Folk omens - a whole layer of folklore.To understand the world, from ancient times people have tried to systematize knowledge.They watched nature, weather changes, and gradually formed a certain pattern of them.
There are plenty of signs, associated with festive dates, ceremonies, children, animals.Some of them are considered to be good, others - portend misfortune and misery.
Spring signs, as most predictions about the weather associated with weather conditions.The awakening of nature, planting, preparation for the fly - all this has long been interested in human rights.It is enough to look at the surrounding events, to make a little prediction for the day, week or month.
Signs.History of
Signs appeared for a long time and accompany the person to the present day.Who comes up with them, where they come from?
signs - is a kind of pattern between the event and consequences.Even in ancient times people observed the phenomena of nature.We try to recognize the behavior of the animals, followed by plants, changes in the firmament.
Aristotle in his treatise "Meteorologika" describes natural phenomena.By the nature of the wind, he tried to explain the onset of good weather or bad.
Over time, people have learned to associate actions and events that it entails.Signs of steel are essential when a person after a nomadic life turned to the cultivation of the land.The moon, the sun, the flight of birds, fish and insects action, rainfall - all this is reflected in the folk superstitions.They are distributed by time of day and year, day of week, church holidays.
Signs weather
Signs remain relevant to this day.Meteorologists can make mistakes, but people's predictions are correct in most cases.
prompt Signs of winter, when the wait for frost and cold, blizzards and warming.Spring signs will coordinate when to hold the landing field and wait for the rain.Predict what will be the summer.Summer warn when to pick berries or mushrooms.Autumn - tune in to harvest and prepare for the coming winter.
- If the hare ran to the garden or the garden - to be a harsh winter.
- whitish Moon halo - to the snow, clear - a sunny day.
- If the protein hollow left and down from the tree - wait a quiet calm weather.
- crunch of the snow under your feet - to the cold.
- If sparrows chirp loudly - to warming.
- late spring - a good summer.
- If there is no evening fog and dew - to be a night storm.
- sparrows bathe in the sand - so there will be rain.
- If there was evening dew on the leaves and grass - to the warm clear day.
- In birch leaves turn yellow - to the bad weather, bad weather.
- If the cranes are flying high and kurlychut - a warm autumn.
- Until last leaf shall fade with cherry wood - the snow will melt.
Folk omens passed down from generation to generation.They began as oral tradition.Gradually, they began to write, record.
Folk spring signs are based on the movements of birds and insects, the behavior of animals and plants.Ancestral Knowledge may seem unreasonable in relation to the change of climate, ecological conditions.But sometimes their reliability and foresight are staggering.
classification will weather
All signs associated with the weather, can be divided into several types.However, they often interact with each other.It does not take into account the seasons, religious holidays and pagan beliefs.Conditional division will based only on changes in animate and inanimate nature.
- Nature objects (this is the moon, the stars, the sun or the sky).
- Natural phenomena (this rainfall, frost, fog, wind or dew).
- Animal Behaviour.
- fish behavior.
- behavior of insects.
- modified plants.
Russian folk omens
spring after a long winter of our ancestors, especially those living in villages, began to prepare for planting season.Spring weather, rainfall - it tried to take into account the people to get rich harvest.
Folk spring signs prompted when to dig, and when - to plant seedlings.Planning landings ensured the well-fed crop yields fall and winter.
- not see the stars in the sky - wait for rain.
- If dry March, April crude, cold in May - is a rich harvest.
- rainbow after the rain was gone - will clear weather.
- Late Rowan blossom - will warm autumn.
- summer, many beetles - be arid summer.
Spring folk omens: March
In early spring, the weather is changeable.March brings the first thawed patches.Frosty morning gives way to a warm day, drops.Alternating rain and snow.Spring nature folk omens were needed to find out what will be the spring and summer.Wait drought or torrential rain.
name of the month comes from the name of the Roman god of war Mars.March also severe and unpredictable.This month pagans performed exile winter.
- Snow lies on the fields of the waves - freak vegetables well.
- longer the icicles in March - the longer spring.
- started early snow melt - so long will lie.
- larks returned early and rooks - expect an early spring.
- High clouds will bring good weather.
Folk omens: April
second month of spring - warm and resonant.Capel, birds singing, clear days are warm welcome.Ponds and lakes are released from the ice.All the brightly shining sun.It becomes less clouds in the sky, there are buds and the first flowers.
Month name in Latin means "warmed by the sun."Nature wakes up and basked under the first rays.Starts cuckoo cuckoo ring streams in the ravines.April spring signs:
- flew bee - expect an early warm spring.
- If rainy in April - will be a good arable land and lush greenery.
- First Thunder, along with the north wind - to the cold spring.
- cold night in April so warm day - the weather will not change for a long time.
- lot of birch sap - wait for the rainy summer.
May
third month of spring - warm, with thunderstorms and torrential rains.But the cold days more often.Spring weather signs bind wild cherry blossoms, lilac with cooling.All the luxuriant green blossoms are beginning to bloom with fruit trees.Most heard the singing of the nightingale, the mosquitoes there.
May received its name in honor of the goddess of fertility Maya.Month this bright, characterized by violent flowering and the first vegetable garden planting.In May, our ancestors did not allow men to sowing, or go to the green growth, and the fetus does not start up.
- First storm in May - to prosperity in the house.Cold
- this month - expect an abundant harvest.
- violets bloom - it's time to plant radishes, dill, parsley.
- If the day felt a strong smell of yellow acacia - be rain.
- greens Oak before ash - wait for dry summer.
Signs on the behavior of animals, birds
great importance in people's superstitions are poultry, pets and wild animals.This is due to their psychological characteristics and instincts.They instantly detect changes in the flow of information to react to any changes.Therefore spring weather lore bind the behavior of birds and animals with the upcoming changes.
- cat covers his head with his paw - to cooling.If you claws scratching - it will rain.
- dog rolls on the ground - wait for thunderstorms.Stretched and stretched legs - will be warming.
- Small midges climbs in the face - to rain.
- cows huddled together in one pile - will soon rain.
- Ants hid in an anthill - will be heavy rain.
- pig squeals loud - to the bad weather.If scratches himself - approaching heat.
- If the early morning lark is silent - bad weather is coming.
- Ravens walk the earth - will be warming.Sitting on a tree disheveled and hunched - the rain.
- horse snorts - wait heat.
- summer, many web - for a hot summer.
- Gulden Gulls on the beach - the approximation of the storm.If
- day loudly croaking frogs and jump - to the bad weather.
Signs of plants, flowers
For centuries, people have discovered for themselves the properties of plants and flowers.They are considered animate beings.The relationship between changes in the weather and plants has been noticed for a long time.So began to appear signs, superstitions, sayings.It is believed that some of the trees have a positive or negative power.In folk medicine uses plants with medicinal effect.
Spring signs people have long been associated with the plants and transmit this knowledge to descendants.
- Coniferous forest noise - so is approaching thaw.
- Agrimony straightened their spines - will be foul weather.
- Flowers and vines closed buds - it will rain.
- was a starry night - it is possible to sow peas.
- strong smell of meadow flowers and grasses - expect heavy rain.
- Violet bent its stem - will soon rain.
- If thawed patch appeared mold - to an abundance of mushrooms.
- Dry grass in the morning, no condensation - to rain.
Signs of the clouds and the wind
forms clouds, changing wind - all bound weather and spring folk superstitions.For children a long time trying to make predictions rhymed - it helps you quickly memorize.They talked for a walk during fieldwork.Children allowed boats on streams and memorized signs.
- Clouds lambs run - bring heavy wind.
- Upwind cloud floats - attract rain, rain go.
- evening the wind is blowing - day storm puff.
- Cumulus cloud - burst lightning storm.
- saw rook - spring has come.
- as fog nabegut - rain in the summer will bring.
Signs in the sky
On the sky is always fun to watch.It is a bright sun and curly clouds, twinkling stars and a thin crescent.Signs associated with changes in the sky, were clues to what will be the next day, when it begins to rain or a thunderstorm breaks out.
- Red Dawn in the evening - rain approaching.If
- month horns lowered down - it will be warm.If it is red - to rain.If
- month originated in strong winds - so the whole month the wind will blow.
- At night you can see a little star - approaching storm.
- peoples of the new moon - next week the weather changed.
- If the month is visible in a light haze - prepare for bad weather.
- sun rose in the mist - the whole day will be windless, sultry.
- After heavy rain the sun bakes - the next day to be rain.
Signs of days of the month
Spring folk omens for each day are often based on religious holidays or pagan beliefs.In the old days it was convenient to do the calculations, based on the memorials.Therefore, the majority will relate to a specific number of months.
example, on Epiphany (January 19) to predict the weather in the summer.If the day is clear - summer is warm.
Evdokia-Plyushchikha (March 14).Frost on this day heralds a cool summer.Warm wind and snow or rain - rainy.
Fedot Vetronos (March 15).Snowdrifts or a strong wind - will be the first long grass.
Forty Martyrs (March 22).If this morning in frosty day, then another 40 days will be morning frosts.
Daria dirty prolubnitsy (April 1).Spring water turbulent and noisy - be the tall grass.Quiet and dull - green is withered, low.On this day, we woke up and began to play pranks brownies.
Vasily Sungrass (April 4).This day begins widespread melting of snow.
Annunciation (April 7).Warm friendly night heralds spring.The storm in the day - to an abundance of nuts.If the snow is still lying on the roof, and it will last in the field to Yegory (May 6).
Irina Urvi-shore (April 29).Cloudy day and clear quiet evening - the weather will hold for a long time.
St. Luke (May 5).In Luke seeded garden vegetables.
St. George's Day, Yuri's Day (May 6).Cattle grazing on the first green grass.
Jacob (May 13).A warm day with pouring rain - to a plentiful bread.
Arina-rassadnitsa (May 18).On this day the seedlings were planted in the ground.
Job-Goroshnikov (May 19).Abundant morning dew foreshadowed a rich harvest of cucumbers.
Nikolai (May 22).After that day was frosty 12 matinees.If they do not come, then transferred to the Semenov day (14 September).
Pahom (May 28).Warm day - to the warm summer.
Signs Children
spring weather omens for children simple and clear.They help the child to develop observation and curiosity.They are learning in families, kindergartens, schools.Weather lore for children composed a great many.Available in whole collections with national weather forecasting.
- Strong wind on Palm Sunday - the summer the wind wait.
- April wind - the June rain.
- bright moon in the sky - the weather is warm and good.
- Dog hiding in the heat - come the cold.
- cat licks itself - to be rain.
