Folk calendar for September: signs for every day. September
Name days: Andrey, Augustus, Agap, Timothy, Kallistratus, Pitirim, Thekla, Theophanes.
Orthodox calendar: Day of Martyrs Andrew Stratilates, Agapius, Timothy, Thekla; Saint Pitirim, Bishop of Great Perm.
Folk signs: It was noted that this day is hotter than July. The wind blowing from the south on this day means the oat harvest. If the moon has its horns up, then there will be good weather for several days, and maybe the whole month, and if the horns are down, it will be cloudy and stormy for a long time.
Folk beliefs and customs: They looked back over the past year to Stratelates and in their thoughts tried to correct mistakes and ask for forgiveness. After that, we planned for the coming year. All this was done with prayer, in a calm mood, so as not to arouse evil forces that could “confuse” all the plans.
On this day oats were harvested: “The day is ripe for the stratilates - the oats are ripe.” They pulled beets and carrots: “The beetroot girl is a slave for the girls. It’s no wonder to carry vegetables by the tops. But you need to bow to your garden. And if the sun shines, the girl is happy.”
September 2. Samoilin day
Name days: Agathon, Adeline, Achilles, Victor, Guy, Dementius, Eustathius, Izot, Lukiy, Maxim, Nikon, Orion, Panteleimon, Sevier, Savin, Samuel, Silvanus, Timofey.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Prophet Samuel; martyrs Sevier and Memnon.
Folk signs: From this day on, winter mushrooms appear. Migratory birds begin to gather in flocks.
Folk beliefs and customs: It was believed that on Samoilin’s day God especially takes care of the peasant: “Samoila asks God for a man.”
September 3. Vasilisa
Name days: Abraham, Agap, Alexander, Anikius, Vassa, Dorotheus, Ephraim, Cornelius, Pistus, Sabina, Thadeus.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Apostle from the seventy of Thaddeus; Martyr Vassa; Venerable Abraham of Smolensk.
Folk signs: On this day, the weather was judged by the wind: if the wind is north, then cold is near; south wind - warmth; Western - to phlegm, rain; eastern - to the bucket, wait for clear weather.
Folk beliefs and customs: From this day on, flax harvesting began: “Baba Vasilisa cares about flax.” The peasants went to the fields and judged: “Isn’t it time to pull the flax? Select flax from the greenery so you don’t lose the fiber, and the seed will ripen in the sheaves.”
September 4. Agathon-gumennik
Name days: Athanasius, Agathon, Anfisa, Ariadne, Gorazd, Eulalia, Zeno, Izot, Irinius, Neophyte, Rose, Rosalia, Severian, Felix, Theodora.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Martyrs Agathonicus, Zotikos, Akindinus, Severianus; Hieromartyr Gorazd of Bohemia, Venerable Anthusa.
Folk signs: If it’s warm and the cobwebs are flying, it means a good autumn and some snow. If the web flies low, then the winter will be warm, and if it flies high, the winter will be cold.
Folk beliefs and customs: For a long time it was believed that Agathon the goon “ drives the devil out". According to popular belief, if you see a goblin, then you can’t eat anything that day (after all, treating the goblin made the unfortunate person forget about home). On this day, the peasant dressed in a sheepskin coat inside out, armed himself with a poker and guarded his property all night.
Leshy.
Leshy, woodsman, boletus, in Slavic mythology - the forest spirit, the owner of the thicket and animals. From a distance he looked a little like a man covered in thick fur, with long hair, green beard, goat horns and legs, dressed in animal skin. The goblin could scare people with his laughter, lead travelers into impenetrable thickets, and could steal a child. The owner of the forest could become as small as a mouse or grow taller than himself. tall tree. “The goblin plays the fool in the field at night, fells sheaves, and tries to turn everything upside down on the threshing floor. The goblin can cry like a child, neigh like a horse, and laugh so hard that the trees shake. A goblin can turn into moss on a tree, into creaking roots, into a shaggy animal. Or he’ll choose a hollow for himself: lay dry grass in the hollow, and curtain the hole with moss.” In October, the goblin hibernated, and in the spring it returned even more wild and noisy.
However, it was believed that the goblin not only plays pranks, leads people through the forest, he often helps a person, especially if he respected him in some way.
September 5. Lupp-lingonberry
Name days: Eutychius, Elizabeth, Irinius, Luppus, Callinicus, Florentius.
Orthodox calendar: Lupp Martyr's Day; Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons; Saint Kalnikos, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Folk signs: The first frosts are “Luppovskie”. Luppen frosts set on oats and are sweetened with lingonberries. If the cranes fly south to Luppa, then winter will come early.
Folk beliefs and customs: On Lupp they collected lingonberries and said: “Luppa walks around, the red-haired guy hits on the back. Bend over - the lingonberries are ripe, move - the oats have reached the field.” Housewives soaked lingonberries for the winter.
Soaked lingonberries.
Sort and rinse lingonberries cold water, pour into glass or enamel containers, into wooden barrels and pour cooled boiled water so that the water completely covers the berries. Place a circle on top, cover with a clean linen cloth and place some heavy object.
The filling liquid can be prepared as a light brine with syrup. To do this, take 100 g of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt per 1 liter of water, boil the water and cool. To improve the taste, you can add apples cut into several pieces, pepper or cinnamon to the lingonberries. Should be stored in a cool place. Soaked lingonberries are good both as a side dish and as a dessert - with honey or sugar, and as a filling in pies and pancakes.
Lingonberry water.
Lingonberry water is one of the most favorite drinks of our ancestors. For Luppa-lingonberry, they picked the berries, put them in a barrel, filled them with spring water and put them in the cellar. The lingonberry water was ready for winter.
IN modern conditions When soaking lingonberries, you need to fill a three-liter jar with only two-thirds of the berries, and fill the top with water (preferably spring water) to the brim. Each jar will yield 1.5 liters of lingonberry water. When draining, you can refill it with spring water. It will be delicious the second time.
September 6. Eutyches. Quiet dawn
Name days: Arseny, Georgy (Egor, Yuri), Peter, Eutychius, Martyrius, Sira, Tation.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Holy Martyr Eutyches; Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow; Venerable Arseny of Komel.
Folk signs: If it rains on Eutyches, then autumn will be dry.
Folk beliefs and customs: According to popular belief, on this day “The dawn calls out and warns everyone who is going into the forest alone.” On Eutychius they did not go into the forest, for fear of getting lost or meeting a goblin.
September 7. Bautromei-zhitosey. Tit mushroom
Name days: Gregory, Bartholomew, Epiphanes, Ivan, Mina, Regina, Renat, Titus.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Apostles Bartholomew and Titus; Saint Mina, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Folk signs: A large harvest of mushrooms means a long winter.
Folk beliefs and customs: In the old days, this day ended the mushroom season: “Saint Titus is growing the last mushroom,” “Titus is dragging the last mushroom in a basket. The most vigorous, without a wormhole.” And there is a belief that a person born on this day will experience happiness only in mature years. On this day, the peasants threshed grain and said: “Mushrooms are mushrooms, but the threshing is behind you,” “Titus went to thresh.”
September 8. Natalya-ovsyannitsa and Odriyan
Name days: Adrian, Atticus, Natalya.
Orthodox calendar: Day of Martyrs Adrian and Natalia. Celebration of the Vladimir Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Folk signs: If thunder rumbles, then autumn will be warm. If the clouds are rare, it will be clear and cold.
Folk beliefs and customs: By this day, the peasants tried to harvest the oats: “You can’t mow oats with Natalya - you’ll be exhausted to tears.”
They spoke against Natalya and Audrian from misfortune: “Natalya doesn’t put an oat pancake in the barn, and Odriyan doesn’t put oatmeal in a pot. So that the stuffiness and rot, the sudden fire, will recoil from the walls of the barn, so that the threshers and other workers will begin their work with a kind word.”
September 9. Anfisa-rowannitsa
Name days: Anfisa, Liveriy, Kuksha, Hosiya, Pimen, Savva.
Orthodox calendar: Day of Saints Pimen the Great, Kuksha and Pimen of Pechersk; Saint Liverius, Pope of Rome; Martyr Anfisa (Anfusa).
Folk signs: If there are a lot of berries on the rowan tree, then the winter will be harsh.
Folk beliefs and customs: On this day they “glorified” the mountain ash. We tried to collect as many rowan tassels as possible and hang them on poles under the roof - this should bring happiness to the house. It was noticed that birds are the first to feast on rowan berries.
September 10. Moses Murin and Anna-skirdnitsa
Name days: Anna, Agathon, Anatoly, Arseny, Afanasy, Gregory, Denis, Efim, Zakhar, Job, Hilarion, Inessa, Joseph, Karl, Kasyan, Lavrenty, Leonty, Lukyan, Makar, Moses, Nestor, Pavel, Pankrat, Pimen, Savva, Silvanus, Sophron, Titus, Feodor, Theodosius.
Orthodox calendar: Day of St. Moses Murin; Saints Job of Pochaevsky, Savva of Krypetsky; righteous Anna prophetesses.
Folk signs: If birch trees turn yellow from the top in autumn, then next spring will be early, and if from below, then late.
Folk beliefs and customs: They hurried to put the untended sheaves into stacks at Anna-stack, fearing the onset of September bad weather: “The field is red with sheaves, and the threshing floor with stacks.” They transported sheaves from the fields, stored them in warehouses, and “celebrated” the harvest. From this day on, cheerful inviting fairs began.
September 10 is also a day of healing from drunkenness, insight and purification. They pray to Moses Murin for deliverance from drunkenness and fornication.
Kontakion to the Monk Moses Murin, tone 2.
“For the love of the Lord, reverend, you hated the desire for peace, having enlightened your spirit with fasting: for you have conquered the beasts with great strength: but with your prayers you have destroyed the vacillation of those who are contrary.”
September 11th. Ivan Postny, cab
Name days: Anastasy, Ivan.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Beheading of John the Baptist. Strict post.
Folk signs: The day ends summer: Ivan Lent came, the red summer took away. Since Lenten Ivan, no man goes out into the field without a caftan. Ivan Poletovshchik brings the red summer. Ivan Lenten is the godfather of autumn. Ivan the Baptist chases a bird across the sea far away. Midsummer drives the bird overseas. If the cranes moved south from Ivan Lent, then autumn will be short and winter will be early. On September 11, “Indian summer” begins, which will last until September 22.
Folk beliefs and customs: On this day, all Orthodox soldiers killed on the battlefield are commemorated. This commemoration was established in the Russian Orthodox Church under Empress Catherine II (by decree of 1769), during the war with the Turks.
The day of September 11 is marked by strict fasting. Hence the name of the day “Ivan Lenten”. The biblical legend underlying this holiday is associated with prohibitions on eating everything, singing and dancing. You cannot eat not only meat, but also apples, potatoes, cabbage, turnips, watermelons, onions - anything that resembles a head; It was considered a sin to pick up a knife and cut anything. They even broke bread with their hands that day. It is not customary to eat borscht and cabbage soup made from fresh white cabbage on this day. You cannot sing and dance on this day because Herod’s stepdaughter begged for the head of John the Baptist through dances and songs.
Until the 19th century, the following solemn ritual was observed on this day: young people from all over the village gathered to the outskirts; a clay doll, dressed in a linen shroud, was brought there, a headless doll; This doll was lifted by two young girls and carefully carried to the river, where they laid their burden on the ground on the steepest bank. The crowd accompanying the girls began to lament over the doll, as if over a real dead person. Then the mourned clay deceased was picked up by two young guys and thrown into the water with a flourish.
This day was celebrated widely, with food for relatives, friends and, of course, the poor, beggars, and wanderers: “On Ivan Lent - even though it’s fasting, it’s a pickle.” Even a host who strictly adheres to the precepts of antiquity has something to treat his guests. The hostess was baking “kulaga” (steamed malted dough with viburnum).
Ritual dish "Kulaga"
Kulaga is the sister of malt. Dahl gives such a detailed recipe for kulagi: “... mix equal amounts of rye flour and malt in a korchag with boiling water until it becomes thick kvass, evaporate in a free spirit and put in the cold.”
Kulaga was prepared from rye malt. In appearance, the kulaga resembled porridge; it was so thick that it could be cut with a knife. The color of kulaga is from golden-pinkish to dark brown, the taste is sweet and sour, the aroma is honey.
There are many options for preparing kulagi. Most often, kulaga was prepared from rye malt, buckwheat or rye flour. Kulaga was boiled or simply brewed with boiling water, fermented or eaten unleavened. If kulaga was prepared from malt, then it itself had a sweetish taste. And kulaga, made from flour, is slightly sweetened with honey. Berries in the kulag are simply necessary. The most suitable one is viburnum. Its taste and aroma go well with rye malt.
Russian kulaga.
Russian kulaga is prepared from rye malt and rye flour, viburnum, without the addition of sweet foods (sugar, honey).
Dilute the malt with boiling water, let it brew for 1 hour, then double it in more rye flour, knead the dough and let it cool to the temperature of fresh milk, then ferment it with rye crust and after the dough has soured, put it in a heated oven - usually from evening to morning, for 8-10 hours. At the same time, close the dishes tightly and cover them with dough to completely seal. And a day later, add the same amount of steamed viburnum mashed and rubbed through a sieve.
Kulaga is created through a process of restrained fermentation without access to air and low heat. As a result, special enzymes are formed, rich in B vitamins, which, together with other components, provide the product with a pleasant taste and benefits. Among the people, kulaga was used to treat colds, nervous, heart, kidney, and gallstone diseases. This healing effect and taste were the result of extremely special cooking conditions.
Belarusian kulaga.
1 kg of berries, 1 liter of boiling water, 80 g of rye flour, 200 g of sugar, 60 g of honey.
Fill the kulaga (clay pot) container half with viburnum berries, half with water and cook. When the berries are boiled, add rye flour and stir it until it reaches the consistency of jelly. But before the kulaga is ready, in the middle of cooking, after adding flour, season it with honey. In this case, the proportion of flour increases by 1–3 tablespoons, depending on the consistency of the kulaga, which should resemble a slurry porridge.
Name days: Alexander, Arseny, Athanasius, Gabriel, Gregory, Daniel, Denis, Ephraim, Ivan, Ignatius, Cornelius, Leonid, Makar, Nicodemus, Pavel, Savva, Spiridon, Fedor, Ferapont, Christopher, Jacob.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Blessed Princes Yes, neither the silt of Moscow, Alexander Nevsky; Venerable Alexander of Svirsky.
Folk signs: If there are a lot of rowan trees in the forest, then autumn will be rainy.
Folk beliefs and customs: In Rus', “Svytnik” was celebrated on this day. Until this day, peasants had left barley stalks standing in the field since the August harvest: “The last blanket for the flax has arrived”. And on this day they “curled” barley stalks along with flax and oat stalks, charming the cornfield for the future harvest.
They prayed to Saint Alexander of Svir for the birth of a male child.
September 13. Cyprian. Crane meeting
Name days: Gennady, Basilisk, Cyprian.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Hieromartyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage; Saint Gennady, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Folk signs: If the cranes fly high, slowly and “talk,” it will be a good autumn.
Folk beliefs and customs: The crane's flight begins on Cyprian. It was noted that “On Kupriyanov’s day, the cranes in the swamp are going to “keep an agreement”, which way to go on warm waters fly".
After this day we walked around the cranberries: “To take cranberries before the deadline is to please the darkness.” We started digging for root crops: “Every root is in its own hole.”
Name days: Ammonius, Angel, Hermogenes, Jesus, Callista, Meletius, Martha, Semyon.
Orthodox calendar: Day of St. Simeon the Stylite. The beginning of the indict - the church new year.
Folk signs: On Semenov Day they monitored the weather, since the state of nature for the entire subsequent autumn was determined on this day: if the weather is warm on Semenov Day, then the whole winter will be warm. If it’s dry on Semenden, then the whole autumn will be dry. If there is a lot of grass in Semenov autumn, then the autumn will be long and clear. If on Semyon Day the wind comes from under the sun, then in winter the winds will come from the north.
The weather was also determined by the behavior of animals and birds on that day: if wild ducks land and starlings do not fly away, then the autumn will be long and dry. If geese fly away on Semyon-day, then wait early winter. If Indian summer is stormy, then autumn will be dry. A lot of cobwebs on Semenov's day - for a clear autumn and a cold winter.
Folk beliefs and customs: From the 14th century to 1700, until the famous Decree of Peter I, which moved the celebration of the New Year to January 1, St. Simeon's Day was the first day of the new year and the “day of judgment.” People came to Moscow to “be put on trial” in the presence of the sovereign and the boyars. The judicial expression: “to accumulate complaining people” on the court day in Moscow has been known since the time of Grand Duke Ivan Vasilyevich. The same " doomsdays“For monastic people and peasants, as can be seen from the letters of Tsars Mikhail Fedorovich and Aleksey Mikhailovich, there was the Nativity of Christ and Trinity Day.
As the end of one year and the beginning of another, the day of Simeon the Stylite, according to established custom, was considered an “urgent day” and was the deadline for paying quitrents, taxes and duties. By this time, all economic contracts and transactions concluded by peasants among themselves and with merchants had ended. Thus, in the scribe books about the rental of land, fish catcher and other lands, it was said: “Pay rent annually for the term of Seeds of the Summer Conductor.”
Semenov Day occupied a special place among the peasants.
Ritual of "Autumn". First meeting of autumn.
This day was associated with the end of summer and the beginning of autumn: “Semyon says goodbye to summer.” The ritual of “Osenina”, the first meeting of autumn, was performed. The real, or “old” Indian summer began: “Indian summer brings Semyon.” The “old” Indian summer lasted until September 21, the day of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. This week was called “Semenskaya” in Rus'. They said about this time: “No matter how much you boast, woman, of the Indian summer, and still the autumn is watching - mother: it’s September outside - in September there is only one berry, and that bitter rowan!”
From day one Indian summer autumn round dances and games began. At the same time, rich people placed vessels with mash and beer at the gate and announced that “the pies are baked and the honey is brewed.” During the festivities, the round dancers came to the gate, where their owners treated them. Young women came out of the gate and offered mash, first to the old and then to the young. Then they played a game called “brew beer,” which began with the song:
“Oh, we brewed beer on the mountain,
Lado, Lado, they brewed beer!
We'll all gather around this beer;
My Lado, Lado, let’s all gather around!”
By the day of Simeon the Stylite, the harvest of spring crops was completed: “Seed day – down with the seeds”, i.e. the seeds themselves fall out of the ears; completed the sowing of rye: “On Semyon’s Day, sow from the shoulders,” “On Semyon’s Day, plow before lunch, and after lunch, drive the plowman with a roller.” From Semenov's day you cannot sow seeds.
According to popular belief, on Semenov’s day you cannot go to the river bank until the morning dew subsides, since at dawn an eel fish comes out of the water onto the bank and walks through the meadows for three miles in the dew. They believed that in this way she washes away all diseases from herself, passing them on to humans. Eel was generally considered a forbidden fish in Rus', which was allowed only in as a last resort, when “you go around seven cities in advance, you won’t find any food,” and even in these cases it was forbidden to touch the head and tail. The people saw the eel in the form of a cunning and evil water serpent, deprived of the ability to sting people and animals for their sins. Healers and sorcerers used the eel during fortune telling: they placed it on hot coals and, based on the direction of the jumps, determined where the stolen item was located. At the same time, they conjured the eel in the name of Saint Martha, the mother of Simeon the Stylite, whose memory was celebrated by the church on the same day as her son.
In addition, it was believed that on Semenov’s day the devil measures the sparrows with a yardstick: how many to take for themselves and how many to release. For this, all the sparrows gathered towards him and could not be seen. From Semenov's day, plowing of the fields began to protect them from evil spirits.
Semenov's day was considered a holiday for kennel hunters, their first trip to the departing field took place, and hares were hunted. There was a belief that “from the Semeninsky ride, the horses become bolder, the dogs become healthier and don’t get sick, the first bait brings big prey in the winter”.
Ritual of "Zasidki"
From Semyonov’s day the “stays” began - work in huts under fire. At the same time, it was customary on the eve of Semenov's day to extinguish all the fire, except for the lamp, and at dawn to light a new fire. Previously, there was a custom to make a new fire from dry wood. It was done like this: older people rubbed dry tree about a tree, and the young guy or girl lit a new fire with a knitting needle, which heated the stoves in the huts and baths, and lit a torch and candles in the hiding places.
Indian summer was considered both an Indian holiday and the time when autumn women's work began: they crushed and ruffled hemp, soaked hemp, washed it in water and spread flax across the meadows. On Semenov day they began to spin and plug the yarn, prepare the warp on the weaving mills to weave canvas.
On the same day, they usually moved to new houses and celebrated housewarming: “Transitions on Semyon-Day for housewarming – happiness and fun.”
Ritual "Funeral of Flies".
On Semyonov’s day the girls ran to “bury flies”: “On Semenday they bury fleas, cockroaches and other domestic insects in the ground so that they do not live in the house,” “If you kill a fly before Semenday, seven flies will be born; If you kill after Semyon-day, seven flies will die.”. The girls put on their best outfits and made small coffins from dry leaves, turnips, rutabaga, carrots, beets or cabbage stalks (cockroaches were sometimes buried in wood chip coffins). Then they put the caught insects there, covered them and with “joking solemnity”, sometimes with crying and lamentations, took them out of the hut and buried them in the ground. While the coffins were being carried out, someone would drive the flies out of the house with a towel or pants (which in some cases was considered a more effective method) and say: “A fly after a fly, fly to bury the flies,” “You are flies, mosquito friends, it’s time to die. A fly eat a fly, but the last one eats itself.” The ceremony was accompanied by songs:
“The cockroach was chopping wood,
The mosquito carried water
My feet got stuck in the mud.
The louse was steaming
Yes I hit it
Inadvertently -
Right side:
The rib was dislocated.
The bugs were raising
My stomach was torn."
The meaning of the ritual was not only the destruction and expulsion of insects from peasant huts, but also that during the “fly funeral” the girls arranged a show for themselves, trying to show their merits in front of the spectators who had gathered to watch the ceremony, especially the guys who were looking for brides. After all, the time for weddings was approaching; it was not for nothing that it was believed that “from Semyon-day to Guria(November 28) – wedding weeks."
The rituals of “Tunement” and “Mounting a horse.”
The rituals of “Tunement” and “Mounting on a horse” were timed to coincide with Simeon’s day: “Give Semyon a child’s hair, put him on a horse, and go out into the field to fish.” It was performed on boys, most often the first-born, “during the transition from infancy,” usually when they were three years old. The ritual was performed not only on peasants, but also on the children of the grand duke. In the latter case, the ritual took place in a church and was performed by a bishop. Boyars and ordinary people They performed the ritual at home, in the presence of relatives.
He was tonsured godfather. The hair cut from the baby was given to the mother, who sewed it into an amulet; It was customary to keep them until death. The godfather and godfather took the godson out into the yard, where the father was waiting for them with a broken horse. The father put his son on the horse and held it with his hand, and the godfather led the horse by the bridle. At the porch, the father took the child off the porch and handed it over to the godfather, who handed the godson to the godfather - “from floor to floor” with bows. Kuma took him to his mother. Father and mother gave gifts to godfather and godmother, and they, in turn, presented gifts to the godson. At lunch, godfather and godfather broke a pie on the godson's head with wishes of wealth and happiness.
September 15. Shepherd mammoth. Fedot and Rufina
Name days: Alfred, Anton, Demid, Ivan, Leonid, Mamant, Rufina, Fedor, Fedot, Philip, Julian.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Martyrs Mamantus, Theodotus and Rufina; Saint John the Faster, Patriarch of Tsar Grad; Saints Anthony and Theodosius of Pechersk.
Folk signs: If the day is clear, then autumn will be warm.
Folk beliefs and customs: Saint Mamant was considered the patron saint of sheep and goats. On this day, they cleaned the yard and the barn where the sheep and goats stood: they covered it with moss and smoked it with heather. And the goats and sheep were driven out to pasture during the day. They said about this day: “Do not drive out the cattle in the morning against Fedot and Rufina, if you drive them out, you will cause trouble,” “Veles blows the shepherd’s horn, commands the autumn moisture to fill the hoof prints with life-giving power.”
After all the field work was completed, the guys whose lot it fell to become recruits were given complete freedom. Until recruitment itself (usually in November), they were freed from work. The guys walked around in smart, festive clothes and visited each other.
September 16. Good blast furnace
Name days: Anikius, Anfim, Ariston, Vasilisa, Vitalian, Domna, Dorotheus, Zeno, Efim, Ivan, Ioannikiy, Constantine, Peter, Theoktist, Theophilus, Chariton.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Hieromartyr Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia; martyrs Theophilus, Dorofey; martyrs Domna the Virgin, Vasilisa of Nicomedia; St. Ioannikios II, Patriarch of Serbia; Blessed John Vlasaty, Rostov Wonderworker.
Folk signs: If thunder rumbles, then there will be a long and warm autumn.
Folk beliefs and customs: Domna Day - “tidying up the junk in the house.” It is believed that in order to gain prosperity for the fall, you need to tidy up your house, barn, or shed. Housewives on this day burned all sorts of junk and worn-out things: “And what was no longer useful - the blast furnace burned on the ridge along with the potato tops.”
September 17. Lukov day. Vavila Viloprazn
Name days: Athanasius, Babyla, Donatus, Josaf, Kion, Mois this, Feodor, Julian.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Hieromartyr Babyla, Bishop of Great Antioch; the prophet Moses, the seer of God, Saint Joasaph, Bishop of Belgorod; First Martyr Athanasius of Brest. Celebration of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Burning Bush”.
Folk signs: If there are a lot of nuts and few mushrooms, then the winter will be snowy and harsh. There may be early snowfall (average - October 12, later - November 7).
Folk beliefs and customs: The icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Burning Bush” is considered a guardian against fires and lightning. On the day of its celebration, prayers were ordered to save houses from fire, and people from all sorts of diseases (Antonov fire, fire).
September 18. Zachary and Elizabeth
Name days: Avdey, Gleb, David, Denis, Elizaveta, Zakhar, Iraida, Maxim, Raisa, Sarvil, Fedor, Fiveya.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Prophet Zechariah and the Righteous Elizabeth, parents of Saint John the Baptist; Martyr Raisa (Iraida); Martyr Obadiah; Blessed Prince Gleb.
Folk signs: On this day, they judged winter: if the leaves on the mountain ash turned yellow early, then there would be early autumn and an early cold winter.
Folk beliefs and customs: Saint Elizabeth predicted the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary, therefore this day is considered successful for predictions, fortune telling and other cherished, secret matters. They prayed to the Prophet Zechariah and the righteous Elizabeth for the conception and birth of a child.
Prayer for conception and birth of a child.
“O holy saints of God, prophet Zechariah and righteous Elizabeth! Having fought a good fight on earth, we have naturally received in heaven the crown of righteousness, which the Lord has prepared for all who love Him. In the same way, looking at your holy image, we rejoice at the glorious end of your life and honor your holy memory. You, standing before the Throne of God, accept our prayers and bring them to the All-Merciful God, to forgive us every sin and help us against the wiles of the devil, so that, having been delivered from sorrows, illnesses, troubles and misfortunes and all evil, we will live piously and righteously in the present We will be worthy, through your intercession, even though we are unworthy, to see good on the land of the living, glorifying the One in His saints, the glorified God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen".
September 19. Michaelmas
Name days: Arkhip, Aviv, Amalia, Andrey, Cyril, Cyriacus, David, Zeno, Eudoxius, Makar, Mikhail, Romil, Thekla, Theoktist.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Martyrs Eudoxius, Macarius, Zenon, St. Archippus, Hieromartyr Cyril, Bishop of Gortyn. Memories of the miracle of Archangel Michael.
Folk signs: Until the leaves fall from the cherries, no matter how much snow falls, the thaw will drive it away. From this day forward, the Mikhailovsky matinees covered the earth with frost: Mikhail grabbed the earth with frost.
Folk beliefs and customs: On Michaelmas Day the first “brotherhood” celebrated. Bratchina, fraternity, fraternity - worldly gatherings at which family and private matters were decided. After the reconciliation gathering, mutual treats were offered, leading into the celebration itself. In winter, two main brotherhoods were celebrated: Mikhailovsky (September 19) and Nikolsky (December 19). According to popular belief, Mikhail was not allowed to work - God would punish him.
September 20. Luke
Name days: Ivan, Luke, Makar, Savva, Serapion, Sozont.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Martyrs of Sozont, Macarius of Kanevsky; Venerable Serapion of Psovsky; St. John, Archbishop of Novgorod, St. Luke.
Folk signs: On Luka, they used the bulb to tell fortunes about winter: an abundance of husks on the bulbs meant a cold winter.
Folk beliefs and customs: On Luka they removed bees and collected onions. On this day “the girls wove onions into their braids,” and the witch said: “The braids will be silky and tight - from onion scum and onion skins.” Healers treated skin diseases and abscesses with steamed onions: “The onion cures this disease!”
September 21. Nativity of the Virgin Mary. Spozhinki
Orthodox calendar: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - the twelfth holiday in honor of the birth Holy Virgin Maria. Nativity of the Mother of God (Mother of God Day, Second Most Pure Day, Little Most Pure Mother of God, Second Lady, Rich Lady, Spozha, Spozhka, Big Spozhka, Asposov /Aspasov/ day, Sposov day, Pasikov day, Autumn, Second Autumn, Lukov day, Podnesenev day) – popular name the great twelve feast of the Mother of God of the Orthodox Church - the Nativity of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. Installed in memory of the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Lord God Jesus Christ.
Folk signs: If the weather is good on this day, then autumn will be good.
Folk beliefs and customs: Day of the Virgin Mary of Rus'. The Day of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is celebrated with a solemn prayer service; singing of magnification at Matins: “We magnify You, Most Holy Virgin, and honor Your holy parents and glorify Your birth with all glory.” Church hymns: stichera, troparia and canons in honor of the Mother of God are called “Theotokos”; they are part of all daily services. In the liturgical books, the Mother of God holidays in honor of the Mother of God are especially highlighted. Each Mother of God holiday has its own Theotokos.
Among the people, the Mother of God was especially revered. The image of the Mother of God was clearer, more accessible and closer to the people's consciousness than the image of Jesus Christ. On the one hand, “ascended into the divine world,” on the other, she remained connected with ordinary people, worrying and interceding for them like a mother. The popular cult of the Mother of God was expressed in numerous epithets: “Most Holy”, “Most Pure”, “Mistress”, “Queen of Heaven and Earth”, “Deliverer from Sorrows”, “ Ambulance", "Heavenly Intercessor", "Healer from diseases and passions", "Defender from troubles, evil spirits, misfortunes and suffering." Since in popular ideas the Mother of God was seen as comforting, merciful, responsive to any misfortune and relieving pain, people often turned to her with spells and prayers
and spells in different cases life: “Most Pure Mother of God, deliver me from the toil, take away the annoyances from my soul, illuminate my life!”
The Mother of God was considered the intercessor of children in this and the next world. According to Russian beliefs, a mother who “slept” her child (pressed him down during sleep) had to pray alone in church for several nights in a row in a outlined circle. Then, on the first night, the Mother of God showed the mother her child covered in blood, on the second night the blood became less, and so on until complete cleansing.
Mother the Most Holy Theotokos was often invoked in incantations and prayers for healing from illnesses.
Conspiracy against diseases.
“I will get up slave (name) early in the morning, I will wash myself with spring water, dry myself with the Lord’s shroud and I will pray to the image of the Savior, the Mother of the Most Holy Lady, the Most Pure Theotokos. On the sea-ocean, on the Jordan River, on the Alatyr stone stands the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos, next to her are 77 angels, 77 archangels. 1st angel Michael the archangel, 2nd angel Gabriel the archangel, third angel Kuzma and Damyan. Do not shoot the slave (name), but fly away, eyes, from the slave (name) from door to door, from gate to gate, through the moss, through the swamps, to the hayfields. Amen, amen, amen."
Holiday "Spozhinka".
This day is also known as “Spozhinki” - the end and celebration of the end of the harvest, the harvest festival. Spozhinki have been dealt with for a long time and sometimes lasted a whole week. The more fruitful the summer was, the longer the holiday lasted, celebrated by visiting people and widespread hospitality. They were sure to invite the newlyweds to their father-in-law and mother-in-law, along with their father-in-law and mother-in-law. Often grandchildren stayed with their grandparents for several days after the holiday.
Ritual of "Autumn". Second meeting of autumn.
In Russian folk calendar September 21 is the second meeting of autumn (the first on Semyon Day - September 14, the third on Exaltation - September 27). On this day they celebrated “Oseniny”.
Early in the morning, women went out to the banks of rivers, lakes and ponds to meet Mother Osenina with oatmeal bread. The older woman stood with the bread, and the young women around her sang songs, after which they broke the bread into pieces according to the number of those present and fed it to the livestock.
With Osenin, gatherings began: girls with yarn gathered in one hut, guys came to them with a harmonica and treats, and game songs were sung:
“Get drunk, you drunk,
Change yourselves
To our side.
Like on our side
Great freedom!
And the freedom is great,
The guys are rich!
That men are rich
Stone chambers!
Golden doors
What domes are cast!”
Just like the day spring equinox, on this day they renewed the fire in the huts - they extinguished the old one and lit a new one. To avoid damage from the evil eye and disease, old clothes and shoes were burned, and children were doused with water on the doorstep.
September 22. Day of Akim and Anna. Present day
Name days: Anna, Athanasius, Joseph (Osip), Joachim, Marin, Nikita, Sevres, Severian, Stratonik, Strator, Theo before this, Feofan, Chariton.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Righteous Joachim and Anna, parents of the Mother of God; Martyr Severian; St. Joseph, abbot of Volotsk, wonderworker; Saint Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov.
Folk signs: Day autumn equinox. The night is equal to the day and will increase: the day is becoming shorter and shorter, everything longer than the evening. A lot of shade - for a clear autumn and cold winter.
Folk beliefs and customs: Day of Akim and Anna - God's ancestors. These righteous people are considered helpers of women in labor and the childless. On this day we honored the sun and prayed to it “to accumulate strength and drive away the darkness approaching the gate.” In the old days, there was a custom for newlyweds to treat their relatives, so this day was also called “Presentation Day.”
"Presentation Day"
All relatives and friends came to the newlyweds “to visit the young, look at their lives and teach them wisdom.” After a hearty dinner, the young housewife showed off her entire household in the house. The owner took the guests to the yard, showed them livestock in the barns, summer and winter harnesses in the sheds, and treated them to beer from a keg in the garden. Guests, according to custom, were supposed to praise and teach wisdom. All this was accompanied by the presentation of beer with a joke: “Presence day. Lay, lay, little egg! Water it, little egg! Drink, guests, drink - don’t begrudge your host’s goodness!”
September 23. Name day Rowan
Name days: Andrew, Appellius, Callinicus, Kasyan, Clement, Lucius, Minodora, Mitrodora, Nymphodora, Paul, Peter, Pulcheria.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Martyrs Minodora, Mitrodora, Nymphodora; Blessed Pulcheria, Queen of Greece; St. Paul the Obedient, Peter; Venerable Prince Andrew (Joasaph) of Spasokubensky.
Folk signs: If there are few rowan trees, then the autumn will be dry; if there are many, then there will be a harsh winter.
Folk beliefs and customs: This day is the name day of the rowan tree. The peasants said: “The rowan tree has chilled, withered, and has gained sugar,” “They call Peter and Pavel the mountain ash growers to sour, to stock up on rowan berries for future use. Remove from the povet, a place for evil spirits to take.”
According to popular belief, rowan could protect against evil spirits: “If evil spirits torment you, do not give you sleep, come up to your chest, suffocate you, then take a rowan branch, draw it around yourself - and the evil spirits will disappear.” Therefore, windows were decorated with rowan berry clusters for the winter, and rowan berries brought from the frost were used to relieve headaches.
September 24. Fedora
Name days: Herman, Demid, Didim, Dimitrian, Diodorus, Dmitry, Evanthia, Euphrosynus, Zeno, Isidore, Iya, Leo, Roman, Sergei, Silouan, Fedora.
Orthodox calendar: Day of St. Theodora of Alexandria; Saints Sergius, Herman, Valaam wonderworkers; Venerable Silouan of Athos; martyrs Demetrius, his wife Evanthia.
Folk signs: Strong shoots of winter crops mean a good harvest next year.
Folk beliefs and customs: From this day on, the autumn warmth ended: “Indian summer will not reach Fedora,” “Fedora conceives the autumn mud.” Saint Theodora was considered the patroness of winter grains, so on this day they went to the field to look at winter grains.
September 25. Artamon. Autonomous. Snake day
Name days: Autonomus, Albert, Athanasius, Vassian, Daniel, Macedon, Nicodemus, Semyon, Fedor, Julian.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Hieromartyr Autonomus, Bishop of Italy; Venerable Vassian of Tiksna; righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye; Martyr Julian.
Folk signs: If the leaves from birch and oak do not fall cleanly, then expect a harsh winter.
Folk beliefs and customs: People noted: “On Autonoma, day and night are equal, and snakes go into hibernation.” On this day, snakes crawl in a line through the forest. "Artamon last time the snake is released. And then he invites them into holes and locks them in the depths of the earth.”
Rowan berries were collected on Avtonoma. There was a belief: cutting down a rowan tree means starvation, that is, depriving yourself of natural medicine for the winter and leaving the birds without food. Housewives stored rowan for future use, made rowan kvass, which helped against inflammation, and prepared rowan treats with honey.
Red-fruited rowan on honey.
For 400 g of berries - 200 g of honey.
After the first frost, remove the rowan from its branches and sort it out. Prick each berry, put it in boiling water, cover the pan with a lid and keep it there until the rowan softens. Then place the berries on a sieve, boil honey, add rowan berries and cook until thick, skimming off the foam.
September 26. Kornilov day
Name days: Valerian, Gordian, Erofey, Izot, Ilya, Cornelius, Kornid, Leonty, Lukian, Peter, Julian.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Martyrs Cornelius the Centurion, Cronidas, Serapion and Leontius, Ilin, Zotik, Lucian, Valerian.
Folk signs: If the moon turns red, then wait for the wind to blow. The rain falls to the ground and begins to heal the earth.
Folk beliefs and customs: They said about this day: “From this day on, the root does not grow in the ground, but freezes.” Therefore, the peasants tried to remove all root crops before Kornilov Day: “Holy Cornelius - remove the rhizome from the ground.”
September 27. Exaltation
Name day: Ivan.
Orthodox calendar: The Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord is one of the most important Orthodox and Christian holidays, dating back to the Twelfth. Established in the 4th century in memory of the discovery in Jerusalem of the greatest shrines of the Christian world - the Holy Cross and the instrument of the Passion of the Lord.
Folk signs: Exaltation will move the heat away, and the cold will push in. On Vozdvizhenie the bird takes flight. If geese fly high into Vozdvizhenie, it means a high flood, if low, it means a low flood. If there is a north wind on Vozdvizhenie, the summer will be warm. Exaltation - the last haystack has moved from the field. The Exaltation came - the caftan and fur coat moved, and the hat pulled down.
Folk beliefs and customs: According to popular legend, on the Exaltation there is a battle between “honor” and “dishonor”; two forces rise (“erect”) one against the other: truth and falsehood, “holy” and “unholy.” Truth wins with the help of the Holy Cross of the Lord rising from the depths of the earth. Since the cross is a symbol of suffering, the day of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord was considered fast by the people:
“Even if there is a movement on Sunday, everything will be on it - Friday-Wednesday, fast food”; “Whoever does not fast the Exaltation - the Cross of Christ - will be charged with seven sins”; “Whoever has a carnage on the table about the Exaltation kills all his prayers.”
This day was also called “Stavrov’s Day” (from Greek “cross”). For a long time, religious processions were held around villages on Exaltation to protect them from harm for a year. Molebens were served, icons were raised, and fields were walked around with prayer for the future harvest. They also prayed for the sick: “Pray with faith on the Day of Exaltation, so the Life-Giving Cross will rise from your deathbed.” It was customary to raise crosses on churches under construction; install roadside crosses; build votive chapels (ordinaries) and small churches - according to the promise, in honor of the holiday. And in the bins, and in the sap, and in the cow’s manger, the peasants placed crosses carved from wood, or even just rowan branches criss-crossed. In the old days, crosses were burned on door lintels and barn gates to protect their home, livestock, and harvest from harm.
There was also a belief that on the day of the Exaltation one should not begin any important and significant work, since everything started on this day would either end in complete failure or would be unsuccessful and useless.
According to popular remarks, on the Feast of the Exaltation “reptiles and other reptiles go to some unknown warm countries.” Swallows also fly there. Therefore, the men carefully locked the gates, doors and gates all day long, for fear that the reptiles crawling into the hole would not crawl into the yard by mistake. For the same reason, we tried not to go to the forest for the Exaltation: “You can’t go into the forest for the Exaltation, because then the bastards go into the woods.”
Exaltation was considered a dangerous day for going into the forest, not only because of snakes, but also because of goblin, werewolves and other evil spirits. According to popular belief, goblins gathered the animals under their control in one place and gave them a review before the coming winter. At the same time, they could cause harm to the person they encountered.
In addition to the goblin, this day was also important for the barn-keeper - the spirit that lives in the barn and takes the form of the owner of the house. The WHO movement celebrated “name days.” Ovin was “resting” - he was not allowed to drown. The threshers did not work either. If the barn was already “planted”, all the sheaves were laid in it, then the owner pretended to “seat” the barn, taking out the two top sheaves. On this day, the hostess spread an embroidered towel on the “sadila” - the barn window - and left a treat for the barn and the “barn owner” for the night.
"Skit". Third meeting of autumn.
From this day began a series of cheerful autumn parties - “cabbage parties”, “cabbage parties”, which lasted two weeks, and were celebrated not only by peasants, but also by city dwellers. On this day, girls, dressed up in colorful festive dresses, went from house to house to chop cabbage. The grooms were looking for brides - “cabbage girls”.
In the evening, when the cabbage was already chopped, there was fun everywhere, often leading to weddings taking place on Pokrov. There was a belief that if, when going to the Vozdvizhensk skit party, a girl read a special kind of spell seven times, then the young man who liked her would also like her beauty : “My word is strong as iron! Raise, Father Exaltation Day, in the heart of a good young man (name), love for me, the red maiden (name), so that this love does not end forever, so that it does not burn in fire, does not drown in water, so that the cold winter does not chill it ! My word is strong as iron!”
Neighbors were invited to Kasputen parties: “And the bad woman about Vozdvizhenie is a cabbage girl.” The cabbage girls, entering the house, congratulated the owners on the cabbage harvest, as if on a holiday. Beer was brewed for the guests and a meal was prepared with the main dish - “bread pie”. The evening ended with dancing and games.
September 28. Nikita-guseprolet
Name days: Akakiy, Valerian, Vissarion, Gerasim, Ivan, Clementine, Leonid, Makar, Maxim, Maria, Nikita, Porfiry, Stepan, Fedot.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Great Martyr Nikita; First Martyr Stephen, Martyr Porphyry; Saint Akakios, Bishop of Melitino.
Folk signs: If geese fly high - to high flood, low - to low flood. If migrating geese often land on the ground, if starlings are not yet in a hurry to fly away, then expect a dry and warm autumn.
Folk beliefs and customs: They said about this day: “Geese are dragging the winter on their tail,” “The hussar bows to the water priest, so that in his kingdom he will not be angry with the bird race.”
Saint Nikita was considered by the people to be the protector of children from diseases. On this day, healers treated children's illnesses with their spells. The children were washed with Epiphany water and given it to drink.
Conspiracy for the health of the child.
“Man was born, the cross was erected, and Satan became stronger, and God was glorified, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen! Holy Father Nikita, place him, Lord, servant of God (name) on holy place, to think about God and to do God: the Holy Spirit will come upon him and all heaven will shine upon him, and all that is on high will pass him by, the hand of Savior, the seal of Christ, the Cross of the Mother of God, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen! Amen! Amen!
Just as the Lord God, Jesus Christ, established springs, rivers and streams, so comfort sickness and illness in God’s servant (name) with the prayers of the Most Pure Mother of God and the Ever-Virgin Mary and all the Saints and Heavenly Powers. Forever and ever. Amen! Amen! Amen!"
“The mother herself carried, she brought, she babbled, she cared for her child herself. She spoke to all 12 veins: nasal, ear, eye, buttock, scale, heel, abdominal, dorsal, hand, vertebral, inguinal, nail.”
September 29. Efimiya. Bird bone
Name days: Victor, Dorofey, Efimiya, Cyprian, Lyudmila, Melitina, Procopius, Renat, Sebastian.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the Great Martyr Euphemia the All-Praised; Martyr Lyudmila, Princess of Bohemia; Martyr Victor; Saint Cyprian of Moscow.
Folk signs: If thunder rumbles on Efimiya, then the winter will be short, soft and snowless.
Folk beliefs and customs: On Efimiya they looked at the bird bone and found out from it: what kind of winter will it be? Will the seeds and roots of herbs and winter crops freeze in harsh times? A poultry bone - a duck or a chicken - with its hardness and fatty coating seemed to give the answer: if the bone is thick and there is a lot of fat on it, then the winter will be cold. This is one of the examples of long-term signs of our ancestors.
September 30. Faith, Hope, Love, Sophia. All-world women's empresses (name day)
Name days: Faith, Hope, Love, Sophia, Zeno, Ilya, Lucia, Nile, Tom, Theodotia.
Orthodox calendar: Day of the martyrs Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia.
Folk signs: If the cranes fly on this day, then there will be frost on Pokrov; if not, then the cold will come later.
Folk beliefs and customs: On the day of the “All-World Women’s Empresses,” all women were allowed not to work and men congratulated them on the holiday. It was customary to honor and treat women and girls with pies, whose names were Sophia, Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov. Name days were usually celebrated for three days in honor of maternal Wisdom and female Virtues.
Folk wisdom is expressed in signs and observations. There are a lot of signs about September - the first month of autumn, which in folk culture has always meant the transformation of nature and inner world people.
In September 2016 there will be many Christian holidays, which are famous for many folk and church signs that have come to us through dozens of generations. One of the most important holidays there will be an Exaltation. We have already written about the signs for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross - September 27. In addition to such signs, there are also general universal folk observations for September that may be useful to you.
Energy September
September is a transition period, or rather, its beginning. This month is the link between summer and autumn. Its beauty and mystery are amazing, because it contains a piece of the passing summer and light chords of winter, which is already about to make itself known.
At this time, the general tone of the body in most people drops, so it is important to maintain energy at the same level, otherwise you risk running into a streak of failures and bad mood. That is why autumn is called the time of depression and melancholy. People just forget that physical processes, occurring in the body, are incredibly important for developing a good mood.
The decline in energy affects everything that surrounds us, so many signs of September are associated with this phenomenon.
Folk signs of September
In 2016, September promises to be cool, but not brutally cold. Autumn should be soft and pleasant - at least that's what they say summer signs and meteorologists.
- The most common sign of September is associated with the autumn equinox. On September 22, 2016, day and night will become equal, after which the day will begin to wane, and the night will rapidly gain momentum. If the weather is clear on this day, then expect the rapid arrival of summer next year.
- If there are a lot of yellow leaves at the beginning of September, then winter will start very early this year and summer will go away very quickly.
- If September 2016 is very warm, then the winter of 2016-2017 will be cold and long.
- Fast-growing weeds indicate that there will be a lot of snow in winter, and the weather will be very pleasant.
- At the erection on September 27, the last birds fly south, the bears go into hibernation.
- When you discover a mole hole, pay attention to the entrance to the home of this animal. If it is in the northern part, then the winter will be warm. If it is in the south, then the winter will be fierce and merciless. If in the west, there will be a lot of snow. A hole in the east means a dry winter with little snow.
- If there are a lot of acorns on the oak trees, then the winter of 2016-2017 will be very warm. IN new year holidays and on Christmas Day in this case there should be a lot of snow.
- If there are few rowan trees, then autumn will be dry and pleasant. When there are a lot of rowan trees, expect rain.
- If snow fell on September 29, then severe winter frosts should not come soon.
- Thunder in September foreshadows many problems next spring.
- September 21, 2016 will be the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Usually, at this time, bees are removed for the winter, all work in the gardens is completed and frost-resistant crops and flowers are prepared for winter.
- On September 21, they also usually visit guests, treating each other to what they managed to collect in the garden.
- It is not recommended to start any important business on September 27th. Also on this day, according to tradition, they begin to harvest cabbage. People visit each other and spend their evenings talking.
- At the end of September, livestock is usually slaughtered and a festival to welcome autumn is held.
- On September 23, it is customary to pick rowan berries and prepare them for making juice. According to tradition, some of the berries are left for the birds.
September traditions
In addition to signs, there are many traditions associated with September:
Rite for September 2016
This ritual can be performed in any autumn, including this year. You will need yellowed leaves from trees. Pick more leaves and take them home. Don't pick it up already fallen leaves because they are lifeless.
When you bring the leaves home, place them on the windowsill on the sunny side so that the Sun energizes them. The energy of the Sun is still strong enough to charge the leaves with positive energy. In the warmth they will accept all the gifts of our luminary. Three days later, before going to bed, wash the leaves and leave them for an hour or two. cold water. Then wash your face with this water before going to bed, saying the following spell: “Autumn-autumn, give me strength. I want to be like you, as beautiful. Let all those who need me see joy. Let my eyes be open before you. Mother Nature, give me strength to survive this colorful cold.”
Then the leaves will need to be carefully wiped and dried. Throughout the fall and winter, they can be kept at home to attract good luck in everything.
WE wish you success this fall 2016. For some, the summer was successful, for others not so much, but it was so fleeting that before we knew it, the leaves were already turning yellow in the yard and a frosty north wind was blowing. At such a time, it is necessary to maintain a high level of energy. Self-massage for beauty and health will help you with this. Good luck and don't forget to press the buttons and
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Quite often, difficulties in growing tomato seedlings arise even among experienced summer residents. For some, all the seedlings turn out to be elongated and weak, for others, they suddenly begin to fall and die. The thing is that it is difficult to maintain ideal conditions for growing seedlings in an apartment. Seedlings of any plants need to be provided with plenty of light, sufficient humidity and optimal temperature. What else do you need to know and observe when growing tomato seedlings in an apartment?
Delicious vinaigrette with apple and sauerkraut- vegetarian salad from cooked and chilled, raw, pickled, salted, pickled vegetables and fruits. The name comes from the French vinegar sauce, olive oil and mustard (vinaigrette). Vinaigrette appeared in Russian cuisine not so long ago, around the beginning of the 19th century; perhaps the recipe was borrowed from Austrian or German cuisine, since the ingredients for Austrian herring salad are very similar.
When we dreamily sort through bright packets of seeds in our hands, we sometimes subconsciously believe that we have a prototype of a future plant. We mentally allocate a place for it in the flower garden and look forward to the cherished day of the appearance of the first bud. However, buying seeds does not always guarantee that you will eventually get the desired flower. I would like to draw attention to the reasons why seeds may not sprout or die at the very beginning of germination.
Spring is coming, and gardeners have more work to do, and with the onset of warmer weather, changes in the garden occur rapidly. The buds are already beginning to swell on plants that were still dormant yesterday, and everything is literally coming to life before our eyes. After long winter this cannot but rejoice. But along with the garden, its problems come to life - insect pests and pathogens. Weevils, flower beetles, aphids, clasterosporiosis, maniliosis, scab, powdery mildew - the list could go on for a very long time.
Breakfast toast with avocado and egg salad is a great way to start the day. The egg salad in this recipe acts as a thick sauce that is seasoned with fresh vegetables and shrimp. My egg salad is quite unusual, it is a dietary version of everyone’s favorite snack - with Feta cheese, Greek yogurt and red caviar. If you have time in the morning, never deny yourself the pleasure of cooking something tasty and healthy. The day needs to start with positive emotions!
Perhaps every woman has at least once received a blooming orchid as a gift. It’s not surprising, because such a living bouquet looks amazing and blooms for a long time. Orchids cannot be called very difficult to grow indoor crops, but failure to comply with the main conditions for their maintenance often leads to the loss of the flower. If you are just starting to get acquainted with indoor orchids, you should find out the correct answers to the main questions about growing these beautiful plants at home.
Lush cheesecakes with poppy seeds and raisins prepared according to this recipe are eaten in no time in my family. Moderately sweet, plump, tender, with an appetizing crust, without excess oil, in a word, exactly the same as my mother or grandmother fried in childhood. If the raisins are very sweet, then you don’t need to add granulated sugar at all; without sugar, the cheesecakes will be better fried and will never burn. Cook them in a well-heated frying pan, greased with oil, over low heat and without a lid!
Cherry tomatoes differ from their larger counterparts not only in the small size of their berries. Many cherry varieties are characterized by a unique sweet taste, which is very different from the classic tomato taste. Anyone who has never tried such cherry tomatoes, with eyes closed may well decide that he is tasting some unusual exotic fruits. In this article I will talk about five different cherry tomatoes that have the sweetest fruits with unusual colors.
I started growing annual flowers in the garden and on the balcony more than 20 years ago, but I will never forget my first petunia, which I planted in the country along the path. Only a couple of decades have passed, but you’re amazed at how different the petunias of the past are from the many-sided hybrids of today! In this article, I propose to trace the history of the transformation of this flower from a simpleton into a real queen of annuals, as well as consider modern varieties of unusual colors.
Salad with spicy chicken, mushrooms, cheese and grapes - aromatic and satisfying. This dish can be served as a main dish if you are preparing a cold dinner. Cheese, nuts, mayonnaise are high-calorie foods; in combination with spicy fried chicken and mushrooms, you get a very nutritious snack, which is refreshed by sweet and sour grapes. The chicken in this recipe is marinated in a spicy mixture of ground cinnamon, turmeric and chili powder. If you like food with fire, use hot chili.
All summer residents are concerned about the question of how to grow healthy seedlings in early spring. It seems that there are no secrets here - the main thing for fast and strong seedlings is to provide them with warmth, moisture and light. But in practice, in a city apartment or private house, this is not so easy to do. Of course, every experienced gardener has his own proven method of growing seedlings. But today we will talk about a relatively new assistant in this matter - the propagator.
The Sanka tomato variety is one of the most popular in Russia. Why? The answer is simple. He is the very first to bear fruit in the garden. Tomatoes ripen when other varieties have not even bloomed yet. Of course, if you follow the growing recommendations and make an effort, even a novice grower will receive a rich harvest and joy from the process. And so that your efforts are not in vain, we advise you to plant high-quality seeds. For example, such as seeds from TM “Agrosuccess”.
The task of indoor plants in the house is to decorate the home with their appearance and create a special atmosphere of comfort. For this reason, we are ready to take care of them regularly. Care is not only about watering on time, although this is important. It is also necessary to create other conditions: suitable lighting, humidity and air temperature, and make a correct and timely transplant. For experienced flower growers there is nothing supernatural about this. But beginners often face certain difficulties.
Tender chicken breast cutlets with champignons are easy to prepare using this recipe with step-by-step photos. There is an opinion that it is difficult to make juicy and tender cutlets from chicken breast, but this is not so! Chicken meat contains virtually no fat, which is why it is a bit dry. But, if you add to chicken fillet cream, white bread and mushrooms with onions, you will get amazingly delicious cutlets that both children and adults will love. During mushroom season, try adding wild mushrooms to the minced meat.
September is next.
01.09 - the day of Thekla the beetroot worker, Andrei Stratilat the warmer. The beginning of the year before Peter I. They checked in the field to see if the wind was warm and if the oats were ripe.
The month with its horns down means bad weather.
Beetroot is harvested at Beetroot.
Born on Andrei Stratelates, he is a man endowed with great wisdom.
02.09 - Samoilin, Samuel Day, patron saint of all the disadvantaged, Beetroot. In the church they begged Samuel for good days so that they could finish the harvest before the rains. We tried to set the table in every house, the owner would be well-fed, kind - and the work would be fine.
Harvesting beets is a difficult task for girls, but with each bend over the garden bed the girl gained more health, a beetroot blush and beauty.
Cranes are in no hurry to fly away - this means lingering warmth.
An abundance of mountain ash means an abundance of autumn rains.
Mole holes face north - towards mild winter.
Mice are becoming more and more common near villages - a sign of severe winter cold.
03.09 – the day of Vasilisa the flax woman, who protects the flax crops and gives the zealous peasant a sign of harvesting the flax; day of Thaddeus.
Fine Linen - it will remain warm for almost a month.
There are a lot of acorns on Thaddeus - you can expect a snowy Christmas.
Mice nest in haystacks - a sign of a damp, lingering autumn.
Talented healers are born on Thaddeus.
04.09 – day of Agathon the Ogumennik; Afanasiev day. At night they guarded the threshing floor from the devil. But if he was appeased, he could then be useful in some way.
A clear day on Ogumennik – it will be fine for a few more weeks.
There is an abundance of nuts, but mushrooms are scarce - you will have to wait for a fierce winter.
Kind but touchy people are born on Agathon.
05.09 – Luppa-Lingonberry Day.
Warm morning on Luppu - it will be warm all month.
Before Lingonberry, oats that are not harvested will die from frost.
The cranes on Luppa were heading south - for the coming winter; flew low - expect a mild winter; high - soon she will announce herself with cold; They fly quickly and silently - very soon rains and cold weather will come.
06.09 - the day of Eutyches the Quiet, a martyr, one of the disciples of the holy apostles Paul and John the Theologian.
Rain is coming sunny autumn and into the future solid harvest.
The cry of a tit signifies the imminent arrival of autumn cold and rain.
A large harvest of acorns means a cold, long winter.
On Eutychius they try to finish the harvest in order to keep the harvest unharmed.
07.09 - the day of Bartholomew and Titus the mushroom picker, Deciduous.
A bountiful harvest of mushrooms means long frosts in winter.
Birds flying south rest on the ground - to nice days; settling on the roof of a house means bad weather.
Those born on Titus will find happiness only in maturity; amber serves as their talisman.
After the day of Titus the Mushroom Picker, the collected mushrooms were not suitable for pickling, so they tried to have time to collect as much as possible for the Deciduous Picker.
08.09 – Day of Andrian and Natalia Ovsyanitsa. Day of Paul the Rowanberry. Oatmeal harvests were carried out in the fields. Cooked oatmeal jelly with pancakes.
Morning frosts on Andriana mean an early cold winter.
The abundance of rowan - to frequent, heavy rains and early frosts.
There are still leaves on the birch and oak trees - there will be no mild winter.
09.09 - Day of Kuksha the Fieldfare, in memory of Anfisa and Pimen. Harvesting rowan is a traditional, tasty and healing berry.
A meager harvest of rowan - autumn will delight you with warm days.
Thunderstorm Kuksha - for a fine autumn.
Those born on Anfisa received protection from enemies; they should wear onyx and alexandrite.
Not all the berries on the mountain ash are eaten by birds - the winter will not be severe.
The rowan color has appeared again - for a long, fine autumn.
10.09 - the day of Moses Murin, Anna the prophetess, Anna and Savva Skirdnikov. The bread was put away in stacks. The sowing of winter crops was completed. They prayed to Moses to heal their loved one from drunkenness.
It's a fine day - winter won't make itself known for a long time.
Crane and goose migration has not yet been observed - winter will be late and mild.
An agate or chrysolite talisman will help in life for those born under Moses Murin.
11.09 – the day of the Beheading of John the Baptist; Day of Ivan Lenten, Ivan the Poletny. Turnip holiday, Lenten holiday. There was no field work, the time had come for preparations, fairs, and auctions. It was problematic to observe fasting when the harvest was in the bins. Although the duration of fasting is only one day, it is distinguished by strictness and special requirements. Nothing round (similar to the shape of a head) should get into the food; You cannot pick round fruits or dig potatoes.
Summer ends for Ivan and Indian summer begins.
Flying away cranes are a sign of early winter.
A swan is flying in the sky - snow will fall soon, and if you see a goose flying in the sky - it will start raining.
Starlings are in no hurry to go to warmer regions, and rooks fly away - towards the warm autumn.
12.09 - the day of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, the protector of the Russian land; Alexander Sytnik. It was necessary to prepare a rich festive table, on which there should be a hearty barley porridge.
Migratory birds fly high in the sky in circles, they are not going to fly away - a good, clear autumn will drag on.
A fine evening on Sytnik means a rich future harvest.
The stars often fall on Alexander - a shortage of crops is possible next fall.
Hedgehog holes are found at the edge of the forest - a mild winter; the hedgehog hid his home in the thicket - the winter is expected to be harsh, direction winter winds will be on the back side of the mink.
13.09 - Kupriyanov's day. Day of the Crane Assembly. They collect cranberries, but it was impossible to go for cranberries in Kupriyanka the day before the cranes flew away. This threatened loss of reason or death in the swamp.
The crane wedge broke up to fly one by one - to a possible future shortage of crops.
The cranes fly loudly and it means it will rain soon.
Chickens and ducks have become ruffled - to bad weather.
14.09 – Simeon Stolpnik (Stovpnik). Seed day is the first day of the new year. Everyone gathered in the hut of the eldest in the family for a celebration, welcoming the new summer and the morning procession to church. Beginning of wedding weeks (until the end of November - Guryev's Day); It's time for housewarmings (with the obligatory relocation of the brownie in the stove utensils). It's time to pickle cucumbers.
Warm Semyon day, south wind - for a warm winter.
Fine Simeon - autumn without precipitation; rainy - wet, stormy autumn time.
Geese fly south to Simeon - winter will come earlier.
The beginning of Indian summer: dry Stovpnik - rainy autumn.
15.09 – Mammoth Shepherd, patron of sheep. They prepared the livestock's home for winter. They worshiped the Sheepfold, fumigated the folds and flocks with heather from evil power.
To drive out the cattle in the morning is to invite misfortune.
A red glow in the evening means early frost.
The sheepfold is rainy - autumn without precipitation.
In the morning and evening there is heavy dew - for fine days.
16.09 - Vasilisa's day. Harvesting flax and preparing it for weaving. Cleaning, cleaning the premises, the owners moved into winter housing. Potato peelings, garbage after harvesting, unnecessary trash were burned - they attracted happiness for the year.
Rainy Vasilisa - for a dry, fine autumn.
17.09 - the day of the Burning Bush, which protects the house from lightning and fires, from diseases whose names contain the word “fire”. Onion Day, Babylon, Mother of God.
Onions in numerous husks - for a fierce winter.
Mice are running across the floor towards Burning, a hare is running, a cuckoo is flying through the village - to an imminent fire.
Keeping a fire barrel ready will attract a fire.
18.09 - the day of Athanasius of Brest, Zechariah and Elizabeth the Fortuneteller, who predicted to the Virgin Mary the birth of Jesus Christ. The day was considered unlucky, but the predictions of healers and fortune-tellers about Elizabeth were true; girls rushed to them to tell fortunes about the groom.
Yellowed ahead of schedule leaves are a sign of the early arrival of autumn followed by a cold winter.
Rowan in numerous berries - for a stormy autumn.
19.09 - Michaelmas Day. Michaelmas frosts, or matinees. Archangel Michael descended to earth to destroy the evil force with frost.
Working on Michaelmas Day is a sin, unfortunately. They held meetings to sort out quarrels, grievances, and disputes. The obligatory reconciliation must be celebrated.
A good day on Michaelmas - for a long, blessed autumn.
The frost that appeared on Michael promised a snowy winter.
20.09 - Lukov day. Sozont Day. Trading on onions began.
It was impossible to cook onions for food before they had been completely harvested from the garden, so that there would be no crop shortage or death of the onions remaining in the ground.
Cranes on Sozonta are high in the sky - for a cold, protracted autumn.
White clouds are observed for several days - to the coming cold weather; dark ones - to precipitation.
The Day of Sozont gives birth to excellent healers; amber will help them in this craft.
21.09 - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Apasov (Passikov) day. The second meeting of spring is the beginning of Indian summer. The bees are transferred to their winter quarters. Onions are removed from the permitted use for food. The beginning of the pockmarks is a harvest festival with boys-recruits partying, visiting, and young spouses presenting their relatives with round pies.
A fine Apasov day promises a good autumn.
Early leaves fall means winter will come early.
Spider webs on plants mean clear weather.
Red glow - for windy, rainy weather.
22.09 - the day of remembrance of Joachim and Anna, the parents of the Virgin Mary, who conceived a child in deep maturity, patrons of women in labor and the childless.
Celebration of young mothers and midwives.
Guests on Akim and Anna - to happiness and well-being in the house, it is customary not to refuse guests anything, also to attract happiness.
It is customary to remember deceased relatives and friends.
It’s better to spend the day alone with nature, it will add strength.
Those born on the day of Akim and Anna will have a happy, bright life.
Adultery on Parents' Day is a special sin.
A gift for Akim and Anna will bring prosperity and joy to the home.
23.09 - day of Saints Peter and Paul, bishops of Nicaea; mountain ash. Day became equal to night. They organized festivities, gathered rich tables with autumn pies - mushroom, lingonberry, cabbage, and the obligatory rowan kvass.
A lot of rowan trees on rowan trees - for a rainy autumn; little - to dry.
A rowan branch on the table attracts happiness to the house.
Any undertaking on Peter and Paul will lead to a good ending.
Good luck awaits travelers.
The intuition of saints is especially strong; it is worth listening to yourself.
On this day, long-livers are born, distinguished by patience and hard work; sapphire will help them in everything.
24.09 – the day of Fedora, patroness of winter crops, Fedora Obdera.
Fedora's girl's hem gets dirty - the girl will marry a drunkard.
The bees do not calm down in the omshanik - autumn will remain for a long time.
For newlyweds, eating cabbage in any form on Fedora means a happy family life.
You shouldn’t paint Fedora’s lips – you might get sick; and washing your hair is a sign of failure.
Beginning with Fedor Obder leads to an unsuccessful end.
25.09 – snake day, the day of Artamon, protector from snake bites. Cold weather sets in, causing snakes to go into the forest.
Time happy hunting, if there is production on this day, even small.
Trees in yellow leaves- by early autumn.
Rainy Artamon - for a long winter.
Tall weeds mean an abundance of snow.
An abundance of acorns on snake day means a mild winter and a fruitful summer.
Thunder on Artamon - for a warm autumn.
26.09 - day of Cornelius, patron of farmers. After Kornilov Day, nothing grew anymore; they hurried to remove everything in the field and garden, except turnips.
Rain on Cornelius - the future harvest will be rich.
Warm rain on Kornilov day is the last. Going out under it means recharging with health and optimism.
Eating a radish means illness will rarely occur!
A turnip on the table means peace and harmony in the family.
A turnip with honey eaten by young people for two - to happy life and long.
Weddings and matchmaking on Cornilou are a sign of failure.
27.09 – Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. Exaltation of the Lord, Stavrov Day. The swallows are flying away.
Any undertaking will not be successful. It’s also better not for the girl (the girl) to go into the forest - the devil will drag her away.
A cold wind on Stavrov Day means a warm future summer.
Frosts in the morning - a sign of imminent winter.
A fine Stavrov day means late winter.
You can’t cross the mysterious tracks on the ground, it’s possible that forest evil spirits have left them - you can soon get sick.
28.09 - Day of Nikita Guseprolet. Recut. They harvest and prepare turnips and slaughter geese. Goose is the main figure on Nikita.
A goose on one leg over a puddle means a quick frost; splashing in the water - a fine day is expected; nose under the wing - for early winter.
When migrating, geese often rest on the ground, and starlings are in no hurry to leave their native land during the Guse Flight - autumn promises to be good.
29.09 - Lyudmila's day. Euphemia Day. The main occupation is shearing sheep and preparing cabbage (at parties). We caught goldfinches and tits for the winter for entertainment in the house. The obligatory dish is poultry. From the bones they noted:
thin - for a mild winter and early warmth, easy existence;
thick - for a fierce winter, late spring and difficult wintering.
Fine Efimiya - for a late, mild winter.
Thunder on Lyudmila - for a snowless winter.
30.09 - the day of the martyrs Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov and their mother Sophia, who accepted death from refusing to renounce Christianity. Their mother died three days after the children's funeral.
A cloudy morning promises good days ahead.
A day without precipitation, warm - for a long autumn, successful fishing.
The cranes are about to fly away - The cover will be frosty, if they linger - and the frosts will linger.
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