Spring begins with the month of March, and at the same time in Russia the preparation for planting.All Christian beliefs and omens about the harvest, the weather has long been associated with the Orthodox calendar.The people, through their observations of animal behavior, wind direction, creating little by little calendar, which described the signs and folk festivals for each day of March.This month affectionately called protalnikom, pre-spring.
Pancake
This period is very often the church calendar falls pancake week.Traditions and signs in March require a holiday to go on a visit to his mother on pancakes on Friday, or invite friends to her sister-in on Saturday to entertain the main dish - pancakes.
This week the March preparatory considered before Lent.Though the custom of celebrating Shrove Tuesday came from paganism, he is closely associated with the Christian calendar.Last seventh day of the feast called the Forgiveness Sunday, tselovnikom.On Sunday evening, after the purification of the soul forgiveness of all relatives is still the custom to burn a straw effigy of Maslenitsa.Folk omens for March showed that tselovnik snow - to harvest.
cold or hot?
proverb says: "He came Martock, put on seven portok."If during this period the snow melts quickly and water streams running, the summer will be wet - so they say weather lore in March.They said, if in January March, then wait for January, March.
Signs on days
March 1 called "Yarilo with a pitchfork."This day is celebrated fun, with dancing spring meetings, bonfires and danced around them all night.Adopted by the morning sun were to meet pregnant women - it is in this day gave strength to bear a child.
Dreams in the night of 1 March 2 were considered prophetic.On the second day of the month honor of St. Theodore Tyron, he is praying for the return of a stolen.
March 3 called "Yarilo with bird oatmeal."The children were treated to all of oatmeal cookies in the form of birds, buntings.The old men looked at the sky and heralded the cold, if the stars shone and twinkled and the moon shone clear.If the wood crackled in the stove - be lyutomu cold.
zaklikaet sun, that it "rolled in the summer," the girl began March 4.Common name of the day - "Phil vernal".On this day baked loaf, round as the sun, three times brings it up to God, and then divided among all relatives, the remains are treated the poor and throwing crumbs to the birds.
About the fifth day of the month in the nation is said that at the end of the winter, you have to catch a ride on a sled.Folk omens in March on the day of St. Leo promised the man's death, if he sees a falling star.On this day, people were afraid to get sick, to die soon, so the ailing man by custom armpits put pieces of bread, and in the morning when they dried up - a bad omen will come true.With regard to good practices, this day was joking theft blacksmith coal, which carried on the field for a rich harvest.
on Timothy, March 6, according to the custom in the villages on the bench came out to warm up old men.Another sign of the weather: Timothy on-vesnoveya - spring at the door.
March 7 - the day of St Athanasius confessor.On this day, the rough snow - to harvest, smooth - to crop failure.
March 8, popularly called "Acid girls."The girls, who had not managed to Pancake Day to get married, a dowry was supposed to hide, then zasiditsya still in the "old maid."
ninth day of the month and the national signs in March related to the acquisition of a church holiday of St. John the Baptist.It was believed that birds acquire the nest.Migratory birds return to their homes on this day.
March 10 - Commemoration Day of St. Tarasius.Signs saying that you can not sleep during the day, otherwise the fever attack.If this day the wind rips the door off its hinges - expect grief at home.
Basil Name Day marked in the national calendar, on March 12th.The day is called the "Basil-drip" - believe that snowmelt begins.
Day Martyr Evdokia
March 14 was considered in the national calendar, not only the first day of spring.The ancestors of this was a New Year's Eve.On this day, the weather forecast for the summer, if the wind with warm edges - this summer and wait.These are the signs in March.The rites prescribed in March to this day the children go from house to house and glorify the arrival of spring songs, freckles, give baked larks.The morning sun promised the greatest yield.At Evdokia snow he was considered a good sign, and promised a good honey harvest at the same time it reported a tightening of the winter for another 2 weeks.
How to cause the sun?
On March 15, the day of the spring and judged harvest hay.When icicles hang long - delayed spring when snow drifts - do not wait for the grass in March and in April the water.
Folk omens in March said that the 16 th day - the day of awakening bear when it comes out of hibernation after its lair.In the villages, the peasants was the custom at this time to bypass their fields from one end to the other, crosswise to cause the sun, which was to melt the snow on the grounds.
"Gerasim-rookery" - as in the old days was called on 17 of March.As the name implies, remembered St. Gerasimos, waiting for the arrival of rooks and watched where they sit: if the nest - spring is coming soon.
March 18 esteemed Conon Isaurian, guardian of children against smallpox.On the Conon to plow the garden, then the harvest will be well.Looked at the behavior of rooks - if you sat on the nest, then in 3 weeks you can begin to sow.
Birthdays March 20 - Emilian, Dmitry, Basil, Ephraim, Paul.If this day the wind is blowing from the south - will be stormy summer.
Spring Equinox
In the first month of spring is a special day - 22 March.This is the day of the vernal equinox, which is associated with many superstitions and signs.It is popularly called "Magpie" from the church holiday "40 holy martyrs."Weather lore March state that is measured day and night, winter ends.Forty days after March 22 sowed buckwheat.If forty consecutive mornings were cold after forty portends warm summers.It was believed that 40 Pichugov flies to this day: which first saw the bird, the weather will be in the spring.Starling and lark to see the warm spring, finch - to cold.
on March 25 Theophanes treated birds in their courtyard, feeding them grain.The harvest of flax and oats judged by the presence of fog.
From March 27 cattle were taken out of the crib and started talking from the evil eye.In animals from that day began the spring molt.
March 29th hid sled transplanted into the cart.It was thought: who will sit on the sled, that by the desire to ride.
March 30 named Alexis warm.From that day significantly teplelo, we crawled all the insects and reptiles.
believe or not to believe?
Folk omens in March, a discussion that often occurs in the calendar of ordinary users, cause many people distrust.Especially those who are skeptical about beliefs.But custom make to a specific color, joy and fun, so do not ignore them completely.
