A photo From open sources September is the first month of autumn. It would seem that still warm, but the evenings were already noticeably cool. This peasants month called “leaf fall” and “frown”. After all, it was during this period trees begin to shed yellowed and reddened leaves. What folk signs about the weather and other holidays and traditions were our ancestors in the time of Russia?
It is known that exactly in September the autumn day comes equinox – September 22. Also this month all ended reaping work and arranged feasts and holidays. Usually in the first autumn month, mushrooms began to grow in abundance, especially after frequent rains, and people collected them. Then, cooked, fried, canned, prepared pies and other dishes from the forest goodies.
People have some proverbs and sayings about September:
September birds hurries on the road;
September is the evening of the year;
In September, the leaf does not hold on the tree. Also among peasants there were many popular signs:
Yellow leaves appear untimely on the trees – to early fall.
Wet summers and warm autumn – for a long winter.
If weeds grow very high, there will be a lot of snow.
If the entrance to the wormhole is located north, then winter will be warm, south – cold, east – dry, west – wet.
So, see a brief calendar of all the holidays and customs of our ancestors for the whole month of September.
September 1 – Thekla Beetroot. Great value on this day they gave beets to vegetables. She attributed various forces: nutritional, diuretics, coolants, laxatives, and many others.
September 2 – Samoilov day. This day was considered purely masculine. in the afternoon. Therefore, today all things were done for the sake of the owners of the house.
September 3 – Thaddeus the Preacher. Thaddeus was usually cleaned linen.
September 4 – Agafon the Ogumnik. The peasants were guarded by the goblin. They are considered him an evil forest spirit.
September 5 – Loop Lingonberry. Today, people watched with cranes, if they were heading south, then winter will come this year early.
September 6 – Eutyches the Quiet. The peasants believed that if on Eutychia will be warm weather. So you could wait for the sun fall.
September 7th. Tit Fallfallen. The people on Titus went to the forest mushrooms. Accordingly, by evening, women prepared fresh dishes from freshly picked mushrooms.
September 8 – Ntalya Ovsyannitsa and Andriyan Osenny. From Fescue to Rus began mowing oats.
September 9 – Two Pimenas that day people went out to a tree with fruits of mountain ash, bowed to him and picked up red berries.
September 10 – Anna and Savva Skirdniki. Today the peasants praised harvest, arranging various holidays and feasts.
September 11 – Ivan Lenten. On this day, the people in Russia stuck to lean food. The peculiarity was that they did not eat nothing round.
September 12 – Alexander Sytnik. On this day, as a rule, peasants held feasts and invited guests.
September 13 – Kupriyan’s Day, Crane Veche. In Russia, people They said today that cranes are gathering in the swamp and they “advise” how best to fly to the south.
September 14 – Semin Day. Semin foreshadowed the beginning of the Indian summer, which also meant the beginning of the Indian works.
September 15 – Mammoth Day. The peasants today tried not to to drive cattle out of the yard, because then the animals could get sick.
September 16 – Domna the Noble. Peasants traditionally went to this day around the huts and collected all the junk, especially the old bast shoes.
September 17 – The Burning Kupina. Today, people in Russia betrayed meaning to fires, guarded by fire.
September 18 – Zachary and Elizabeth. Peasant girls in this day, as a rule, the fortune of their fate, how and who will be their narrowed and mumbled.
September 19 – Mikhailov Day. Peasant people, as usual Today they rested, it was forbidden to work, otherwise they believed that God will punish for any work on Mikhailov Day.
September 20 – Luke’s Day. The peasants gave meaning a healthy vegetable is onion. Many were made from it various dishes. It was also used as a medicine. from ailments.
September 21 – Malaya Prechistaya, Ospozhinki, Nativity of the Virgin. Ozpozhinki – harvest festival, which was celebrated throughout the upcoming week.
September 22 – Akim and Anna. This day peasants called day parturient woman.
September 23 – Peter and Pavel Ryabinniki. People living in Russia, today they collected mountain ash, which was considered already ripe in this period, and with a rather sweet taste.
September 24 – Fedorin’s evenings. Peasants today engaged cabbage. Chopped, fermented for the winter.
September 25 – Artamon Coil. After the spring coil (when snakes crawled out), all the bastards were hiding that day.
September 26 – Corniglia. The day is named after root crops. Today it was decided to clean them.
September 27 – Exaltation. On this day, peasants adhered to lean food. It was believed that then the seven sins would be forgiven.
September 28 – Nikita Gusyatnik. The hunters today had the last the day they could get wild goose since from that day they flew south.
September 29 – Efimia, Bird’s Bone. The people in this period caught birds, and calculated by bones, what will be the winter.
September 30 – Ecumenical women’s name days, Vera-Nadezhda-Lyuboy. IN this day the peasants believed, hoped and loved. Especially this one the holiday concerned women.
Mushrooms Birds
