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Fig, fig, fig tree - these are all names of the same plant, which we firmly associate with Mediterranean life. Anyone who has ever tasted fig fruits knows how delicious they are. But, in addition to their delicate sweet taste, they are also very beneficial for health. And here is an interesting detail: it turns out that figs are a completely unpretentious plant. In addition, it can be successfully grown on a plot in middle lane or in the house - in a container.

Quite often, even experienced summer residents face difficulties in growing tomato seedlings. 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 in an apartment ideal conditions for growing seedlings. 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 - a vegetarian salad of boiled and chilled, raw, pickled, salted, pickled vegetables and fruits. The name comes from a French sauce made from vinegar, 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 are sometimes subconsciously convinced 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 a long winter, this is good news. 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 take a very long time.

Breakfast toast with avocado and egg salad - great start 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 He 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 cutlets from chicken breast It’s easy to prepare with champignons according to 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 and onions will turn out amazing delicious cutlets, which will appeal to both children and adults. During mushroom season, try adding wild mushrooms to the minced meat.

September- means seventh. Among the ancient Romans it was the seventh calendar reform Julius Caesar, which took place in 46 BC, after which he became ninth, but did not change his name. And in Rus' this month was called “howler” (deer and elk roar during the rut), “veresen” (heather blooms), “gloomy”, “deciduous”, “golden summer”, “summer guide”. Time for boletus and milk mushrooms, saffron milk caps and white mushrooms. In September the forest is thinner and the birds' voices are quieter.

September- the blush of autumn.

The warmer September is, the later winter is.

In September there is one berry, and that one is a bitter rowan.

In September there is fire both in the field and in the hut.

Father September does not like to pamper.

In September, the fur coat trails behind the caftan.

September is cold, but full.

In September it is nicer during the day, but bad in the morning.

Signs of September:

Wet summer and warm autumn mean a long winter.

If the row of ripe oats suddenly turns green, autumn will be stormy.

A lot of acorns on an oak tree - for a fierce winter.

Friendly leaf fall - for a harsh winter.

If the cones on the spruce grow low, there will be early frosts, but if they are at the top, real cold will come at the end of winter.

There are a lot of rowan trees in the forest - autumn will be rainy.

A bountiful harvest of rowan promises a rainy and windy year ahead.

Rainy autumn, clear fall of oak and birch leaves, leaves from the trees turn upside down - for next year's harvest.

The appearance of mosquitoes in the fall means a mild winter.

If the hedgehog has made a hole at the edge of the forest, the winter will be warm; if in the depths of the thicket, expect severe frosts.

It will be a harsh spring if the birds fly away together.

September 1

Andrey Stratilat and Thekla. Noticeable warming.

The warm wind is dressed in a cobweb, bowing after the departed summer.

Stratilat's day has come - the oats have arrived.

Dig beets for Thekla.

A warm, southerly wind means a good oat harvest.

September 2

Day of the Prophet Samuel, beetroot.

Samuel the prophet himself prays to God for a man.

It's time to pull out the beets and carrots.

The beet-keeper is a slave for the girls.

September 3

Thaddeus Day. If this day is clear, you should expect the same weather for another four weeks.

Who is Thaddeus, own your happiness!

4 September

Day of Agathon the Ogumennik. The peasants were afraid of the devil and guarded the threshing floor at night so that he would not scatter the sheaves.

September 5

Lupa Lingonberry Day. First frost.

On St. Lupus the frost hits the oats.

Signs of this day:

If the lingonberries are ripe, you need to hurry up with the oat harvest.

If the cranes fly low and silently, it means bad weather.

6 September

Day of Eutyches.

It’s good if Eutyches is quiet, otherwise you won’t be able to keep the flaxseed on the root: everything will hatch completely.

September 7

Day of Titus and Bartholomew.

Titus, let's go threshing!

Listopadiik-Tit grows the last mushroom.

Titus is dragging the last mushroom in the basket - the most vigorous one, without a wormhole.

8 September

Natalia Fescue Day. It's time to mow oats, cook oatmeal jelly, bake pancakes.

If oats don't grow, you'll swallow tears.

Cold matinee for Natalia - for an early and cold winter.

If you don’t mow oats with Natalya, you’ll be exhausted to the point of tears.

9th of September

Anfisa's Day, fieldfare.

Birds are the first to feast on rowan berries.

Winter will be merciful to the peasant if there are a lot of berries left on the rowan tree.

10 September

Anna the Prophetess and Savva of Pskov, skirmishers. On this day, they hurried to put the uncultivated sheaves into stacks and glorified the harvest.

For a good owner, a haystack is as good as a haystack, but for a lazy owner, a haystack is as good as a haystack.

The cheerful inviting fairs began. On this day, Moses Murin was also revered, to whom they prayed for deliverance from drunkenness and craving for smoking.

South wind - to good health, north, east and west - to illness.

Strictly fast day:

Whoever fasts before the Beheading of John the Baptist - from poverty, scarcity and poor health will be preserved.

11 September

Day of Ivan Lenten (Day of the beheading of John the Baptist), Ivan Proletny. Everything round is prohibited - anything that might resemble a severed head (apples, potatoes, cabbage, etc.), knives are not taken into hand. Strict post.

They don’t eat round Ivan, they don’t cook cabbage soup.

A suitable day for harvesting medicinal roots. Autumn is getting closer:

Lenten Ivan came and took away the red summer.

No man leaves Lenten Ivan without a caftan.

Ivan the Lenten is the autumn pockmarked godfather.

Ivan the Baptist chases a bird across the sea far away.

If the cranes go to Kyiv, it means early winter.

Summer is red with work, and Ivan Proletok is red with goods.

On Lenten Day, collect tall roots.

12-th of September

Warm and starry - for a good future harvest.

September 13

Kupriyan Day.

It's time to harvest carrots and dig potatoes.

Potatoes are a sucker for bread.

Every root has its time.

September 14

Day of Simeon the Stylite, in the folk calendar - Semyon the Summer Conductor. In pre-Petrine Rus' (from the mid-14th century to 1700) it fell on September 1 and was considered the beginning of the New Year. This day was the deadline for paying state taxes and for appearing in court. Deadline for sowing rye and harvesting spring crops:

Seed-day - away with the seeds.

On Semyon Day, plow before lunch, and after lunch, wave at the plowman.

Housewives are preparing for winter: pickling cucumbers, collecting onions, preparing winter clothes for the whole family. The beginning of the “old Indian summer”:

Semyon spends the summer, will bring Indian summer.

Since Indian summer - women's holiday and women's worries.

If the first day of Indian summer is clear, then Indian summer will be warm. Indian summer is dry - autumn is wet.

It's warm on Semyon - warm all autumn.

It was believed that on this day it was time for three-year-old children to emerge from infancy, and for adults to start hunting:

For Semyon, tonsure the child, put him on a horse and go out into the field to catch.

After completing field work, the recruit boys walked in festive clothes until November: from Semenov Day to Guria (November 28) - wedding weeks. This day is also good for housewarming.

Snakes are very dangerous on this day; their bites are fatal. If an eel is swept out of the water into the grass, it means that it shakes into the grass dashingly. You can’t approach it, and picking it up means bringing it upon yourself great sorrow. You cannot walk on the grass near rivers.

September 15th

Mammoth Shepherd Day. To avoid misfortunes, it was customary to drive cattle out of the yard only after noon that day. Snakes are very dangerous - you should not walk barefoot, especially near water. The future can be determined by the water, by the way it flows.

16 of September

Vasilisa's Day. Housewives prepared flax and hemp for spinning.

Baba Vasilisa, in a hurry with flax, get ready for chatter and confusion.

Old, worn-out bast shoes, hung near the roof that day, protected the house “from the evil eye.”

September 17

Lukov day. It's time to dig up the onions. On this day they prayed for the protection of houses and livestock from fires.

September 18

Day of Elizabeth the Fortuneteller.

It is considered successful for predictions, since it was on this day that Saint Elizabeth predicted the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary.

It is very dangerous to disturb the water in rivers and lakes: on this day the water spirit Ichetik falls asleep. Whoever bothers him may drown next year.

September 19

Michaelmas. Cold snap - “Mi-khailovskie frosts”.

Mikhail grabbed the ground with frost.

On this day, the peasants did not work in the fields - it was a sin. At the same time, it was he who was considered the most suitable for solving all family problems.

Daylight hours are reduced:

The day has already shortened by five hours for Mikhail.

The third flight of swallows.

September 20

Day of the Martyr Sozont. Onion day, the day of taking herbal medicinal kvass, infusions, decoctions. The deadline for digging onions from the beds, the beginning of the onion trade.

Girls weave onions into their braids.

Onions are good both in battle and in cabbage soup.

Whoever eats onions, God will deliver him from eternal torment.

To prevent the entire onion crop from drying out, it was strictly forbidden to try onions until they were completely removed from the beds. Bundles of bulbs were hung throughout the house and around the necks of animals to protect them from pestilence. It was believed that it not only saves from all kinds of misfortune, but also purifies the air.

September 21

Aspas Day, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

To spend the day in wisdom and prayer is to find happiness.

Autumn, pockmarks, the second meeting of autumn.

Autumn has passed - say goodbye to warmth.

The end of every summer, a big holiday. The women met him at the water. Children walked around the yards and gave their owners small “autumn” sheaves. In their songs, they wished the owners well-being and called for a generous autumn.

Don't scold autumn

Don’t scold autumn -

Glorious autumn

Deciduous.

Donuts, flatbreads,

Pork feet

They sat in the oven,

They looked at us

They flew into the wallet -

Oseninschiki,

Slavilschiki!

On this day, it was customary to go to visit the newlyweds to look at their lives and teach wow. Relatives spent a whole week visiting each other's families. General feasts were arranged, after which the grandchildren stayed with their grandparents for a long time. Not easy family relationships sometimes they were sweetened with honey - on this day the beekeepers removed the bees from the apiaries and heartily treated all their loved ones with honey.

From that time on, the gatherings began.

September 22nd

Nikola autumn. Travel at night is stopped:

Nikola will fatten the spring horse, and drive the autumn horse into the yard.

Snakes are very dangerous. You cannot lift snakes and grass snakes above your eyes - you can get fainting, the evil eye, or damage. You cannot kill snakes - the snake kings will take revenge all year long.

Whoever confuses and tears branches invites snakes into the house.

23 September

Day of Peter and Paul - Fieldfare.

They collected rowan berries and decorated their homes with them. Day became equal to night.

Mountain ash is a frosty winter.

If there are few rowan trees in the forest, then autumn will be dry,

September 24

Fedora - wet your tails. Last farewell to summer. Autumn equinox, the beginning of rains and slush.

Under Fedora, summer ends and autumn begins.

Not every summer will make it to Fedora.

Autumn Fedoras tuck the hem, and winter ones (January 12) cover the snout with a scarf.

The grain growers nicknamed Fedora obdera, since it was by this time that they tried to kill the last remaining standing bread. All field work is coming to an end:

The Monk Fedora came, and amen to every cause.

On this day it was supposed to watch winter shoots.

September 25

Artamon Day. According to legend, on this day snakes go into the forest and hide. You can’t make noise - the snake will become uneasy and stay near the house. The noise also attracts witches - they bring evil to the house.

September 26

Day of Cornelius. All root vegetables, except turnips, must be dug up by this day:

Saint Cornelius - out of the ground with rhizomes!

It's a Corniglian day in the yard - every root is in its hole.

From Corniglia the root does not grow in the ground, but freezes.

September 27

Exaltation, third meeting of autumn, first frosts. The elements are ready to obey those people who spend this day in church. Last date for harvesting bread. The birds flocked to the south, the bear lay down in its den. On this day, the peasants were afraid of the devil and did not go into the forest. It's time to chop the cabbage.

The caftan and fur coat will move, the last cart will leave the field, the birds will fly away, and the cold will approach.

The erection of the caftan will slide off the shoulders, the sheepskin coat will be pulled on - winter is just around the corner.

The bird began to fly away to Vozdvizhenye.

On Vozdvizhenya, a good fellow has cabbage on the porch.

On this day, a humorous ritual of “funeral of a cockroach” was performed. They placed the “dead man” in a coffin cut from a turnip tuber and buried him in the garden, pretending to read:

Oh, little cockroach,

Yes, our father,

Yes, our falcon

Yes, how we bury you,

Yes, it’s like we’re burying it in the ground.

Oh, our cockroach is dead

A mound was placed on the “grave”, a cross was placed and it was decorated with a wreath. The cockroaches remaining in the house were lured outside:

Cockroach to cockroach, go bury the cockroach.

It was believed that such a ritual action would help get rid of cockroaches at least until next spring. Other insects were also buried if they became too annoying: flies, spiders, lice. This custom is common among all Slavic peoples.

September 28

Nikita the goose fly, reporez, Nikita the goose fly.

The geese are flying - they are dragging winter clothes on their tails, carrying snow on their noses.

The merman is furious, getting ready to sleep - he needs to be appeased with a goose. You cannot eat the bird yourself, otherwise the water bird will be harmful throughout the next year.

It's time to gather turnips and start shearing the sheep.

Turnips are meat, cut and eat!

September 29

Last date for swallows to fly away.

September 30th

Day of Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia, all-world women's name days. Read conspiracies for memory and understanding.

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, martyr, one of the disciples of the holy apostles Paul and John the Theologian.

Rain promises a sunny autumn and a solid harvest ahead.

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 - for fine days; settling on the roof of a house means bad weather.

Anyone born on Titus will find happiness only in adulthood; amber serves as his 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. We prepared oatmeal jelly with pancakes.

Morning frosts on Andriana mean an early cold winter.

An 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 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 its home in the thicket - the winter is expected to be harsh, the direction of the winter winds will be from the back side of the hole.

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. Prepared the home livestock 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.

There is heavy dew in the morning and evening - 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 run across the floor towards Burning, a hare runs through, a cuckoo flies 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.

Leaves that turn yellow ahead of schedule 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.

Lots of rowan trees for rowan trees - to 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 for a successful hunt if there is any prey that day, even a small one.

Trees with 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.

Eat a radish - 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 mean winter is coming.

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 leave native land Don't rush to the Guseflight - 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 - to a mild winter and early warmth, an easy existence;

thick - for severe 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.

Folk calendar of holidays and dates for September

September - leaf fall, spring, spring, howler (from the beginning of cold winds, rains), gloom ( sunny days becomes smaller and smaller), ruin (deer begin to roar), ruen, zhelten, zhovten (everything becomes covered in yellow).

September is the Golden Time. It is September that gives us the warm season of Indian Summer. In the old days exactly according to Indian summer Autumn weather was predicted. From September 22 to 23, the autumnal equinox occurs. It is at this time that our sun leaves the Northern Hemisphere for the Southern Hemisphere, i.e. crosses the equator. In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomical autumn is coming, which will last 90 days. In September there is a great variety of different jobs, both in the field and around the house. In the villages it was plowing and threshing, they dug up potatoes and various root crops, spread flax, prepared the barn for winter, and women were engaged in pickling vegetables. The end of the harvest falls on the days of Natalia and Adrian, this holiday is called Dezhen, Christian and pagan rituals: people from the field carried the last sheaf, with songs, which had to be placed in the house under the icon for a day. Then everyone sat down at a common table and ate dezhen - oatmeal, which was kneaded either with water or sour milk. Also, after finishing the grain harvest, a doll was made from straw, which was dressed in a bright red sundress, beads and various jewelry, and then this doll was carried around the village and singing. According to custom, September was divided into four “nominal” weeks - the first week is Semenovskaya, the second week is Mikhailovskaya, the third week is Nikitskaya, the fourth week is Dmitrievskaya. In the old days, the people adhered to the Orthodox faith and church canons and, following them, adapted their customs precisely to this. But September also marks two Christian holidays: the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and the Exaltation. September is full of holidays and almost all of them were dedicated to harvesting a new harvest - in the field, in the garden, in the forest, etc. September is also known for its first frosts - Luppovskie - on September 5 and Mikhailovskie - on September 19. In September there are also late thunderstorms - on September 14, which, according to legend, promise warm weather in the fall. September changes the color of trees, so in the second half of September leaf fall begins on maple, birch, oak, linden, etc.

Folk beliefs, signs, proverbs and sayings of September

• September is the evening of the year.
• In September it is cold, but satisfying.
• September without fruit is like winter without snow.
• If it's Indian Summer good weather, then the autumn will be wet, and if the Indian Summer is with bad weather, then the autumn will be dry.
• If there is a lot of netweed in Indian Summer, then this promises a clear, warm autumn and cold winter.
• If thunder roars in September, this promises a long and warm autumn.
• If the fogs are thick in the morning in September, this means the beginning of the mushroom season.
• If the rose hips are ripe, it means autumn has already arrived.
• The clouds in the sky have become cirrus, which means that soon the birds will fly to hot countries.
• The tit in September is calling for autumn to visit.
• In September there is only one berry - rowan.
• If there are a lot of acorns in September, it means the winter will be harsh.
• In the month of September, even the leaves on the trees do not stick.
• In September there is fire in both the house and the field.
• In September, the leaves become thinner and the birds sing more quietly.
• September has arrived and brought rain with it.
• Rain in September is a man's delight.
• In September, any seed from the spikelets floats.
• In September, people's bins and pockets are full.

Folk weather calendar and weather for September

Day of Andrei Stratilat - Teplyak and Thekla. Indian summer. Beginning of autumn.
If the wind blows from the south on this day, it meant that there would be a good harvest of oats. Father south, the wind has blown through the oats. The oats went quickly.
The stratilatus is ripe, which means the oats are ripe.

Day of Samoilin. Day of Samuel.
On Samoilin's day he prays to God for a man.

Thaddeus Day.
It was noted that if the weather was good that day, then there would be good weather for four weeks.

Day of Agathon the Ogumennik.
On the night of Agathon the Ogumennik, in the old days, people guarded their threshing floors, people wore sheepskin coats inside out, took a poker so that they could not approach the fence - On Agathon the Ogumennik, a goblin comes out of the forest into the fields, runs through the villages and villages and scatters sheaves over the threshing floors .
But, at the same time, if a person respected the goblin in some way, then the goblin could help the person that day.

Luppa-Lingonberry Day. Loop Lingonberry. Lingonberries and cranberries are ripening. Oats and flax are ripening.
If there is no morning frost (matinee) on this day, then September will be frost-free.
On St. Luppa's Day, frost begins to peel the oats. If you don’t collect oats now, you’ll soon swallow tears.
From this day on, morning frosts (morning frosts) began, which were harmful to flax, and therefore people were in a hurry to harvest oats and flax, precisely before this day.
Flax blooms for 2 weeks, ripens for 4 weeks, and at the 7th week the seed begins to fly.
If lingonberries ripen by this day, then people were in a hurry to harvest the oats.
It was noted that if on the day of Luppa the cranes pulled their wedges to the south, it meant the arrival of early winter.
We also watched the cranes fly - low - the winter will be warm, and if high - then the winter will be cold.
And if the cranes fly very low, and also quickly, and silently, then there will soon be bad weather.

Day of Eutyches.
If the day on Eutyches is calm and without wind, then the linseed seed will be on the vine.

Day of Saint Titus and Bartholomew. Titus Deciduous.
If Bartholomew came, it means that the grain should be sown on ashes.
Saint Titus the Deciduous Plant grows the last mushroom. Whoever gets up early on Titus will pick more mushrooms than other mushrooms, and whoever gets up late will only go for nettles.

Day of Natalia Ovsyanitsa and Andrian. Day of Pavel Ryabinnik.
If on this day there was a matinee (morning frosts), then this meant a cold and early winter.
On this day, oatmeal jelly is cooked and pancakes are baked.
The day of Natalia Ovsyanitsa has come, which means mushrooms have started to appear in the forest.
This day was dedicated to rowan. It was on this day that they began to collect rowan and viburnum. If there are a lot of rowan trees, it means there will be frost soon, and there will be a lot of rain in the fall.

Day of Anna and Savva Skirdnikov. Day of Anna the Prophetess. Day of Savva of Pskov.
On this day, they began to put sheaves and bread into storage bins and stacks, since the rains would soon begin.

Ivan Lenten Day. Ivan Poletny Day. Day of Ivan the Flyer. Ivan the Baptist Day. Saint John the Baptist Day. "Turnip" Festival. Turnip holiday.
On this day, they remember the soldiers who died on the battlefields.
Ivan Lent came and took the summer with him.
Ivan Lenten Day is the godfather of autumn.
Since Ivan's Day, a man doesn't even go out into the yard without a caftan.
On the day of Ivan the Baptist, the bird flies far away.
If the cranes flew south on Ivan the Baptist, it means there will be early winter.
Starting from the day of Ivan Lenten, they begin to harvest turnips.
The Turnip Festival was celebrated without songs, but there must be a lot of varied food on the table, which was then treated to the poor and poor.
On the day of Ivan Lenten, they began to collect various roots.
On this day it was impossible to sing, dance, and eat everything that had round shape. People observe strict fasting on this day. You cannot eat apples, cabbage, onions, anything that resembles a human head, and you cannot pick up a knife on this day.
From the day of Ivan Lent, the man welcomes autumn, and the woman begins her Indian summer.

Kupriyan Day.
On Kupriyanov day they begin to drip potatoes. Harvest carrots and beets.
Cranes fly to hot countries. On Kupriyan's day, the cranes gather in the swamp and decide which way to go warm countries fly.

Day of Simeon the Stylite. Day of the Seeds of the Summer Guide. Semyon Day. Martha's Day. The beginning of Indian Summer.
If on the day of Seeds of the Summer Conductor it is worth warm weather, then the winter will be warm.
If the south wind blows on the day of Seeds of the Letoprovod, then the winter will be warm.
Dry for the day Seeds of the Stylite, the autumn will be dry.
The geese have flown to Semyon, it will be early winter.
On the day of Sam the Stylite, snakes come ashore and walk three miles through meadows and fields.
If Martha's day is dirty and wet, then autumn will be the same.
On this day, sparrows cannot be seen, since the devil collects all the sparrows and decides how many to keep for himself and how many to release.
From this day on, the women began their holiday.
All spring crops had to be removed before the day of the Seeds of the Summer Guide; it was believed that if they were not removed, then the crop would die and the grain would fall to the ground. On Seeds, seeds fall out of the ears.
On the day of the Seeds of the Flyer, the last day of sowing rye.
After the Seeds of the Chronicler, it is a sin to sow bread.
You can plow Semyon before lunch, but not after lunch.
Starting from the day the seeds begin to crush and dry the flax.
They begin to drip potatoes onto the Seeds.
On Semyon, the gates are opened and cattle are allowed into the fields.
Cucumbers are pickled for Stylite Seeds.
In the old days, all contracts and transactions were completed on Seeds of the Flyer.
According to custom, when a boy turned four years old, it was customary to put him on a horse, in this way it was believed that the boy was emerging from infancy.
On Semenov's Day, children had their hair cut.
Festival of kennel hunters.
On this day, hunters began to hunt hares.
From this day the wedding weeks began.
Housewarming on this day will bring happiness and fun.
On the day of the Seeds of the Flyer, fleas, husbands, cockroaches and other domestic insects are buried so that there are no more in the house.

Day of the Mammoth Shepherd. Day of Fedot and Rufin.
On the day of Fedot and Rufin, you cannot drive out cattle in the morning; if you drove out the cattle, you would cause trouble.
In ancient times, mammoth began as the patron of goats and sheep.

Vasilisa's Day. Domna Day
Vasilisa has arrived, we must hurry with the flax.
On the day of Domna, women in the villages collected all sorts of junk from the house so that the autumn would be prosperous.

Lukov day. Our Lady of the Burning Bush.
It is the Burning Bush that protects the house from fires and lightning. On this day, people prayed to the Burning Bush to protect their houses, livestock, and barns from fires.
On Lukov Day, onion harvesting begins.
If there are a lot of peels on the onion, the winter will be cold.

Michaelmas matinees. Mikhailovsky frosts. Michael's Day.
The day becomes five hours shorter.
You cannot work on Michaelmas Day, otherwise God will punish you.
Remove the onions.

Sozont Day.
On this day, onions are harvested.
From this day on you can trade onions.

Nativity of the Virgin Mary. Autumn. Smallpox. Second meeting of spring. Passikov day. Apasov day.
From the day of Passikov, they begin to kill bees from apiaries.
Onion week has begun.
Ospozhinki - the harvest festival - begins. The larger the harvest, the longer the holiday will last (it can last almost a week). Visitors visited Ospozhinki.
The Nativity of the Virgin Mary, popularly known as the Little Most Pure One, means the end of summer.

Day of Peter Paul Rowan.
On Peter Paul's Day, rowan berries were picked with tassels and hung under the roof. It was definitely necessary to leave some berries on the tree for the birds.
There are a lot of rowan trees, there will be a lot of rain in the autumn, and the winter will be harsh; if there are few rowan trees, the autumn will be dry.
Rowan berries were harvested for rowan kvass.
Rowan on Pyotr Pavel Royabinnik becomes more tasty; it was at this time that rowan began to be collected for consumption.

Fyodor Obder's Day. Autumn equinox.
Not every summer will last until Fedora.
If the bee is entered into the entrance for the second time, then the autumn will be long.
The last bread that remains in the fields is wrapped around Fedora.
You can’t start new things with Fedora. To every business - Amen.
On Fedora, people go to the fields to watch the winter crops sprout.

Artamon's Day.
On the day of Artamon, every snake goes into the forest and hides until spring.

Day of Cornelius.
Since the day of Cornelius, the root no longer grows, but only dies.
Root vegetables are removed, everything except turnips.

Exaltation. The erection of the honest and life-giving cross of the Lord. Cabbage plants.
On Vozdvizhenye the last haystack is removed from the field.
On Vozdvizhenie the sheepskin coat shifts from the caftan.
On Vozdvizhenie, birds fly away to warmer climes.
On Vozdvizhenye the bear goes into hibernation.
If geese fly high on Vozdvizhenye, there will be a large flood, and if they fly low, then low water.
Snakes go into hibernation.
Starting from Vozdvizhenye they begin to chop cabbage.
You can’t go into the forest on Exaltation Day.
On this day you cannot start any important business.
On this day it is customary to make pies with cabbage.
Kastniks (evening gatherings) begin and last two weeks.

Day of Nikita Guseprolet. Hussar Day. Goose Day. Recut.
Starting from this day, they begin to cut turnips.
There must be turnips on the table on this day. They prepared dishes from turnips.
On Goose Day, the geese begin to be beaten.
On this day, wild geese begin to fly away to warmer regions. The geese are flying, with winter on their tail.

The ninth month of 2018 has arrived and the first month of autumn - September. The Russian folk calendar has many customs, rituals and signs associated with this month.

September is gloomy. Name and symbolism of the month

Russian folk calendar. Ancient and modern name months.

September is called by poets the evening of the year. But this time has its own unique feature: clarity of distance. The transparent air seems to expand the horizon, revealing a distant view of the surrounding area. Autumn is clearer than summer.

Asters, gladioli, and nasturtiums are blooming in the gardens. Lush dahlias droop and wither. When you see them, Fetov’s lines involuntarily come to mind: “September has died, and the dahlias have been scorched by the breath of the night.” The nights are still warm, but the autumn freshness is destructive for flowers.

The Old Russian name for September - “ruen” - was associated with the yellow color of autumn, “howler” - with rain and bad weather, “ruin” - with the rut, the roar of deer, “gloomen” - with extinction sunlight, gloomy sky and early twilight.

The current name for September comes from the Latin "septimus", meaning "seventh". In the ancient Roman calendar, it was the seventh month (March was considered the first). And although astronomical autumn begins on September 23, the day of the autumnal equinox, the activity of all living things has now noticeably weakened. A “lush decline of nature” sets in. The day has noticeably waned. The sun seems to be “moving down the mountain.”

IN Ancient Rus' The first day of September, according to the old style, was the first meeting of autumn and was popularly called the summer guide - farewell to summer. From this day the so-called Indian summer began. It lasted, according to some estimates, one week, according to others - two. The fact is that our ancestors celebrated autumn three times. On the first of September is the first holiday of the meeting of autumn or the first autumn, on the eighth - the second, and the third autumn - on September 14, on the Exaltation (shift), when “the grain moved from the fields, and the birds took flight.”

September calendar

Zhukovsky Stanislav Yulianovich (1873-1944). Clear autumn. Indian summer. 1899

September 1. Day of Andrew Stratelates. Andrey Teplyak. Indian summer. Beginning of autumn. According to the modern calendar, September opens with the day of Stratilates Teplyak. Teplyak holds on, bows after the departed summer.

September 3. Thaddeus Day. It was customary to remove flax on Thaddeus. Lie down, my little lenok, white and soft, do not be afraid of the wind, nor the whirlwind, nor the frequent rain, nor the red sun.

4 September. Day of Agathon the Ogumennik. On this day, the goblin comes out of the forest into the fields, runs through villages and villages and scatters sheaves across the threshing floors.

September 5. Luppa Lingonberry Day. The first frosts are “Luppovskie”. On Luppa - the oats are crushed by frost. Once the lingonberries have ripened, the oats have “returned” (arrived). The first frosts, if at this time the cranes are moving south, it is early winter.

6 September. Day of Eutyches. A quiet and windless day on Eutyches foreshadowed good flaxseed on the vine.

September 7. Day of Titus the Deciduous. Bartholomew's Day. Bartholomew has come, they will sow the crops into ashes. Titus the Listopadnik grows the last mushroom. Whoever gets up early on Titus will pick more mushrooms than other mushrooms, and whoever gets up late will only go for nettles.

8 September. Day of Natalia Ovsyanitsa and Andrian. Oats are cut on Natalya Ovsyanitsa. “If oats don’t grow, you’ll swallow tears,” the peasant said. At the same time, the autumn Petro-Paul Rowanberry was celebrated. They picked rowan berries and hung them under the roof with tassels so that they would freeze, wither, and accumulate sugar. Part of the rowan tree was prudently left on the bush - for the rowan thrushes, red-throated bullfinches and any other bird sister-brother.

9th of September. Day of Pimen the Great and Pimen of Palestine. On Pimen, peasants came out to bow to the mountain ash and pick berries. On this day, rowan berries were brewed with tea, jam was made from it, and stored for the winter.

10 September. Day of Anna and Savva Skirdnikov. The rains would soon begin, so on this day they began to stack the sheaves in stacks.

11 September. Ivan Lenten Day. Lenten Ivan is the godfather of autumn. A man doesn't leave Lenten Ivan without a caftan. After Ivan, they begin to pull root vegetables (except turnips) and dig up potatoes. Every root has its time.

12-th of September. Day of Alexander Sytnik. On his day, it was customary to set rich tables, gather guests, and arrange feasts.

September 13. Day of Cyprian or Kupriyan. On Kupriyan, cranes gather in the swamp and hold advice: how to fly south, when to go, which path to choose.

September 14. Day of the Seeds of the Stylite or Summer Guide. First meeting of autumn. In pre-Petrine Rus', the New Year began on September 1 (14), on Semyon Day. That is why the peasant clerk timed the completion of many summer works and the last sowing of rye to coincide with this date. Those who did not harvest the grain are considered lost: the grain fell to the ground. On Semyon Day, before lunch, Sey Pasha, and after lunch, wave at the plowman. By this time, fine warm days often set in - Indian summer. According to old notes, it lasts only a week - from September 14 to 21. The sun is hot, the azure vault of the sky is clean and clear, it seems that summer has inadvertently returned. If the first day of Indian summer is clear, then autumn will be warm. Indian summer is stormy - autumn is dry. There is a lot of shade in Semenov autumn - the autumn is long and clear. Sometimes Semyon was known as a goose guide, escorting wild geese to hot countries. But in general, this period for the departure of geese is too early. If the goose flies away at such a time, they expect an early winter. Once upon a time, a fly funeral was held on Semyon Day. The wrapped flies were buried in the ground. Girls performed this ritual, singing and wearing festive dresses. And the guys, of course, spied on them, choosing a mate for themselves.

September 15th. Day of the Mammoth Shepherd - the patron saint of goats and sheep. Day of Fedot and Rufina. Don’t drive your cattle to Fedota and Rufinn. They drove out the cattle and caused trouble.

Savrasov Alexey Kondratyevich (1830-1897). Autumn. 1871

16 of September. Day of the Blast Furnace. They were in a hurry to remove the flax before the onset of heavy rains and cold.

September 17. Burning bush. Holiday icons Mother of God“Burning Bush”, which was considered a protector from fire and lightning.

September 18. Day of Zechariah and Elizabeth. The girls wondered about their betrothed, trying to find out their fate.

September 19. Michael's Day. The day becomes five hours shorter. You can’t work for Mikhail - God will punish you. The first frosts were beginning. Mikhail grabbed it with frost. Indeed, the Mikhailovsky matinees are captivating!

September 20. Luke's Day. On this day, onions were harvested: nigella and sets - for seeds, and turnips or “onions of the second earth” - for the table. Yaroslavl gardeners who raised ridges near Rostov the Great were once reputed to be miracle workers of onions. These craftsmen developed an excellent variety of onions, “bubby”, the glory of which has not faded to this day. Already in those early years, the medicinal properties of onions were known. Onions and baths rule everything.

September 21. Nativity of the Virgin Mary. Autumn, the second meeting of autumn. In the morning the air is fresh and chilly. There is deep dew on the grass. The sun rises as if reluctantly, dejectedly. By noon it will barely reach a height of 34 degrees, but in summer solstice rose 57 degrees. That is why the days have shortened by 5 hours and the heat supplied is half as much. Indian summer showed off, pampered us with warmth and moved away. Soon after, the milestone date passed - the autumn equinox. This moment is considered the astronomical beginning of autumn. It's raining. September precipitation is beneficial for gardens and winter crops. They are also useful for spring wedge. Interestingly, at the March and September equinoxes, the Sun sends the same amount of heat to the Earth. But our March is much colder than September.

September 22nd. Day of Akim and Anna. Mother's Day. Young mothers were congratulated and midwives were honored. They baked pies, cooked porridge and invited women to a feast.

23 September. Day of Peter and Pavel Royabinnik. On this day, rowan berries were picked and hung under the roof. Rowan kvass was made from rowan berries. They also tried to judge the future weather from it. A lot of rowan - there will be a lot of rain, and the winter will be harsh. Not enough rowan - autumn will be dry.

September 24. Fedora Day, every summer ends. Not every summer will last until Fedora. The weather has changed, rain and slush prevail. Two Fedoras a year: autumn and winter, one with mud, the other with cold. Autumn Fedoras tuck the hem, and winter Fedoras cover the snout with a scarf.

September 25. Day of Artamon the Serpentine. On this day, every snake goes into the forest and hides until spring.

September 26. Day of Cornelius. It was believed that from this day on the root would no longer grow. The cornelian root does not grow in the ground, but freezes.

September 27. Exaltation, the third meeting of autumn. First winters. The shift will move the heat, and the cold will push in. The rise is moving towards winter. Exaltation - the last cart moved from the field, and the bird took flight. From this day on, the bear lies in a den. Potapych got fat, tasted the laxative buckthorn roots, cleared his stomach and went to the den. The snakes, huddled together in balls, hid under rotten stumps and hibernated. During the Exaltation, not a snake or reptile moves on the earth. On Vozdvizhenie the first lady is cabbage (cabbage is cut down). Carts with tight heads of cabbage and ripe vegetables are pulled from the fields. On this occasion, young people started a party - “cabbage party”. They pull the turnips, cut off the tops and roots: “Don’t sleep, woman, it’s a day for cutting.” The riddle says about turnips like this: “Crumbs into the ground - cakes from the ground.” They ate turnips steamed, boiled (in stews and porridges), dried and just like that.

September 28. Day of Nikita Gusyatnik - flight of goose, hussar. The geese are flying, dragging the winter bird on their tail. Sheep were sheared for “hussar”. Before the big cold weather, they will have time to grow new wool, and the removed wool, coated with fat, will be used for felt boots, woolen boots, and cloth. In winter, you can’t go out the door in bast shoes without cloth. Last days September announced the clicks and departing geese and cranes. The birds cannot calmly fly away from the cute side. “The road with a wheel, the road with a wheel!” Come back in the spring!”

September 29. Euphemia Day. Bird bone. They used the bones of the birds to guess what the winter would be like.

September 30th. Day of Sofia, Faith, Hope and Love. All-world women's name days. On this day, many girls and women celebrated their name days, so over time they began to celebrate the Ecumenical Women's Name Days. All women were congratulated on him.

Nature in September

Grabar Igor Emmanuilovich (1871-1960). Pock. 1915

Golden time! Clear light blue sky. The air became clearer. The dust was brought down by the rains. Flower pollen is not carried by the wind. “Autumn is clearer than summer,” says a popular sign. And at this time the distances open up more widely, and all the objects around us are seen clearly, as if you are looking through a magic glass.

September in many places is the driest month of autumn. Less than 10 percent of the annual precipitation falls in 30 days. In the calm against the sun it is warm, or even hot, but in the shade it is cool. On some cloudy and windy days it is even cold. There are fogs in the morning. The water in the rivers has cleared, cooled down and does not have time to warm up during the day.

A short but wonderful time... The days of return of warmth and sunny weather are coming. “The whole day is like crystal,” said F. Tyutchev. Against the backdrop of a gilded autumn landscape there is warmth and silence. In the silent air above the field, as if in water, a thin silky strand with traveling spiders floats. People called this time “Indian summer.”

In September, the regrowth is still growing in the southern meadows. It pleases the eye with fresh, lush greenery, among which flowering plants are occasionally found. During haymaking, autumn kulbaba, umbelliferous hawkweed, flagellum root, and pulmonary gentian were in the stage of basal rosette of leaves. That's why they bloomed only in August. And clovers, peas, and many meadow grasses bloom a second time due to shoots formed from the buds.

At this time, violets, cornflowers, and golden buttercups bloom again among the withered grasses that are ready for dormancy. Toward the end of Indian summer, fruit trees sometimes bloom.

But flowering plants still not enough. They only evoke sadness for the past summer. But the tillering of meadow and steppe grasses is in full swing. On growing short shoots of grasses, a new one quickly forms. root system. U forest trees and many shrubs also actively grow roots in September.

Autumn imperceptibly, as if stealthily, enters the forest and field. The further away you go, the more yellow leaves appear on the trees and bushes, and some have already completely fallen off. One of the first to “undress” is the thorn, and dark purple, round fruits with a bluish bloom hang from its branches on strong stalks.

All the colors of the rainbow play in the autumn artist’s palette. Maple and mountain ash are blazing with fire. Aspen in a solemn porphyry outfit. On one tree you can find yellow, orange, red, purple leaves. No one has yet unraveled this secret of nature. It is only known that daylight and cold contribute to the formation of substances in the leaves that give rise to the magical colors of the forest, and the green pigment - chlorophyll - is destroyed.

The autumn landscapes are captivating. Isn’t that why nature most often attracts artists with the richness of its palette in autumn?

The animals replenish their reserves for the winter. Forest mice They pull hazel nuts, acorns, rose hips and hawthorn into the holes. The slender roe deer have an autumn wedding. In the middle of the field, somewhere under bushes or in thickets of weeds, hares bear offspring.

The clear days of early autumn are permeated with sunshine and the aroma of late flowers and apples. And although the fields have already been mown, the good smell of bread lingers for a long time. Majestic golden autumn! It is never sad, because it is filled with the fruits of human labor.

Weather in September

Grabar Igor Emmanuilovich (1871-1960). Autumn. Rowan and birch trees, 1924

Autumn creeps up at first, quiet and gentle, with a bouquet of azure heliotrope near the flower garden, with a juicy apple in the garden.

Summer, having pleased us with the grace of the sun, retained its majestic beauty and strength until the calendar autumn. True to the season, at the end of the season it was protected from possible frosts at this time by warm showers from the south.

The entire width of the Russian Plain - from the Black Sea to the White Sea - began to rustle with spores. In Moscow, for example, about 40 millimeters of precipitation fell per day - half for a normal August. In Belarus and some other places, the sky gave out the monthly moisture norm in one gulp. And the greater its current reserves, the higher the “heat capacity of the earth.” The more difficult it is for the North to change the weather regime.

September is a turning point in her character, a steep one in her choice of maneuver. It is never warmer than its predecessor; most often it reduces the average daily air temperature in the Moscow region by a third - to 10-11 degrees.

Of all the seasons known to us, the first autumn of 1938 turned out to be especially radiant in the Moscow region. Then September continued the hot summer. And although it significantly weakened the heat, it still retained almost June temperatures - almost 15 degrees. September of the previous year, 1937, gained just a degree less. The absolute maximum of the month is surprisingly high: on September 3, 1890, thermometers showed 32.3 degrees in Moscow.

However, it is no coincidence that September in Rus' was called gloomy. Behind the fleeting brilliance of the sun, gloomy bad weather often set in, and relentless rain poured down.

“The whole autumn was rainy,” we read in the Novgorod Chronicle for 1143, “... and there was water, very much in Volkhov.” “That autumn, heavy rains began, both day and night: from August 15 almost until mid-October,” it is said about 1228.

It happened that winter began almost immediately after summer. “On September 5-9 it rained incessantly, then snow fell, and there were frosts and severe cold,” it is written about 1389. A similar thing was noted in 1421: “In September there were very coldy, on the 15th day of the same month snow fell, which fell for two days and two nights.”

The autumns of recent decades are much more favorable than in those distant seasons. The coldest Septembers remained in the last century: in 1884, the average monthly temperature was only 8 degrees, and in 1894 - 7.3 degrees. And the absolute minimum date is quite far from us: on September 29, 1881, thermometers showed minus 8.5 degrees in Moscow.

So, with all the current weather conditions, we cannot complain about it. Nowadays, only a third of the first autumn days are cloudy. The sun shines on average 140 hours per month. Meteorologists noticed that in some areas of the central zone in September it became somewhat warmer than before, and to the north - a little cooler. This subtle contrast can manifest itself in increased confrontation between air fronts as the seasons change.

But, judging by the nature of the past summer, autumn will give us its sunny wonder, although it does not promise long-term warmth.

It turns out that the great poets who shrewdly favored autumn were right. Let us remember A. Pushkin: “And every autumn I bloom again.” Or N. Nekrasova: “Glorious autumn! Healthy, vigorous air invigorates tired forces...” And this is also the wonder of the first autumn. Wise nature instills in us charges of health and increased vitality.

September signs

Myasoedov Grigory Grigorievich (1834-1911). Autumn morning. 1893

A characteristic sign of September is the ripening of fruits of wild trees and shrubs. crumble on forest floor hazel nuts and oak acorns, winged seeds of birch, maple and ash scatter. In the south of the country, the collection of real pistachio nuts and walnut, sea buckthorn fruits are ripening. In the middle zone, the fruits of thorns, rose hips, forest pears and apple trees, rowan, and viburnum ripen. Mass harvesting of cranberries begins in the swamps. Reaches a fascinating zenith mushroom hunting, and mushroom pickers will spread the tenacious fruits of string, burdock, and cocklebur.

Another sign of September is the autumn coloring of leaves, the beginning of massive leaf fall of trees and shrubs. The leaves of the birch trees turn yellow and begin to fall first, later the maples and aspens are touched with crimson, and now autumn has decorated the forests “in crimson and gold.”

It was believed that the drier and warmer September remained, the later winter would come.

If the weather is good during the Indian Summer, then the autumn will be wet, and if the Indian Summer is with bad weather, then the autumn will be dry.

If there is a lot of grass during Indian Summer, then this promises a clear, warm autumn and a cold winter.

If thunder roars in September, this promises a long and warm autumn.

If the fogs are thick in the morning in September, this means the beginning of the mushroom season.

If the rose hips are ripe, it means autumn has already arrived.

The clouds in the sky have become cirrus, which means that soon the birds will fly to hot countries.

If there are a lot of acorns in September, it means the winter will be harsh.

People say. Proverbs and sayings of September

Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich (1832-1898). Autumn forest. 1876

September is the evening of the year.

September is a dawn, gloomy, cold and blue...

In September it is cold, but satisfying.

September without fruit is like winter without snow.

The tit calls autumn for a visit in September.

In September there is only one berry - rowan.

In the month of September, even the leaves on the trees do not stick.

In September there is fire in both the house and the field.

In September, the leaves become thinner and the birds sing more quietly.

September has arrived and brought rain with it.

Rain in September is a man's delight.

In September, any seed from the spikelets floats.

In September, people's bins and pockets are full.

September customs and traditions

Volkov Efim Efimovich (1844-1920). Gold autumn. Quiet river (Forest landscape with a river). 1893

September sees off the red summer, welcomes the golden autumn. For a long time in Rus', one of the days of the month was dedicated to the mountain ash - celebrated by the “rowaners”. On this day, the berry was considered the birthday girl - it became sweet. Its harvest has long been used to predict the weather not only for autumn, but also for the next winter. A bountiful harvest means severe frosts.

The “first lady” - cabbage - was also considered the birthday girl in September. And in the middle of the month the “holiday of sharp pitchforks” was celebrated. Now they “don’t throw coins and don’t raise layers, they don’t rush to work, they lie quietly in vain.” It was necessary to carefully prepare for these holidays. Folk month-speakers recommended tidying up the house, washing the floors, decorating the hut with colorful rugs...

A kind of holiday began with Indian summer. From the third autumn it was time for “cabbage parties”, which lasted two weeks. All this took place in the light of splinters on long autumn evenings. Girls and women chopped cabbage and sang, spun and joked. Apparently, this is where the name of the special period at the beginning of autumn came from - “Indian summer”. Summer has passed, but the dull autumn season has not yet arrived.

Autumn holidays are also celebrated in other countries.

In Japan, a chrysanthemum festival is held in September. Switzerland celebrates the festival of flowers and grapes. Decorated chariots take part in the ceremonial procession. In the north of Scotland, a sports festival has been held annually for 650 years. On the first Saturday in September, men, and for some time now also women, compete in various sports. A large number of spectators are gathered by the spores of throwers... of a heavy log and a kind of “hammer”, which is a stone or an iron ball with a wooden handle.

The first was called differently among the people autumn month- Veresen (for the time of heather flowering), Ruen, Rust ("yellow"), Howler, Raincall, Gloom (for the first autumn bad weather), Grandson of July (for warm days), Evening of the year - bringing an emotional note to each nickname. Many omens are associated with this month, and many holidays fall within its share.

On Thaddeus (September 3) the weather was noted. It was believed that a clear, sunny day foreshadowed good weather for another four weeks.

On Agathon the Bean Man (September 4) they protected themselves from the leprosy of the devil. According to legend, a goblin gets out of the forest at night, walks around the villages, plays pranks - scatters and spoils the peasants' supplies for the winter. To prevent this, they drew a poker in a circle around the cellar, barn, etc., and read special spells and prayers. And at night, men in sheepskin coats inside out, with pokers in their hands, went to guard the threshing floor. In some areas they tried to appease the bean goose, leaving pies for him in the barn and chopping up the rooster.

September 8 – Natalya the fescue. Usually, oat harvesting ended on this day. In the evening, folk festivals and tea parties were held. They always prepared a treat - oatmeal jelly, pancakes, oatmeal cookies.

On Kupriyan (September 13), the root crop harvest began and potatoes were dug. It was believed that on this day the cranes hold a bird show to find out who has the stronger wings and the sharpest eyes. A person born on September 13 is initiated into the secrets of the crane, knows how to find bird's nests and will never fall under the power of the light that fools people lost in the swamps.

September 14 – Semyon the Summer Guide, Simeon the Stylite, Semyon’s Day. This day marked the end of summer. Autumn round dances and bride viewings began with it.

In many villages, on Semyon the Summer Guide, it was customary to organize a “funeral for flies” (cockroaches, mosquitoes, fleas and other “evil spirits” that plague peasants in their huts). It looked like this: The girls carved small coffins from carrots or turnips. They put caught flies in them, closed them and in a solemn procession, sometimes with crying and lamentations, they carried the coffins with flies out of the hut in order to bury them in the ground. At this time, someone had to use a towel to drive the flies out of the rooms, saying, “Fly, flies, bury the flies!” In some places, pants were used to drive out flies instead of a towel, in the full confidence that this was a more effective remedy, after which the flies would never return to the hut.

On this day, a renewal of “heavenly fire” occurs in a person’s heart, indicating the path to happiness. In the evening all the lights in the house were extinguished (before sunset), and with the appearance of the first star they lit candles and prayed.

On the Burning Bush (September 17) they prayed for the protection of their property (house, livestock) from fire and lightning. Mass harvesting of onions began. Even on this day, it was customary to walk around haystacks, piercing them with a pitchfork, in order to rid the cattle of the “shakers” that had gotten into the hay. Sometimes the peasants could hear groans, and it was as if something was shaking away from the pitchforks. This is Kumoha - devilry, under the guise of a thin, emaciated wanderer, appearing to people and sending troubles to those who, out of pity, give her bread or water. Special rituals were used to expel her from the village.

September 21 – Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this day, they were sure to visit their parents and remember all the deceased. On September 21, the time for weddings began in the villages. It was customary to burn old things and shoes on this day. To get rid of diseases, amulets were prepared. Children were sprinkled with water on the doorstep of the house to ward off the evil eye. To protect against damage, onions and garlic were hung in the rooms, and bast shoes were hung under the roof of the house.

September 30th. All-world women's name days. Day of remembrance of the martyrs Vera, Nadezhda, Lyubov and their mother Sophia. One of those rare days of the year when it is believed that tears are lucky. In the morning they were supposed to cry out all the problems and misfortunes for the whole year, and in the evening they had to have a get-together and celebrate the girls' holiday.

The astronomical beginning of autumn is September 22 (23) - the day of the autumnal equinox, the end is December 21 (22) - the day winter solstice. Forecasters and agronomists consider the beginning of autumn to begin with the period of stable transition of the average daily air temperature below 10 °C - on average from September 15. Phenologists attribute the beginning of autumn to the time of the first frosts and the beginning of leaf fall - August 26, the end is associated with the establishment of a solid snow cover. The first to start dropping leaves are linden, birch, elm, bird cherry, and aspen.

Consists of four phenological seasons.

The coming autumn was judged as follows:

• If ripe oats turn green the next time, autumn will be stormy.
• Yellow leaves appear on the trees untimely - by early autumn.
• If there are few webs, wild geese land, and starlings do not fly away, the autumn will be long and dry. ( Tenitnik - small spiders flying on a web)
• A lot of shading in the Indian summer - for a clear autumn and cold winter.
• The web spreads over the plants - to warmth.
• Autumn nettnik - for clear weather, on a bucket.
• There are a lot of rowan trees in the forest - autumn will be rainy, but if there are few - dry.
• If the cranes fly high, slowly, and “talk,” it will be a good autumn.
• Until the leaves fall from the cherries, no matter how much snow falls, the thaw will drive it away.

Lots of rain:

• Autumn is coming and the rain is coming with it.
• Spring rain from a cloud, autumn rain from an ash tree.
• Spring rain grows, autumn rain rots.
• Spring rain soars, and in autumn it wets.

By the signs of autumn they judged winter:

• Wet summer and warm autumn mean a long winter.
• A lot of acorns on an oak tree - for a fierce winter.
• If a leaf does not fall cleanly from a tree, there will be a cold winter.
• If the leaves fall soon, we should expect a cool winter.
• Late leaf fall means a harsh and long winter.
• It will be a severe winter if the birds fly away together.
• In autumn, birds fly low for a cold winter, high for a warm winter.
• Large ant heaps from autumn - to harsh winter.
• The appearance of mosquitoes in late autumn means a mild winter.
• If the squirrel moulted cleanly before the Intercession (October 14), then the winter will be good.
• Moles and mice make large reserves - for a harsh and snowy winter.
• If a mouse makes a nest in flax, then there will be heavy snow in winter.
• If mice open holes on the warm side (south), then the winter will be harsh.
• Chickens begin to molt early in the fall - leading to a warm winter.
• In the fall, bees close the entrance tightly with wax - for a cold winter, leave it open - for a warm winter.

September

For the ancient Romans, September was the seventh month of the year and was called septem, which means seven. After the calendar reform carried out by Julius Caesar in 46 BC. e., September became the ninth month, but did not change its name.

The Old Russian name for September is howler (from the roar during the rutting of elk and deer). Another nickname is heather (heather blooms at this time). In the Ukrainian, Belarusian and Polish languages, September is still called Veresen. People call this month differently: deciduous month, golden flower, autumn blush, evening of the year, gloom (early onset of twilight).

The average air temperature is 10°, with fluctuations from 32° (1890) to minus 8.5° (1881). An average September has 15 days with a temperature of 18°, five days of 15°, nine days of 11°, one day over 25°. In autumn, the fine summer season lasts about 40 days. The precipitation rate is 57 mm with fluctuations from 7 mm (1882) to 171 mm (1885).

In September there is Indian summer from September 14 to 21. The drier and warmer September is, the later winter will come.

September seasonal calendar

Folk proverbs and signs of September

• September is a stormy, gloomy month: cold and gloomy.
• In September, even a leaf does not stick to the tree.
• In September the forest is thinner and the birds' voices are quieter.
• In September there is only one berry, and that is a bitter rowan.
• In September, the fur coat trails behind the caftan.
• September is cold, father, but there is plenty to feed.
• In September, the earth dresses up in greenery.
• In September, the tit asks autumn to visit.
• September is the time of boletus, milk mushrooms, and saffron milk caps.
• Thunder in September foreshadows a warm autumn.
• A lot of cobwebs in Indian summer - for a clear autumn, for a cold winter.
• The leaves will fall soon - the winter will be cold.
• Until the leaves fall from the cherries, the fallen snow will melt.

Detailed folk calendar for September

• Father South let the wind blow on the oats.

September 5- Luppa-lingonberry day. The lingonberries are ripening, the flax is ripening, and serious frosts are setting in.

• When the lingonberries are ripe, the oats are “ripe” (ripe).

6 September- Eutychius day. The day should be quiet and windless, otherwise the flaxseed will fall off.

• Titus grows the last mushroom.
• Mushrooms are mushrooms, but threshing is not behind them, that’s why on this day they say: “Titus, he’s gone to thresh.”

8 September- Natalya the fescue, autumn Peter and Pavel the fieldfare. They are mowing oats: “If the oats don’t grow, you will be weary to tears.” They picked rowan trees and hung the brushes under the roof.

11 September- Ivan Lenten, pilot. The real summer finally ends and the Indian (old) summer begins - from September 12-14. On this day we did not eat skorom.

• Lenten Ivan came, took away the red summer.
• Lenten Ivan is the godfather of autumn.
• No man leaves Lenten Ivan without a caftan.
• Ivan the Baptist chases a bird across the sea far away.
• The day after Ivan (September 13), they begin to dig late potatoes.

• On Kupriyanov's Day, the cranes gather at the swamp to negotiate which way to fly to the warm waters.

September 14- Semyon the summer guide. First meeting of autumn. In pre-Petrine Rus', the New Year began on September 1 (September 14) on Semyon Day. The completion of many field works was timed to coincide with this day: “on Semyon-day before this pasha’s lunch, and after lunch, wave at the plowman.” If you don't remove the grain, you're considered lost. The beginning of the real (old) Indian summer. It lasts only one week - from September 14 to 21.

• Semyon the summer guide sees off the young Indian summer, and brings on the old one.
• On Semyon Day it is clear - Indian summer is warm.
• If the first day of Indian summer is clear, then autumn will be warm.
• Indian summer is stormy - autumn will be dry.
• During Semenov autumn there is a lot of grass - the autumn will be long and dry.
• Dry autumn, if it’s dry on Semyon day.

September 20- Lukov day. Second meeting of autumn. From this day onion trade began in the villages.

• Onion and bath rule everything.

September 24- Cornelius, Fedora. Every summer is over. From this day on, “the root does not grow in the ground, but freezes.”

September 27- Exaltation, third meeting of autumn. First winters. Cabbages are cut down. On the Exaltation, the first lady is cabbage. On this occasion, young people started a party - a skit party, and gatherings began in the villages.

• The shift will move the heat, and the cold will push in.
• Exaltation - the last cart moved from the field, and the bird took flight.
• Exaltation - the fur coat with the zipun moved. From this day on, the bear lies in a den, and the snakes hibernate.

• The women did not sleep on the cutting day.
• The geese are flying, dragging the winter bird on their tail.

September is the beginning of autumn. The trees are dressed in crimson, the birches and lindens are turning yellow, the aspens are turning red, and only the oak stands, covered with green, slightly browned leaves. After the first frost, usually in the second decade, leaf fall begins.

Plants continue to flower and fruits ripen. In aquatic plants - the formation of winter buds.

The grass is turning yellow, but chicory, field ash and tansy are still blooming, pansies and bindweed are still blooming in the fields.

There are boletus, milk mushrooms, honey mushrooms, porcini and other mushrooms. Nuts and acorns have fallen - a holiday for squirrels, jays, water rats, mice, who are preparing supplies for the winter; Bears, wild boars, and moose feast on them.

City swallows, ducks, and waders continue to migrate south. The osprey's migration to the south begins. In mid-September, the departure of curlews, lapwings, quails, and turukhtans. The departure of cranes is usually delayed until the first frost. High in the clear sky they are conducting training flights.

Used materials:

• V.D. Groshev. Calendar of the Russian farmer (Folk signs)

September - leaf fall, chestnut, spring, howler (from the beginning of cold winds, rains), gloom (sunny days are becoming less and less), ruin (deer begin to roar), ruen, yellow, zhovten (everything becomes covered in yellow).

September is the Golden Time. It is September that gives us the warm season of Indian Summer. In the old days, it was Indian summer that predicted autumn weather. From September 22 to 23, the autumnal equinox occurs. It is at this time that our sun leaves the Northern Hemisphere for the Southern Hemisphere, i.e. crosses the equator. In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomical autumn is coming, which will last 90 days. In September there is a great variety of different jobs, both in the field and around the house. In the villages it was plowing and threshing, they dug up potatoes and various root crops, spread flax, prepared the barn for winter, and women were engaged in pickling vegetables. The end of the harvest falls on the days of Natalia and Adrian, this holiday is called Dezhen, in this holiday Christian and pagan rituals converged: people from the field carried the last sheaf, with songs, which had to be placed in the house under the image for a day. Then everyone sat down at a common table and ate dezhen - oatmeal, which was kneaded either with water or sour milk. Also, after finishing the grain harvest, a doll was made from straw, which was dressed in a bright red sundress, beads and various jewelry, and then this doll was carried around the village and singing. According to custom, September was divided into four “nominal” weeks - the first week is Semenovskaya, the second week is Mikhailovskaya, the third week is Nikitskaya, the fourth week is Dmitrievskaya. In the old days, the people adhered to the Orthodox faith and church canons and, following them, adapted their customs precisely to this. But September also marks two Christian holidays: the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and the Exaltation. September is full of holidays and almost all of them were dedicated to harvesting a new harvest - in the field, in the garden, in the forest, etc. September is also known for its first frosts - Luppovskie - on September 5 and Mikhailovskie - on September 19. In September there are also late thunderstorms - on September 14, which, according to legend, promise warm weather in the fall. September changes the color of trees, so in the second half of September leaf fall begins on maple, birch, oak, linden, etc.

Folk beliefs, signs, proverbs and sayings of September

• September is the evening of the year.
• In September it is cold, but satisfying.
• September without fruit is like winter without snow.
• If the weather is good during the Indian Summer, then the autumn will be wet, and if the Indian Summer is with bad weather, then the autumn will be dry.
• If there is a lot of grass during Indian Summer, then this promises a clear, warm autumn and a cold winter.
• If thunder roars in September, this promises a long and warm autumn.
• If the fogs are thick in the morning in September, this means the beginning of the mushroom season.
• If the rose hips are ripe, it means autumn has already arrived.
• The clouds in the sky have become cirrus, which means that soon the birds will fly to hot countries.
• The tit in September is calling for autumn to visit.
• In September there is only one berry - rowan.
• If there are a lot of acorns in September, it means the winter will be harsh.
• In the month of September, even the leaves on the trees do not stick.
• In September there is fire in both the house and the field.
• In September, the leaves become thinner and the birds sing more quietly.
• September has arrived and brought rain with it.
• Rain in September is a man's delight.
• In September, any seed from the spikelets floats.
• In September, people's bins and pockets are full.

Folk weather calendar and weather for September

Day of Andrei Stratilat - Teplyak and Thekla. Indian summer. Beginning of autumn.
If the wind blows from the south on this day, it meant that there would be a good harvest of oats. Father south, the wind has blown through the oats. The oats went quickly.
The stratilatus is ripe, which means the oats are ripe.

Day of Samoilin. Day of Samuel.
On Samoilin's day he prays to God for a man.

Thaddeus Day.
It was noted that if the weather was good that day, then there would be good weather for four weeks.

Day of Agathon the Ogumennik.
On the night of Agathon the Ogumennik, in the old days, people guarded their threshing floors, people wore sheepskin coats inside out, took a poker so that they could not approach the fence - On Agathon the Ogumennik, a goblin comes out of the forest into the fields, runs through the villages and villages and scatters sheaves over the threshing floors .
But, at the same time, if a person respected the goblin in some way, then the goblin could help the person that day.

Luppa-Lingonberry Day. Loop Lingonberry. Lingonberries and cranberries are ripening. Oats and flax are ripening.
If there is no morning frost (matinee) on this day, then September will be frost-free.
On St. Luppa's Day, frost begins to peel the oats. If you don’t collect oats now, you’ll soon swallow tears.
From this day on, morning frosts (morning frosts) began, which were harmful to flax, and therefore people were in a hurry to harvest oats and flax, precisely before this day.
Flax blooms for 2 weeks, ripens for 4 weeks, and at the 7th week the seed begins to fly.
If lingonberries ripen by this day, then people were in a hurry to harvest the oats.
It was noted that if on the day of Luppa the cranes pulled their wedges to the south, it meant the arrival of early winter.
We also watched the cranes fly - low - the winter will be warm, and if high - then the winter will be cold.
And if the cranes fly very low, and also quickly, and silently, then there will soon be bad weather.

Day of Eutyches.
If the day on Eutyches is calm and without wind, then the linseed seed will be on the vine.

Day of Saint Titus and Bartholomew. Titus Deciduous.
If Bartholomew came, it means that the grain should be sown on ashes.
Saint Titus the Deciduous Plant grows the last mushroom. Whoever gets up early on Titus will pick more mushrooms than other mushrooms, and whoever gets up late will only go for nettles.

Day of Natalia Ovsyanitsa and Andrian. Day of Pavel Ryabinnik.
If on this day there was a matinee (morning frosts), then this meant a cold and early winter.
On this day, oatmeal jelly is cooked and pancakes are baked.
The day of Natalia Ovsyanitsa has come, which means mushrooms have started to appear in the forest.
This day was dedicated to rowan. It was on this day that they began to collect rowan and viburnum. If there are a lot of rowan trees, it means there will be frost soon, and there will be a lot of rain in the fall.

Day of Anna and Savva Skirdnikov. Day of Anna the Prophetess. Day of Savva of Pskov.
On this day, they began to put sheaves and bread into storage bins and stacks, since the rains would soon begin.

Ivan Lenten Day. Ivan Poletny Day. Day of Ivan the Flyer. Ivan the Baptist Day. Saint John the Baptist Day. "Turnip" Festival. Turnip holiday.
On this day, they remember the soldiers who died on the battlefields.
Ivan Lent came and took the summer with him.
Ivan Lenten Day is the godfather of autumn.
Since Ivan's Day, a man doesn't even go out into the yard without a caftan.
On the day of Ivan the Baptist, the bird flies far away.
If the cranes flew south on Ivan the Baptist, it means there will be early winter.
Starting from the day of Ivan Lenten, they begin to harvest turnips.
The Turnip Festival was celebrated without songs, but there must be a lot of varied food on the table, which was then treated to the poor and poor.
On the day of Ivan Lenten, they began to collect various roots.
On this day it was forbidden to sing, dance, or eat anything that was round in shape. People observe strict fasting on this day. You cannot eat apples, cabbage, onions, anything that resembles a human head, and you cannot pick up a knife on this day.
From the day of Ivan Lent, the man welcomes autumn, and the woman begins her Indian summer.

Kupriyan Day.
On Kupriyanov day they begin to drip potatoes. Harvest carrots and beets.
Cranes fly to hot countries. On Kupriyan's day, cranes gather in the swamp and decide which way to fly to warm countries.

Day of Simeon the Stylite. Day of the Seeds of the Summer Guide. Semyon Day. Martha's Day. The beginning of Indian Summer.
If the weather is warm on the day of the Seed of the Summer Guide, then the winter will be warm.
If the south wind blows on the day of Seeds of the Letoprovod, then the winter will be warm.
Dry for the day Seeds of the Stylite, the autumn will be dry.
The geese have flown to Semyon, it will be early winter.
On the day of Sam the Stylite, snakes come ashore and walk three miles through meadows and fields.
If Martha's day is dirty and wet, then autumn will be the same.
On this day, sparrows cannot be seen, since the devil collects all the sparrows and decides how many to keep for himself and how many to release.
From this day on, the women began their holiday.
All spring crops had to be removed before the day of the Seeds of the Summer Guide; it was believed that if they were not removed, then the crop would die and the grain would fall to the ground. On Seeds, seeds fall out of the ears.
On the day of the Seeds of the Flyer, the last day of sowing rye.
After the Seeds of the Chronicler, it is a sin to sow bread.
You can plow Semyon before lunch, but not after lunch.
Starting from the day the seeds begin to crush and dry the flax.
They begin to drip potatoes onto the Seeds.
On Semyon, the gates are opened and cattle are allowed into the fields.
Cucumbers are pickled for Stylite Seeds.
In the old days, all contracts and transactions were completed on Seeds of the Flyer.
According to custom, when a boy turned four years old, it was customary to put him on a horse, in this way it was believed that the boy was emerging from infancy.
On Semenov's Day, children had their hair cut.
Festival of kennel hunters.
On this day, hunters began to hunt hares.
From this day the wedding weeks began.
Housewarming on this day will bring happiness and fun.
On the day of the Seeds of the Flyer, fleas, husbands, cockroaches and other domestic insects are buried so that there are no more in the house.

Day of the Mammoth Shepherd. Day of Fedot and Rufin.
On the day of Fedot and Rufin, you cannot drive out cattle in the morning; if you drove out the cattle, you would cause trouble.
In ancient times, mammoth began as the patron of goats and sheep.

Vasilisa's Day. Domna Day
Vasilisa has arrived, we must hurry with the flax.
On the day of Domna, women in the villages collected all sorts of junk from the house so that the autumn would be prosperous.

Lukov day. Our Lady of the Burning Bush.
It is the Burning Bush that protects the house from fires and lightning. On this day, people prayed to the Burning Bush to protect their houses, livestock, and barns from fires.
On Lukov Day, onion harvesting begins.
If there are a lot of peels on the onion, the winter will be cold.

Michaelmas matinees. Mikhailovsky frosts. Michael's Day.
The day becomes five hours shorter.
You cannot work on Michaelmas Day, otherwise God will punish you.
Remove the onions.

Sozont Day.
On this day, onions are harvested.
From this day on you can trade onions.

Nativity of the Virgin Mary. Autumn. Smallpox. Second meeting of spring. Passikov day. Apasov day.
From the day of Passikov, they begin to kill bees from apiaries.
Onion week has begun.
Ospozhinki - the harvest festival - begins. The larger the harvest, the longer the holiday will last (it can last almost a week). Visitors visited Ospozhinki.
The Nativity of the Virgin Mary, popularly known as the Little Most Pure One, means the end of summer.

Day of Peter Paul Rowan.
On Peter Paul's Day, rowan berries were picked with tassels and hung under the roof. It was definitely necessary to leave some berries on the tree for the birds.
There are a lot of rowan trees, there will be a lot of rain in the autumn, and the winter will be harsh; if there are few rowan trees, the autumn will be dry.
Rowan berries were harvested for rowan kvass.
Rowan on Pyotr Pavel Royabinnik becomes more tasty; it was at this time that rowan began to be collected for consumption.

Fyodor Obder's Day. Autumn equinox.
Not every summer will last until Fedora.
If the bee is entered into the entrance for the second time, then the autumn will be long.
The last bread that remains in the fields is wrapped around Fedora.
You can’t start new things with Fedora. To every business - Amen.
On Fedora, people go to the fields to watch the winter crops sprout.

Artamon's Day.
On the day of Artamon, every snake goes into the forest and hides until spring.

Day of Cornelius.
Since the day of Cornelius, the root no longer grows, but only dies.
Root vegetables are removed, everything except turnips.

Exaltation. The erection of the honest and life-giving cross of the Lord. Cabbage plants.
On Vozdvizhenye the last haystack is removed from the field.
On Vozdvizhenie the sheepskin coat shifts from the caftan.
On Vozdvizhenie, birds fly away to warmer climes.
On Vozdvizhenye the bear goes into hibernation.
If geese fly high on Vozdvizhenye, there will be a large flood, and if they fly low, then low water.
Snakes go into hibernation.
Starting from Vozdvizhenye they begin to chop cabbage.
You can’t go into the forest on Exaltation Day.
On this day you cannot start any important business.
On this day it is customary to make pies with cabbage.
Kastniks (evening gatherings) begin and last two weeks.

Day of Nikita Guseprolet. Hussar Day. Goose Day. Recut.
Starting from this day, they begin to cut turnips.
There must be turnips on the table on this day. They prepared dishes from turnips.
On Goose Day, the geese begin to be beaten.
On this day, wild geese begin to fly away to warmer regions. The geese are flying, with winter on their tail.