August was also called gustyrek, hospitable, food-collecting, glow (from bright cold dawns), lenorast (flax is spread on dewy meadows). In Ukrainian and Polish, August is called serpen, and in Belarusian - stubble, that is, the month of harvest.

The length of the day in August is over 15 hours, the highest temperature is 37 °C (1938), the lowest average monthly temperature is 12.4 °C (1884). The earliest frost in the air is August 11 (1939), on the ground - August 25 (1921). The average rainfall is 68 mm, with fluctuations from 1 mm (1938) to 151 mm (1918).

August ends summer. The first half of the month is a hot summer, the second half is the first autumn: unstable, although still warm weather - from the 20th, the average daily temperature will go below 15 ° C.

August seasonal calendar

Folk proverbs and signs of August

The most intense month of field work: you need to mow, and plow, and sow. They store bread for the whole year: "winter has a big mouth."

• In August, the sickles are warm, the water is cold.
• August - gustar, thick-eater, pickle: there is plenty of everything.
• Sweat wells up, and the reaper takes his own.
• Cowberries are half ripe - whole rye.
• Departure of birds: swifts, swallows, cuckoos, orioles, lapwings.
• The month of August smells like an apple.
• In August, everything is in stock: rain, and a bucket, and gray weather.
• In August, summer is in the afternoon, and autumn is in the afternoon.
• August is the month of cold dawns, abundant dew.
• Rainbow from north to south - wait for rain, from east to west - there will be good weather.
• Honey mushrooms appeared - summer is over.
• A lot of berries - for a cold winter.
• Swifts fly low and with a cry - to the rain and wind.
• Ducks and geese strongly rinse in the water - for rain, quieted down - for a thunderstorm.

Detailed folk calendar for August

• See autumn in Macrida: Macrida is wet and autumn is wet, Macrida is dry and autumn too.
• Makrida equips autumn, and Anna (August 7) ​​- winter.
• If it's wet on Makridu, then the suffering is inclement. Bucket to Makridu - dry autumn.

August 2- Ilyin's day. By Ilyin's day, the first kolobas and donuts from the new crop were baked. The first sheaf was brought from the fields and placed in the front corner.

• The light is waning, and the night is increasing.
• The prophet Elijah ends the summer - the zhito zazhivaet.
• On Ilya, summer is before lunch, and autumn is in the afternoon.
• From Ilyin's day, the night is long and the water is cold.
• On Ilyin's day, a deer wet his hoof - the end of bathing.
• On Ilyin day and the stone vegetates (cold in the morning).
• Peter and Paul (July 12) reduced the day for an hour, and Elijah the prophet dragged two.
• Petrok will come - he will pluck a leaf, Ilya will come - he will pluck off two. Ilya is finishing the summer.
• Ilya will come - he will bring shilya (rains).
• After Ilyin's day, the rains become harmful.
• Before Ilyin's day, a pood of honey in the hay, after Ilyin - a pood of manure.
• Before Ilyin, the day dries under the bush, and after Ilya, it does not dry on the bush either.
• Rains on Ilyin's day, on Makkoveev (August 14) and on Exaltation (August 27) portend a bountiful harvest for the next year.

August 13- Evdokim's spell. A conspiracy before the Dormition Fast, about which they said that the Dormition Fast is not hungry - there is a lot of everything about this time: new bread, and various slugs (vegetables), and fruits, and berries,

August 14- First Spas - honey. Seeing off summer. The beekeepers broke out the honeycombs in the hives. Bees stop carrying bribes. Swallows fly away: “swallows start spring, call autumn.”

• From the first Savior - cold dew.
• The Savior has everything in store: both rain, and a bucket, and gray weather.
• The first Savior is the first sowing, plow under the winter, this rye.
• Until Peter's Day (July 12) look up (plow), before Ilyin (August 2) - harrow, on Spas - sow.

• What is the second (old style) number of August - such is September.

• Whirlwinds are interrogating Anton about winter.
• If the wind is with whirlwinds, expect a snowy winter.

August 17- Avdotya the hay worm. Cucumbers were plucked at Avdotya-hay sprout, tubs were prepared for pickling, garlic and onions were harvested.

• The rains set in. “The rain is blind. They tell him: go where they ask you, but he went, more hay is being mowed. They say to him: go where they are waiting for you, but go where they reap.

August 19- The second (middle) Spas - apple. The time has come to pick ripe apples. The weather is getting worse. “On the second Spas, take the heads (mittens) in reserve.”

• Myrons-windrunners drive dust along the road, moan in the red summer.

August 23- Laurentian day. On this day at noon, they watched the water in rivers and lakes: if it is quiet, do not worry - autumn promises to be quiet and winter without snowstorms.

• Autumn and winter live well, if the water is calm and it rains on Lawrence.

August 27- Mikheev day. Usually there are winds. Cold mornings begin. The last days of August are usually hotter than June and July.

• Silent winds blow on Micah - to the bucket autumn; Micah with a storm - to rainy September.
• Mikheev day with the Indian summer storm-wind echo.
• If the crane flies off to the third Spas, then it will be frosty on Pokrov (October 14), but no - so later.
• It is necessary to plow before the Dormition, and sow before and after. To plow until Dormition - press an extra mop. This winter three days before the Dormition and three days after the Dormition.

• If the young Indian summer is bucketful, expect bad weather in the old.

There are still hot days, but the approach of autumn is felt. The first matinees after fresh nights with cold dew. Cowberries and mountain ash are reddening in the forest, black blackberries covered with a bluish bloom have ripened along the banks of the rivers. Heather blossomed along the edge of the forest and on sandy places. Ripe hazelnuts.

From the second half of August until the last ten days of September, the yellowing of the trees is intensifying. The birch leaves are the first to turn yellow; her fruits also begin to crumble. In the forest there is a tart spell of falling leaves.

In damp mossy forests, the club moss forms siors on spikelets-arrows; club moss spores - medicinal raw materials, are also used in pyrotechnics and in the casting (molding) of valuable metals. Faded and poured, discarded oats. Mass appearance of mushrooms on stumps and around stumps. Dandelions, chamomiles, popovnik, cornflowers, chicory, thistles, and tartars continue to bloom.

The animals are getting ready for winter. Birds gather from flocks, many molt. Beginning of departure of some waders, nightingales, swifts, orioles; tits begin to roam in small flocks. She already lays her eggs in heaps of leaves, manure or garbage, lizards are still basking in the sun.

Grasshoppers jump and chirp in the grass, they have a massive breeding; on dry slopes, ratchet fillies fly out from under the feet. Swallowtail will fly, euphorbia hawk; the second generation of the winter cutworm was bred, the pine sawfly appeared, caterpillars of the second generation of cabbage.

Catching pike perch and catfish on the line. They take carp, roach, ide, bream well. From the end of the first decade, cold matinees begin.

For amateur vegetable growers in August, the main work is caring for vegetables in the open field: they water, loosen the soil, remove weeds, feed the plants if necessary, continue to fight pests and diseases, spud medium and late-ripening varieties of cabbage. The third breakthrough of beets, harvesting beam products. Harvesting and post-harvest processing of onion sets and turnips, garlic. Planting bulbs of multi-tiered onions and winter garlic. Repeated crops of early-ripening green crops: lettuce, dill, spinach, onions for green feathers, leafy mustard and others.

Apples are poured, they begin to collect fruits of summer ripening. Berry crops ripen, black currants, gooseberries, raspberries are harvested. On a strawberry plantation, phosphorus-potassium fertilizers are applied, mustaches are trimmed, rows are repaired, planting seedlings of strawberries at the site of attacks.

Used materials:

• V. D. Groshev. Calendar of the Russian farmer (People's signs)

Martyr Seraphim, who suffered during the persecution of Christians under the emperor Hadrian (II). Martyr Theodotia and her three daughters (III). Martyr Kallinikos (III-IV).

Popular name:

Kalina, Kallinik, komelnik, Kalinin day, Seraphim, Fedotya.

Signs and customs

The name of St. Kallinikos was popularly called morning frosts, which were not uncommon at that time. The peasants were afraid of them, because the grain is still on the fields, and frost will strike in the morning and destroy the entire crop. Therefore, they prayed to Saint Kallinikos, asking him to save the harvest. Frosts were especially feared in the northern regions, from there the saying went:

"Bring Kallinikos, Lord, with fog (fog), and not with frost."

From St. Kallinikos, birds gather in flocks, preparing to fly to warmer climes.

If there are fogs on Kallinika, store scythes (or bins) for oats with barley.

If ripe oats turn green for the second time, autumn will be rainy.

Kallinik troubles - unfavorable time for bees; in the confusion, the bee has no move.

Fog on Kallinika - to a good grain harvest.

Seraphim gathers lightning in the field, and the reapers gather rye and wheat.

If there are a lot of berries and nuts, and few mushrooms, the winter will be snowy and harsh.

Name days on August 11 are celebrated:

Alexander, Basilisk, Benjamin, Viriy, Kallinik, Konstantin, Kuzma, Mamant, Mikhail, Roman, Seraphim, Theodosius, Theodotia.