Folk weather calendar, signs and holidays for March. Russian folk calendar

In the ancient Roman calendar, the year began with the month in which the vernal equinox fell. It was called primidili-som - according to its serial number. After the reform of this calendar, the first month of the year and spring became Martus - in honor of the god of war Mars, who was originally revered as the god of agriculture and cattle breeding.
In ancient Rus', March was called birch, as in this month they burned birch for coal.
The ancient Slavic name of the first month of spring is dry (and) th. At this time of the year there is little rainfall, dryness in the forest. The wood prepared in advance also dries up.
In the Russian folk calendar, March is called protalnik. Melt water - snowball, according to popular belief, is healing. They washed the floor in the house with it, watered the flowers, washed linen taken from sick people in it.
They also called March: sunflower, sunflower. The people spoke about him: dropper, dropper, dropper, droplets, capital, dropper.
March was called a road-breaker, a road-breaker, a watercourse because of the rapid snowmelt and the appearance of the first thawed patches and clearings on the ground, the destruction of winter paths-roads - “snow flattens the crust”. Whistler, whistle and wind-bearer they called him for the whistle of the cold wind.
In March, a warm park rises from the ground - hence another name appeared - a greenhouse. This month was nicknamed the gardener, because "I called to the garden", it's time to soak the seeds and check them for germination. March is also spring and spring.
March was also called the heir of February, the younger brother and the posi-mie, the winterer and the winter-borrower. He is also a spool - hurry up on a sled to roll in plenty.
March was also called the pre-spring and the eve of April, the span and the span, and also the rookery. He is a versatile person because he is cunning.
Spring meeting. Spring, like the sun, is called red. In Slavic dialects, spring is called yar - a word that is apparently homogeneous with the Slavic-Russian Ir (sunny and warm places where wild birds fly away near Pokrov and fly from there on the eve of the Annunciation).
The word "spring" is already found in the Slavic Bible, which describes the state of the earth after the Flood. This word is derived from Sanskrit (spring holiday) or from indus (the first principle of nourishing waters, the connection of all beings).
In Russia, until the 15th century, March was recognized as the first month of the civil year and was accompanied by various rituals and games. When the farmer was going to sow spring grain and plant ardent hops, March beer was brewed. Weddings were played on Krasnaya Gorka; round dances and games were arranged.
The ancient pagan Slavs performed a solemn feast with sacrifices and torches. At the beginning of March, the death of winter was sung and a straw effigy was burned.
Spring was met and called. In the Smolensk province, in the villages, women, girls and guys climbed onto the roofs of grain barns or climbed mountains, called spring twice: on the day of Evdokeya-vesnovka and on Magpies, Singing:
“Spring is red! What did you bring to us? Red fly."
In the Kostroma province on Maundy Thursday early in the morning they called out to spring.
In Chistopol district, on Maundy Thursday, at midnight cock crow, girls and boys ran with songs to the Vahta River to draw water until the raven dipped its wings in it. They washed themselves with this water. If the waters opened, then the girls entered waist-deep into the river and in the water, clutching hands with one another, They sang: “Spring, red spring, come, spring, with mercy, with mercy, with great goodness!” If the waters did not open, then the girls, clutching their hands, spun around the hole with the same Choruses.
In Petrozavodsk, they met the spring of the first of May with a straw effigy, which, having lifted it on a pole, put it on a hill, then they sat around it to feast and, at the end of the feast, they burned the effigy with songs and dances.
In the Tula province, before sunset, the settlers of both sexes gathered on a nearby hill or hillock, said a prayer, turning their faces to the east, and then stood in a round dance. The singer, with a round loaf in one hand and a red egg in the other, began to sing a song:

Spring is red!
What did you come for? What did you come for?
On the dolly. On the harrow.
Like all the girls on the street,
And all red on the wide;
One girl is missing
She sits in the tower,
The fly is sewn with gold,
The bridle is lucky cramped.
Oh! great grief!
Will someone get it?
Will get my fiancé
To my mummer.

In many places in Russia, round dance games began from Krasnaya Gorka and continued to Yarila or to the All-Saint Conspiracy.
At the first thunder, the settlers usually washed themselves with gold, silver, and chicken eggs.
This holiday of pagan origin is connected and followed by other folk holidays and festivities: Krasnaya Gorka, Vyunets, Radunitsa, April 1st and May 1st, St. George's Day, Svistoplyaska, Semik, etc.
Nature calendar. On the eve of March 8, rooks and starlings arrive from the south. On March 12, large rivers open up, and the next day, early meteorological spring sets in. On March 17, the snow cover melts, and the next morning you can see larks. After another day - revived flies, lemon butterflies, lapwings.
March 23 is the first spring thunderstorm. The next day, hive butterflies appear. On March 26, sap flow begins at the birch. On the 28th, seagulls appear, a day later the spring web sets off for years. And on the last day of the month, the first pusher mosquitoes will squeal, the mother-and-stepmother will bloom, the wolf's bast will open the kidneys.
Fishing. In the central part of the European territory of the country, there is a good biting of burbot and a weak biting of pike. The best places for catching burbot are pools, rapids, pits with a clay bottom, steep banks with holes, near snags. They catch him with hooks, donks, vents. Nozzle throughout the spring - creep, bird intestines, ruff, meat, frog. It is best to fish at night in bad weather.
Collection of plants. In March, birch buds, growths of birch fungus, buckthorn bark and dandelion roots are harvested.
Signs. The old people said: in the yard there are drops, so it is cold; long dropper - long flax.
If the larks arrive early, then the spring will drag on.
In March, the frost is creaky, but not burning.
In March, the clouds float quickly and high - to good weather.
If water does not flow in March, grass does not grow in April.
Frequent fogs in March portend a rainy summer.
Dry March - fertility, rainy - crop failure.
If in March snowstorms the snow falls unevenly, wavy, in bumps on the fields, then garden vegetables and the first bread will be born well.
The thunder that happened in March is a sign of fertility.
The water from the March snow is healing: it is from freckles and sunburn.

They also called the day Maremyana the Righteous, Yarilo - with a pitchfork.

Yarilo

Yarila was imagined as a young man, an ardent, loving groom. In some places, wanting to emphasize his youth and beauty, a girl was dressed up as "Yarila". They put her on a white horse, put on a wreath of wild flowers, gave ears of corn in her left hand, and in her right ... a symbol of death is an image of a human head. The horse with “Yarila” was led through the fields, saying: “Where with the foot, there is a shock of life, and where it looks, there the ear is blooming!”
Zhito in different places was called the main cereal crop: in the south - wheat, in the north - rye and even barley, since life depended on the harvest of this grain

Yarilo lifts winter on a pitchfork. The pagan Slavs met the god of fertility Yarila with songs. Yarila lifted the snow shocks with a pitchfork, took on the old woman-winter. On this day, mothers sent children to place bridges, a path to the well, if it snowed at night.
Pregnant women went out to the eels to look at the rising sun. According to popular belief, the sun of this day gives strength to endure a child. And midwives brought midday snow, they rubbed themselves. So that spring purity is transferred to the hands.

Peasants brought sheaves to Krasnaya Gorka and left them overnight until dawn. And then they looked: which sheaf - wheat, rye or some other - would be covered with frost the most during the night, there would be a harvest for that bread.
Dressed-up girls came out to Krasnaya Gorka. They conjured the sun to roll towards summer. So that migratory birds fly after the sun, so that spring rains come to the fields.
They baked round bread and raised it high on an embroidered towel. Then they divided it among themselves, scattered bread crumbs for the birds. But they threw bread crumbs in a special way - over themselves, behind their backs.
Birds were presented with bread, because they go for a grain field no less than a peasant.

According to the church calendar. The Church on this day honors the memory of the Reverend Martyr Cornelius of the Pskov Caves.
Cornelius was born in Pskov. As a young man, he was tonsured at the Pskov-Caves Monastery, then still small and poor. Having become abbot (the young man was only about twenty-eight years old), Cornelius contributed to the prosperity of the monastery. Cornelius also helped the poor and built free hospitals. The Pskov-Pechersky Monastery under him turned into a center of education. At the initiative of Cornelius, they began to keep a chronicle in the monastery, and created a magnificent library. The reverend wrote several books himself.
Cornelius died at the hands of Ivan IV the Terrible. Believing the slander about the "dishonorable life" of the Pechersk monks, the angry king cut off the head of the abbot, when he bowed to his sovereign at the gates of the monastery. True, they say, John “immediately repented and carried the body of the saint in his arms to the Cathedral Church of the Dormition.” For a long time, the path from the monastery gates to the Church of the Assumption was called the bloody path ...
according to the national calendar. On this day they baked ritual cookies kokurki - round koloboks in cow butter.
On this day, it was necessary to contrive and take fire from the forge from the blacksmith. Having obtained fire, they carried it into the field to consolidate the union of earth, plow and harrow.
Signs. It was believed that on this day one should not look at the stars rolling down from the sky. And then the spring time will roll down from your life, to match the star from the sky.

according to the folk calendar. Peasants associated this day with the behavior of birds. In Rus', they have long known how to attract birds to fields and houses. In March, birch-bark birdhouses were hung on trees. They knew that it was the houses made of birch bark that the starlings populated most readily. Birch bark keeps birds from cold, from dampness.
Signs. Timely arrival of migratory birds in spring promises a good grain harvest. If a woodpecker knocks in March, then spring will be Late. If the birds began to build nests on the sunny side, then wait for the cold summer.
If snow falls on this day, then the holy week (Easter) will be cold, if it is dry, then do not expect rain on Easter either.

According to the church calendar. The church celebrates the feast of Blessed Nicholas.
For more than thirty years, Blessed Nicholas voluntarily performed the feat of the holy fool. The inhabitants of Pskov, the birthplace of Nicholas, considered him a saint and believed that he was capable of performing miracles.
After the ruin of Novgorod in February 1570, Tsar Ivan the Terrible decided to devastate Pskov as well, and to execute the townspeople for allegedly wanting to "surrender" to the enemy. When Ivan the Terrible entered the city, the foolish Nicholas fell in his way. Without fear, looking at the sovereign, the blessed one quietly said: "Ivanushko, Ivanushko, eat bread and salt, not Christian blood." John IV was very respectful of the holy fools, considering them prophets, executors of God's will on earth. Therefore, in the presence of Nicholas, "the anger of the sovereigns immediately dried up." Moreover, John even expressed a desire to visit the blessed one in his cell. As a treat, he offered the king a large piece of raw meat. “I am a Christian and I don’t eat fast during fasting!” - said the sovereign. “But you drink human blood,” Nikolai objected to him in a low voice. The king was ashamed of his cruelty and left Pskov.
The blessed one died on February 28, 1570, and the grateful people of Pskov buried him in the main city church - the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
according to the folk calendar. It is believed that on this day there is always a thaw.
omen. On Vasily, the warm sun in circles - to the harvest. Long icicles - for a long spring.

According to the church calendar. On this day, the church celebrates the memory of the venerable martyr Evdokia.
Martyr Evdokia, a native of the city of Iliopol, led a sinful life for a long time. But a miracle happened: Evdokia believed. Repentant, the woman left the world and went to the monastery. “And everything seemed to her that she was unworthy of forgiveness, and imposed the most severe penance on herself ...” For the feats of repentance, “The Lord endowed the reverend with the ability to work miracles” -. They say that the saint could even resurrect the dead with her prayer.
In the year 170, on the orders of Emperor Vincent, the persecutor of Christianity, Saint Eudoxia was executed.
according to the folk calendar. The people also called this day: Evdokia-shposhchikha, wet the threshold, whistle, spring, wet the hem.
They called ivy because changes are taking place in nature: from warm weather, the snow begins to thaw, settle and, as it were, flatten. In some places, St. Eudoxia was also called the whistler, since at that time the spring winds began to blow and whistle. In the old days, the people called Evdokia the spring, since this holy woman was in charge of God in the spring. She kept the keys to the spring waters: if the “spring girl” wants it, it will let the water in early, if it doesn’t want it or gets angry, it will delay it, or even let it get cold. That is why the peasants used to be afraid of St. Eudoxia and never worked on March 1st.
Evdokia Vesnovka was considered by the people a great holiday, they celebrated it cheerfully and solemnly. The women would roll out the dough early in the morning. They baked ceremonial cookies - larks.
Later, the day of St. Eudoxia was no different from other minor church holidays. Only women necessarily came to the church and ordered prayers in front of the icon of Evdokia, since this saint is considered the patroness of sheep.
In some villages, women and children began to “click spring” on this day, for which they climbed onto the roof or onto a hillock and sang stoneflies. In many places, peasants brought branches from the forest that day, stoked huts “so that the spring would be warm”, threw snow off the roof, and in the evening they noted: if icicles are long on the roofs, then flax will be good, especially tow.
The peasants believed that all the underground springs would boil on Evdokia, and the women from that day on began to whiten the canvases.
It was time to think about the upcoming field and garden work. Seedlings sown on this day in pots, according to popular belief, will not be able to suffer from frost. Usually cabbage was sown on Evdokia.
Especially revered in the villages on Evdokia snowball - melted water. They brought water to the chickens - and the chickens began to lay in a week or two. They washed the sick with snow, washed the houses, watered the flowers in the house.
Signs. Since, according to the old style, Evdokia fell on March 1, i.e. opened spring, many signs and customs were associated with it.
The sun, they said, looks at Evdokia on this day: either the snow will charge, or the rain will ring.
What is Evdokia, such is the summer. It's nicer on ivy - and it's nicer all summer.
On Evdokia, snow is a harvest, a warm wind is a wet summer, a wind from the north is a cold summer.
Snow on Evdokia - in the stubble harvest from the fields of all.
New month on Evdokia - to be wet in summer.
Streams flowed to Evdokia - wait for the first grass in the first decade of May.
Evdokia is red - all spring holidays will be buckets, the harvest for cucumbers, cabbage, milk mushrooms.
If the chicken on Evdokia gets drunk on snow, then the sheep on Ego-ria (May 6) will eat up.
As soon as the wind blows on the ivy, then spring will come.
On Evdokia, the dog is still covered in snow.

According to the church calendar. The church celebrates the day of St. Arseny.
Arseniy, a bishop, was born in Tver, but as a young man he left his native city and went to Kyiv. He took tonsure in the Kiev-Pechersk monastery; "he spent his life in the feats of fasting and prayer", was distinguished by "piety and wisdom."
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kyiv, visiting the monastery, drew attention to this monk and decided to bring him closer to himself. Thus, the Monk Arseny became an archdeacon; he often replaced the metropolitan during his departures.
Once, at a council of bishops in Tver, Arseny was elected bishop by a majority of votes.
During the reign of Arseny in the diocese, neither unrest nor strife occurred; churches were built in Staritsa and Nikulin, the Assumption Cathedral in Tver, and the Zheltikov Monastery was founded.
The Bishop of Tver died on March 2, 1409.
according to the folk calendar. The last thaw is expected.
Signs. There is a snowstorm on Fedot, the wind - there will be no grass for a long time.
Fedot has winds, blizzards - women's undertakings.
Evdokia Fedot did not ask, she equipped the spring. And he: he will tear the roof off the shed, then he will turn the woodpile, he cares about the peasants.

According to the church calendar. The Church celebrates the day of Saint Gerasim and Saint Prince Daniel.
The Monk Gerasim of Vologda was a monk of the Kyiv Gnilec Assumption Monastery. Having taken tonsure and lived for some time in a monastery, he retired as a hermit to the north, to the banks of the Vologda River.
Around the cell built by the monk, the monastery of the Holy Trinity soon arose - the first monastery in the north of Rus'. And later, on the site of a small settlement, a city arose - Vologda.
Blessed Prince Daniel is the son of Alexander Nevsky. He inherited a small provincial town - Moscow. In order to strengthen his principality, Saint Daniel avoided civil strife and tried to solve all problems peacefully.
Daniel's nephew, Prince Ivan Dmitrievich of Pereyaslavl, was dying childless. Therefore, he transferred his principality to the management of the "wise" uncle. After the annexation of Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, the boundaries of the Moscow principality expanded significantly, and Moscow became a real city. This was the beginning of the unification of the Russian lands. In honor of this great event, Daniil Alexandrovich founded the monastery of Daniil the Stylite, his heavenly patron, in Moscow.
Saint Daniel of Moscow reposed in 1303.
according to the folk calendar. The first spring bird arrives - the rook. If the rooks fly directly to the nest - friendly spring. In the days of Gerasim the rooker, bread is baked in the form of rooks. Kikimora survive on Gerasim by conspiracies.

kikimora

Some said that kikimors are naughty at all Christmas time; others gave them only the night of the Nativity of Christ for their mischief. Then, allegedly, kikimors shake and burn the tow left at the spinning wheels without the blessing of the cross. It also happens that they shear sheep. In all other Great Russian provinces, it was believed that kikimors play pranks throughout the year. Kikimors are trying in every way to hide from people, because if someone manages to throw a cross on her, she will be taken by surprise.
They think that she settles in chicken coops, where chickens perch. If chickens pluck out all their feathers from bad food, then kikimora is blamed for this. In order not to harm it, they hang under the chicken perch shreds of kumach or the neck from a broken clay washbasin. Sometimes they hang a stone with a through hole found in the field.
In the Vologda forests, good deeds were also registered behind the kikimora. They believed that she even patronizes skillful and diligent housewives: she lulls little children at night, invisibly washes the pots and provides other household services. On the contrary, kikimora hates lazy women: she tickles the little guys so that they roar all night, scares teenagers, sticking out her head with shining, bulging eyes and goat horns. So the negligent woman is left with one remedy: to run into the forest, find a fern, dig out its bitter root, insist on water and wash all the pots and pots with this infusion.
But the only true and powerful remedy against this evil is the holy cross. He won’t take someone else’s kikimore spinning wheel, he won’t unravel the tows on it, he won’t tangle the threads of the spinner and won’t break the weaving at the lace makers if they prayerfully put their work in place.

Signs. Rooks carry special news about spring. They play. Our ancestors, listening to the roar of the rook, tried to understand: “What does the bird promise - are the seedlings good? Is it bad weather?
The old men came out on the hillocks and gazed intently at the flocks of birds. If rooks flew headlong over the field, then the old people were sad: “Not good. The fields will flood, rotten, lingering rains will come to the fields. Or the wind will mow down the first shoots.
If the rooks roar noisily and fly to their nests, then spring will be friendly.
A person born on this day was considered economic.

According to the church calendar. The feast of the priest John, who received the name Job during his tonsure, is celebrated.
Wise and affectionate, at any time of the day or night he was ready to feed, heal, warm, bring comfort to the suffering. People were drawn to him, and there was no person whom the holy father would refuse.
Once the great Tsar Peter Alekseevich heard about John and wanted the priest to become the royal confessor. In his new post, the priest not only did not leave the service of his neighbors, but, using his high position, he helped a greater number of the unfortunate. He visited prisons, paid other people's debts, taught meekness and humility to the innocent suffering.
In 1701, on a false denunciation, Father John was exiled to the Solovetsky Monastery and "forcibly tonsured with the name Job."
In the monastery, he continued to help all those in need. And a year later, “for kindness and spiritual strength,” he was elected rector of the Holy Trinity Skete on the island of Anzer.
according to the folk calendar. This day was also called Constantine circles. The women and men went around the wells in circles. So that the wells do not fill with bitter drains, so that good underground water is let in.

According to the church calendar. The Holy Forty Martyrs suffered” in 320, when the persecution of Licinius for the Christian faith was especially cruel.
In Armenian Sebastia, forty Christians were first tortured “for their inflexible confession of the new faith”, then they were condemned to stand all night in icy water with a piercing north wind. In the morning, half dead, they were pulled out of the lake and subjected to new tortures. In the end, the martyrs were burned at the stake, and the ashes were scattered.
The memory of the Forty Great Martyrs is especially honored by the Orthodox Church. On this day, which falls at the time of Fortecost, a liturgy is performed and fasting is facilitated.
according to the folk calendar. The vernal equinox. Winter ends, spring begins. The second meeting of spring.
The day of the forty martyrs of Sebaste is popularly called "forty", and sometimes "waders". On this day, according to the view of the peasants, forty birds arrive from warm countries, and the first of them is the lark.
Even the day before, women kneaded dough from rye flour and baked "larks" (in most cases with outstretched wings, as if flying, and with tufts), and in the morning, on the day of the holiday, they handed them out to children.
In addition, in the morning one of the women made forty straw nests in the yard and put a dough testicle in each (so that the chickens would not go around other people's yards, but rush at home).
When the larks were ready, the children, picking them up, in a cheerful crowd, with shouts and ringing laughter, carried them somewhere to the barn or under the barn - to call the larks. There they planted their birds, all together, on an elevated place and, huddled together, began to shout loudly: “Larks, fly in, take away the cold winter, bring spring warmth: we are tired of winter, we have eaten all the bread.” Or they sang: “You are larks, fly together, call together. Spring is red, what did you come for? On a bipod, on a harrow, on a horse's head, on an oatmeal sheaf, on a rye spikelet, on a grain of wheat, wow!
The song has been played several times. Then the children took apart their larks and ran through the village with the same song. This continued until the afternoon. Having run enough, the children again gathered in one place and began to eat their rye birds. They left only the head of the lark, which each kept for his mother. Then the kids kissed, congratulated each other on the spring holiday and ran home. And at home, each boy gave the head of a lark to his mother with the words: “Come on, mother, you have a head from a lark: like a lark flew high, so that your flax was tall. What kind of head does my lark have, so that flax would have such a big head?
In the Penza province, larks were also baked for adults, who divined from these birds. Before putting the larks in the oven, they put some little thing with a symbolic meaning in each: a ring, a chip, a penny. A ring, for example, denoted a wedding, a sliver - a coffin, a penny - money, etc.
Signs. From March 22 to Zosima the beekeeper (April 30), forty morning frosts are counted. If matinees from this day continue constantly, then the summer will be warm.
Buckwheat must be sown after forty frosts after forty martyrs.
There is a belief that on this day forty different birds fly from warm countries, and the first of them is a lark. Those that arrived earlier were considered "whispering".
The seagull has arrived - soon the ice will go, spring begins; lark - to warmth, chaffinch - to cold.

according to the folk calendar. On this day, it was impossible to get into the sleigh, otherwise they would give you a ride past your desires. That's what the old people said as they wheeled the cart out into the yard.
Before high water it was necessary to equip the cart. It was necessary to fasten the wheels and shafts to get along.
omen. If this day is warm, then spring will be warm.

March 1

Yarilin day

In the old days, they believed that Yarilo raises winter on his pitchfork - the sun's rays - and thereby gives rise to a new year. Therefore, a tradition has developed among the people on this day to dance in honor of the arrival of spring. However, Yarilo was considered the god not only of the sun, but also of fertility, and therefore pregnant women tried to warm themselves on the street, gaining strength to bear a child, and midwives drowned the midday snow and washed themselves with melt water.

If from the first days spring is riotous, not shy, it will deceive, there is nothing to believe.

Name day: Daniel, Ilya, Pavel, Panfil.

2nd of March

Fedor Tiron and Maremyana Kikimora

Saint Theodore was prayed to help find the stolen items. Our ancestors could find out the name of the thief in the following way: they stuck scissors into the sieve, put their index fingers into their rings and held this structure in the air, pronouncing the names of the suspects. At whose mention the sieve turned, he is a thief.

Maremyana - an old woman of very small stature - was considered the wife of a brownie or goblin. Nevertheless, it was her that our ancestors asked to protect from the kikimora, who confused the women's yarn and unwound the balls.

What is the weather on this day, so it will be in the summer.

Name day: Mina, Fedor, Marianna.

March, 3rd

oatmeal

On this day, women baked oatmeal cookies - “oatmeal”, honoring the oatmeal bird. Her arrival promised an early onset of heat.

However, the weather was still changeable, as evidenced by the saying “It flows from above - it freezes from below”.

Name day: Kuzma, Leo, Agapit.

March 4

Arkhip and Filimon

In Rus', it was believed that the more a woman cooks all kinds of food on this day, the richer the house will be throughout the year. The main dish on the table was a loaf, which was dedicated to the sun and eaten piece by piece, distributing it to households, neighbors and all wanderers passing by. The remaining crumbs should have been thrown behind the back, so that in the fall they would be with bread and salt.

If the seagulls fly, the ice drift will soon begin. A meeting in the forest with a white hare means that snow will certainly fall, and with a gray one, that heat is just around the corner.

Name day: Arkhip, Evgeny, Makar, Maxim.

the 5th of March

Katysh Day

On this day in the old days, young people went downhill for the last time. It was believed that whoever rolled the farthest would prolong his happiness. The women, meanwhile, baked round koloboks-rolls in cow butter, and the peasants took care of the future harvest, stealing smoldering coals in the blacksmith in the hope that the fire strengthens the union of earth, plow and harrow.

Our ancestors were afraid to look at the sky on this day, because the one who sees a shooting star is supposedly waiting for death or the loss of loved ones.

If on this day the snow melts, then in reality it will lie for a long time.

Name day: Leo, Timothy, George.

March, 6

Timofey Vesnovey

Our ancestors believed that Saint Timothy had the gift of healing and could cast out evil spirits, so they prayed to him for their health and those of their loved ones. And this day was also the beginning of spring, it was not in vain that the people said: “I would live to see Spring, and there the winter is not terrible.” On Timofey Vesnovey, sap flow began in maples and birches.

If the day turned out fine, the whole spring should have been the same. The peals of thunder, heard in the north wind - to a cold spring, and in the south - to a warm one.

Name day: George, Ivan, Ostap, Yuri, Timofey.

March 7

Mauritius

It was Mauritius that usually accounted for the earliest arrival of rooks and starlings. The early trill of the skylark could also be heard. Unless, of course, the peasant is not too lazy and leaves the house to take manure into the field, while the weather is still strong, and the sleigh on it does not fall through. On this day, it was customary in the villages to cook “black fish soup”, that is, soup where meat is boiled in cucumber brine with an admixture of various spices and roots.

A cool spring promises a rainy summer.

Name day: Peter, Valentin, Philip, Fedor.

March 8

Polycarp

This day was significant both for those who were born on it - many hardships await them in life, and for young girls - if the wedding is not played by March 8, then they will have to sit in girls until late spring.

And Polycarp also designated the last date for the appearance of thawed patches and drops. Nevertheless, it was on Polycarp that the return of cold weather could be expected. Our great-grandfathers learned about their approach by the straw lying on a snowdrift: it failed, which means it will be frosty, and the snow will come down only in a month.

The tit sang, you can wait for warm weather.

Name day: Ivan, Demyan, Alexander, Kuzma.

9th of March

Dmitriev's Day, Finding

From that day on, birds begin to build nests, so the peasants asked people who were born on Ivanov's day and were able to understand the language of birds, asking what they were talking about. However, by the behavior of birds, everyone could judge both the weather and their well-being. If birds build nests on the sunny side of trees or houses, this is for a cold summer. If the puller calls before the quail, then the horses will be thin all summer. If the woodpecker appeared in March, then spring is expected to be late. If the tit sang - we must wait for the thaw.

The snow that fell that day indicates that it will be cold during Easter. If the weather is dry, then there will be no rain. The steep and bright horns of the month portend frost.

Name day: Ivan.

10th of March

Taras Sleepless

Our great-grandfathers were afraid to go to bed early on this day to avoid a fever. The disease seemed to them a kumoha woman who lives in a dense forest, in an uncovered hut with 12 twin sisters. When one of the sisters goes out to people, and this usually happens at the end of February, they begin to “shiver, torment the sinful body, crush white bones.”

Name day: Taras, Anton, Fedor.

March 11th

Porphyry late

On this day, the peasants said: “Early spring is worthless, and late spring will deceive,” and therefore they were in no hurry to take on field work in case frost hit.

If birds nest on the sunny side of houses and trees, then the summer will be cold. If the birds have returned from the south by this day, you can expect a good harvest. The wind is blowing from the south and southwest - warming is coming.

Name day: Porfiry, Sebastian.

March 12

Prokop Perezimnik

In the old days, it was believed that Prokop was destroying the road, and therefore, before leaving the yard, the peasants listened to the drop: if it was plentiful, they did not go on a long journey. Instead, they went to the forest to hunt hares, but they were afraid that no matter how the hare or the dog ran across the road, as this was considered a bad sign.

If the willow buds bloom from the crown, then the sowing can be started earlier.

Name day: Procopius, Arseny, Vasily, Victoria, Kira, Marina, Nikolai, Tit, Semyon.

March 13

Vasily Kapelnik

On this day, it was supposed to bring pine branches from the forest, which not only purified the air, but also served as raw materials for medicinal infusions from dropsy. This disease was also called "sheep's shortness of breath", because sometimes sheepskin coats and even real sheep were used to get rid of it. Animals were driven into the house where the patient was, and then released into the street in the hope that the animals took the disease with them.

Rain on this day portends a good summer, and abundant drops from the roofs - a good harvest. If the circles around the trees are steep, then the spring will be steep, and if the circles are gentle, it will be lingering.

Name day: Vasily, Dominika, Kira, Marina, Nestor.

March 14th

Evdokia Svistunya

Previously, this day was considered another beginning of spring, which was supposed to be met with cheerful songs performed while standing on a roof or a high hillock. And he got the name "Whistle" thanks to the winds, usually blowing with incredible force, and the voices of animals loudly announcing their awakening after hibernation.

Good weather portends a fertile summer. If it freezes today, then the weather will be cool until the end of March.

Name day: Anton, Antonina, Evdokia, Nestor, Nikifor, Sylvester.

March 15th

Fedot Vetronos

The nickname "Vetronos" this day was due to strong winds. Even our ancestors believed that on Fedot all underground sources boil and spill onto the ground in the form of a drop.

A warm wind on this day portends a dry summer, and rain - a wet one. In general, fine weather in mid-March corresponds to the weather in summer. Long icicles speak of a protracted spring.

Name day: Arseny, Bogdan, Joseph, Louise, Nikolai, Savva, Fedot.

March 17

Gerasim Grachevnik

The people said: "Gerasim will return the rook to Rus', and he will drive out the kikimora from holy Rus'." In order for the feathered heralds of spring to arrive as soon as possible, our ancestors baked "rooks" on this day - rolls from rye sour dough. And in order to drive away the kikimora, the floor in the house was swept with wormwood brooms and bunches of juniper were hung along the walls. In addition, they carefully searched their huts, trying to find an unfamiliar object in order to get rid of troubles by getting rid of it. It was believed that the kikimora - this dwarf with multi-colored eyes and in unkempt clothes - brings misfortune to the family, secretly throwing them a charmed doll.

Name day: Vasily, Vyacheslav, George, Grigory, Daniel, Yegor, Pavel, Ulyana, Julia, Yakov.

March 18

Konon Gardener

In the old days, they believed that if on this day several holes were made in the beds, then the garden would be generous all year round, and a lot of vegetables would grow. It was from this day that our ancestors began to count the time when it would actually be possible to start cultivating the soil: 40 cold days had passed from Konon, that is, “matinees”, it was time to take up the shovel.

If the clouds descend - to bad weather. In the lowlands it became colder in the evening than on the hills, we must wait for frosty, slightly cloudy weather.

Name day: George, Yegor, Ivan, Iraida, Cyril, Konstantin, Mark, Nikolai, Fedor, Edward.

March 19

Arkady

In the old days, on this day, the peasants circled the wells so that they would not fill with bitter underground drains, but would give good, clean and sweet water. The first circles had to be done by a person born exactly on March 19 and named Konstantin. He was also supposed to bring water on a yoke.

If there is frost on this day, then there are still forty morning frosts ahead.

Name day: Arkady, Konstantin, Fedor.

20th of March

Vasily Kapelnik

On this day, our ancestors watched the icicles, and most importantly, the snow accumulated on the roof. His noisy fall in the middle of the night was considered a bad omen: the people said that these were grave sins falling to the ground.

Cloudy cold weather in the evening promises a cold snap.

Name day: Vasily, Evgeny, Emelyan, Ephraim, Pavel.

21 March

vernal equinox

This is another meeting of spring, when night and day become equal in duration. In honor of such an event, songbirds were released in the villages, which, according to our ancestors, brought warmth on their wings. And so that the spring was friendly, and the land was generous, pancakes were baked in every house - a ritual image of the sun. Nature was asked for a rich harvest, after which spring plowing began.

Clouds are floating high and fast - be good weather.

Name day: Athanasius, Lazar.

March 22

magpies

The name of the day was given in memory of the forty martyrs who gave their lives for Christ. From here came the belief that 40 more morning matinees and the arrival of 40 birds should be expected ahead, the first of which should be the larks. The people believed that these birds hibernate in heaven in the hands of angels or in minks, turning into mice. Welcoming the larks, the housewives baked cookies in the form of birds, and the hosts carved their figurines from wood. The most beautiful pichugs were sent as gifts to relatives and friends, and the rest were distributed to village children, who ran through the streets with songs, tying "larks" to a pole.

If the wagtail and the seagull have already arrived, then the river will open in 12 days. Warm weather today promises 40 warm mornings, and cold weather promises the same number of cold ones.

Name day: Valery, Nikolai, Kirill, Alexander.

March 23

Kondrat

“The day is hazy with fog, there will be fibrous flax”, “The fog eats the snow,” the peasants noted. In addition to fog, an early thunderstorm could also happen on Kondrat, which foreshadowed a successful year and a rich harvest.

Name day: Augusta, Anastasia, Vasilisa, Victor, Galina, Denis, Claudius, Leonid, Nikifor, Pavel, Fedora.

March 24

Yefim

In the old days, they believed that St. Euphemia helps the girls to get married, and if someone offended them, he punishes the offenders himself so that people can extinguish the anger and hatred in their hearts.

If the bark on the trees is very cracked, then dry and good weather will last a long time. A fine warm day promises the same summer. Wild ducks returned from the south fat - the spring will be cold and long.

Name day: Yefim.

March, 25

Feofan

The last meeting of spring, which finally overcame winter. To thank the birds that help the spring, our ancestors generously treated them that day with delicious seeds and ... fresh fish, which bite like never before on this day.

If fog fell on Feofan in the morning, then there will be a rich harvest. The snow still lying on the roofs indicates that the snowdrifts in the fields will last until April 23, and the snow that has begun to melt from the south side of the anthills portends a short cold summer.

Name day: Semyon, Grigory.

26 March

Nikiforov day

On the last ice, roach, perch and ide peck well, our ancestors noticed and went fishing. And they also went to the forest to harvest firewood, since then there might not be time for this. But this was supposed to be done with great caution, since there was a great risk of colliding with a bear, which just these days was rising from the den. This beast in the old days was often represented as a mysterious creature, capable of throwing off its animal skin from time to time and living among people.

The arrival of geese these days is for the harvest year. If the geese rinse in the water, then it will soon be warm.

Name day: Alexander, Nikifor, Terenty, Christina.

March 27

Fedor Skotnik

On this day, the peasants were more attentive to domestic animals than ever: they took them out into the yard, cleaned and scraped. And most importantly, they spoke from the evil eye, because losing a cow or a pig meant dooming the family to starvation.

Frost on Fedor promises cold weather over the next week. Clouds float fast and high - towards warm sunny days.

Name day: Venedikt, Rostislav.

March 28

forest care

The name of the day speaks for itself: special respect was demanded by the forest, which was the breadwinner and drinker of the peasants, giving mushrooms and berries, game and meat, medicinal herbs and healthy roots. In order not to get lost in the forest, our ancestors uttered a special conspiracy.

If in March blizzards snow falls on the fields in mounds, you can count on a good harvest of vegetables. Fog throughout the week heralds a rainy summer.

Name day: Alexander, Denis, Nikandr.

March 29

Savin, cart day

Our ancestors, waking up in the morning, said: “Leave the sleigh on Savina, move the cart,” because streams were already running along the roads, and before the flood it was necessary to strengthen the wheels of the cart and adjust the shafts. And the girls, meanwhile, were in a hurry to bring beauty with the help of March water, which got rid of freckles and protected from sunburn.

A large number of gulls indicates the approach of high water. Warm weather on this day promises the same spring.

Name day: Trofim, Alexander.

March 30

Alexey Teply

The peasants noticed that it was on Alexei that "from each snowdrift a jug of water spills." The children prepared for this day in advance and cut boats out of the bark to let them into the spring streams and see who would swim faster. When the rapid snowmelt did not happen, and the roads remained frozen, the kids just played "Brook". Unless, of course, the parents send to the forest to collect birch sap and birch buds, from which sbiten was prepared.

Strong snowmelt and numerous streams - to a warm and friendly spring.

Name day: Alexey, Makar, Lazar.

March 31

Kirill - Deri Poloz

Having left in the morning on a sleigh on the crust, melted in the March sun and frozen during the night, one could really peel off the runners. Our ancestors were afraid at that time to get into the sleigh also because they believed in a sign, abandoning the cart, they would pass by their desires.

The mother-and-stepmother has blossomed - it is warm. If in March the water does not flow, then in April the grass does not grow.

Name day: Cyril, Trofim.

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First day of spring, newbie. If from the first days spring is riotous, not shy - it will deceive, there is nothing to believe.

In the Middle Ages, the first day of March was considered Yarilin, in honor of the sun god of the pagan Slavs Yarila.

Yarilo was also considered the god of fertility, and therefore pregnant women on this day tried to bask in the sun and gain strength to bear a child. And the midwives drowned the midday snow in the house, and washed their faces with melt water and washed their hands - in order to “become clean and accept the child.”

Fedor Tiron. What is the weather on this day - such a summer to be. On Fyodor, the crow begins to build a nest. March ice, that someone else's hut threshold (that is, not reliable).

Yarilo with oatmeal

Peasants on this day began preparations for spring work in the field.

Flickering moon - to the snow.

A lot of snow - a lot of bread: a lot of water - a lot of grass.

Fog - to a rainy summer.

Day of Arkhip and Philemon

On this day in Rus', the poor were fed, the orphans and the poor were welcomed, because it was believed that the more good deeds were done. all the better.

The eyes on the potato tubers in the vegetable store sprouted early - by early spring.

Snow drift - to the late grass.

To meet a white hare in the forest means that snow will certainly fall again; but if the hares come across gray - the heat is just around the corner.

Leo of Catania. It was not customary to look at the shooting stars on the Lion of Catania. A bad omen will lie on the soul of one who sees a shooting star, they say: "The maniac has flown."

Crows bathe in early spring - to heat.

If rooks and jackdaws hover high in flocks and descend like an arrow to the ground, there will be snow.

Snow melts with rain - to the flood.

Timofey Vesnovey it blows warmly, warms the old people. Sap flow begins in maples and birches. "Timofey Vesnovey - it's already warm at the door." "Spring warmly welcomes."

If the edges of the melting snow around the tree are steep - to a cold spring, flat - to a long spring.

If the first peals are heard during the north wind - to a cold spring, if the east - to warm and dry, if the south - just warm.

The air is dry - to warming.

Athanasian Day, Mauritius Day

Rooks, starlings and swallows fly home to Mauritius. If the birds arrived earlier than the appointed day, this is by early spring. If a woodpecker knocks in March, spring will be late, a tit sang - it will be warm, a finch - to bad weather.

If there is a blizzard and a blizzard on Athanasius, spring will drag on.

The dawn is golden or pale pink - for good weather.

Polycarp. Those who did not marry before Maslenitsa had to wait until the summer. “Clean up, girl, chests, close outfits,” they said among the people. The day was used for the love spell of grooms.

If a magpie climbs under the eaves, there will be a blizzard.

In spring, a bucket of water is a spoonful of mud; in autumn, a spoonful of water is a bucket of mud.

The day of Ivan.

Birds make nests on the sunny side of the trees - for a cold summer, on a darkened one - for a warm summer.

If it’s a day in the snow, then in April it’s snow, and if it’s a goal, then in April it’s that.

Day of Taras Kumoshnik.

The patron saint of this day is asked to get rid of the fever, which is also called kumoha.

Porfiry the Late.

On this day in the morning, the puddles are covered with ice - to a warm summer.

Around the moon, large, increasing crowns are visible, the inside of which is bluish-white, and the outside is yellowish-red, for good weather.

Prokop Perezimnik. At the water, the nose is sharp - it makes its way everywhere. “The winter prokop (November 25) digs the road, and the winter prokop destroys the road, but gets stuck in a snowdrift”, “it melts and freezes.” If it rained that day, then a wet summer was expected. And if the south wind blew, and there were drops on the street, then the summer promised to be warm.

Vasily Kapelnik. This day is always warm.

If the south wind, and on the street drops - the summer will be hot.

Rain - summer should have been kind.

Evdokia Plyushchikha. What is Evdokia, such is the summer.

A warm wind - to a wet summer, a wind from the north - to a cold one.

The surface of the snow is rough - to harvest, smooth - to crop failure.

Fedot Vetronos. Peasants are afraid of strong winds and snow. "A skid on Fedot - the cattle will go for demolition." "A skid (wind, blizzard) on Fedot - you will carry all the hay (there will be no grass for a long time)." "Fedot is evil - do not be with the grass."

Basilisk and Eutropius. Eutropius - melts snow. At this time, the bear wakes up and crawls out of the den.

Gerasim Grachevnik."The rooker drove the rooks." "Rook brought spring." "A rook on a mountain - so is spring in the yard." Gerasim Grachevnik leads the rook to Rus'. If the rook has arrived, in a month the snow will come down. If the rooks fly straight to their old nests, then the spring will be friendly, the water will run away all at once.

Martyr Konon Gradar. It was believed that if on this day you start plowing the garden (at least make a few holes or digging with a shovel), then the garden will be kind and there will be a lot of vegetables.

Day of Constantine and Helena. On this day, it was supposed to go around all the wells in a circle, trample the snow. They did this so that dirty melt water would not flow into them, and in order to take strength and health from the well.

If a woodpecker began to knock on a tree, this foreshadowed a long cold.

Vasily Kapelnik. Spring is coming with Vasily. It drips from the roofs, and it scratches by the nose. Cloudy cold weather by night - there will be frost.

The vernal equinox. Verbonositsa.

This day - the spring equinox, the spring solstice - was considered the real beginning of spring. Willow branches were brought into the house: it was believed that she expels all burdens from the house - household problems, quarrels, illnesses.

On this day, they baked a ritual image of the sun from dough - round pancakes and asked nature for a rich harvest, after which they began spring plowing.

Forty magpies. The second meeting of spring. The day is warm - there will be 40 warm, and cold - 40 cold matinees. 40 pichuga arrive. I saw a starling - spring is at the porch. The seagull flew in - soon the ice will go. The lark flew in - to the heat. Finches - to the cold.

There was a belief that on this day forty different birds fly from warm countries, and the first of them is a lark. Usually on this day they baked special buns - "larks", in most cases with outstretched wings, as if flying, and with tufts. The birds were handed out to the children, and with a cry and ringing laughter, they ran to call for the larks, and with them the spring.

Kondrat. There may be early thunderstorms: if they happen, the year will be happy and successful.

Cold wind in the back - do not survive the winter.

Day of Yefim and Sophrony.

On this day, they watched the birds, predicting that. What will the next summer be like? If the nests are located on the sunny side, then the summer will be cold, if in the shade, it will be hot. When you hear the cuckoo for the first time, you are supposed to blurt out money in your pocket so that they are carried.

Feofanov day

Fog on Feofan foreshadowed the harvest of flax, oats and hemp.

The fog falls - to the sun, rises - to bad weather.

Nikiforov day.

If geese arrived on this day, it foreshadowed a fruitful year. And if the geese began to “rinse” in the water, it means that heat is not far off.

Jackdaws gather in a crowd in the evening and shout - for clear weather.

Michael. Hear the thunder - the summer will be fertile.

If at sunrise the sun is red or red flashes are visible in the sky in the morning - a good year.

Day of Nikander.

If the snow melts from the sun, the year will be fruitful, and if from the rain - drought.

If the seagulls have flown in, the ice will soon come down.

Seagulls swim a lot - unfortunately.

Sparrows chirp - clear weather will come.

Savvin's day.

It's time to prepare the cart. “Leave the sled for Savvin, move the cart.”

If this day is warm, then the whole spring will be warm.

The clouds are moving fast and high - to good weather.

Alexey Teply. Alexey - water from the mountains. Stormy snowmelt. If it is warm, then the spring will be warm.

On the day of Alexei Teply, the first beehives were taken out.

Kirill- get the snake. By this time the roads are deteriorating. If the first coltsfoot flowers appeared on the slopes, and pusher mosquitoes appeared in the air, then wait for the heat soon.

Strong wind during precipitation at positive temperatures - to an early cessation of snow and a sharp warming.

Spring is just around the corner, and in the old days people started preparing for it in advance. Find out about folk holidays in March 2019 so as not to miss the opportunity to bring prosperity to your life.

March opens the spring, and our ancestors called this month "protalnik" and "rooker". Spring is a time of active household chores and preparation for the sowing season, so our ancestors never sat idle this month. In many ways, luck and luck in life depended on activity and mood: for those who are lazy, fate often “thrown up” serious trials. Site site experts offer to get acquainted with folk wisdom in order to bring good luck to life in the first spring month.

March 1: Yarilin Day

God Yarila on the first day of spring helps to fight the winter cold. Our ancestors believed that it melts snow with the sun's rays and warms the earth. Yarila was considered the god of fertility and warmth, so pregnant women basked in the sun. In this way they gained strength. Well-being was attracted to Yarila to the house - for this, the children swept the path from the front door to the well. In the old days, the New Year was celebrated on Yarila, and they did not work on this day. On the first day they danced and praised the deity, asking him to drive away the winter as soon as possible.

March 2: Day of Fyodor Tiron and Mariamna Kikimora

On the day of the holiday, Mariamna was asked for protection from kikimors, and they prayed to Fedor to protect him from thieves and help find lost things and people. Women read conspiracies at sunset so that evil spirits could not harm the household. According to popular beliefs, you can tell fortunes for marriage on Mariamne. To do this, the girls went out into the street and looked to see if a woman was walking at that time. If it is not there, then marriage this year can not be expected.

March 3: Oatmeal

From that day on, in the old days, preparations for field work began, and for this, tools were checked and repaired. The oatmeal holiday was named after the oatmeal bird. She was considered a messenger of imminent warmth. Housewives baked oatmeal cookies, which were treated not only to household members, but also to passers-by, so that prosperity would come to the house. The arrival of a bird on the third day indicated the onset of heat and the end of frosty days.

March 4: the day of Arkhip and Philemon, the meeting of Maslenitsa

Arkhip and Filimon - Women's Day. On holidays, housewives bustle in the kitchens and prepare treats. According to legend, a rich table on March 5 is prosperity in the house. Be sure to treat the disadvantaged, and the more good deeds are done on this day, the happier life will be. The most important decoration of the table in the old days would be a loaf. It symbolized the sun, and it was shared among all family members, and also treated to neighbors and passers-by. The crumbs from it were thrown behind the back, so as not to be left without bread in the fall.

The beginning of the Maslenitsa week was celebrated on a grand scale, they prepared delicious treats and the main dish - pancakes with various fillings. By this day, the slides were flooded to frolic before the onset of heat. By tradition, the Maslenitsa meeting began with the making of an effigy, which was the main object of attention throughout the week. They rode with him in dressed up sleighs, they sang songs to him, danced round dances around him, thus seeing off the winter.

March 5: Katysh Day

Katysh was last ridden from the icy mountains. Those who rolled the furthest this year will be lucky in all matters. The people believed that on March 4 one should not look at the sky from evening to dawn because of the opportunity to see a shooting star. She was in big trouble. You can attract prosperity on the day of the holiday if you secretly pull out coals from the blacksmith's stove and put them in the field. Such a ceremony promised not only happiness to families, but also a rich harvest in the fall.

March 6: Timofey Vesnovey

On Timothy, older people moved from the stoves to the rubble to breathe fresh air and watch the weather. A sunny day promised a warm spring. On this day, according to popular belief, juice began to flow along the trunks of birches and maples. The first birch sap was treated to seriously ill patients, children and the elderly, so that they would get stronger and gain strength from nature itself.

March 7: Mauritius Day

In Mauritius, they were waiting for the arrival of rooks and starlings, which "carried on their wings" the warmth of spring. On this day, field work began, fertilizers were brought to the fields and beds. Manure was left on the ground or snow so that weed seeds would freeze. In the southernmost regions, the sowing season was opened with the sowing of beds with early cabbage.

March 8: Polikarpov day

On Polycarp, unmarried girls performed rituals to attract suitors. To do this, they swept the rubbish out of the huts so that no one would see, and sentenced: “I’m naming suitors, I’m driving thieves away from the house”. Quick frosts and snowstorms promised magpies if they gathered at the houses and strove to get into the attics.

March 9: Midsummer Day

March 15: Fedot Vetronos

On Fedot, according to popular belief, a thaw began due to the fact that all underground water sources came out. The weather that day was the same as summer would be, so the peasants went out to the hillocks until dawn and spoke to the sun so that it illuminated the earth all day and drove away the cold with rain.

March 16: Eutropian day

On Eutropia, the peasants went to the fields and walked around them with a cross to attract the sun, which would melt the snow and make it possible to start plowing. On this day, they revered the sun and believed that if you take out dirty linen from houses in the evening, then the sun's rays could burn the tender growth of winter crops. They tried not to go into the forests, so as not to inadvertently run into bears that had come out of hibernation.

March 17: Gerasim Grachevnik

Rooks were expected to arrive on Gerasim, and if the birds flew in and immediately began to fuss in their nests, then spring would come quickly, and the dampness would soon be replaced by dry weather. In addition, the birds that sat on the nests helped to determine the beginning of field work: they began in a week. On this day, rituals were performed to expel evil spirits from the house, using wormwood and conspiracies.

March 18: Konon Ogorodnik

March 20: Pavel Kapelnik

Pavel met a real spring, which drowned the last snow. The people prayed to the face of the Mother of God "The guarantor of sinners" in order to get rid of sins and start life from scratch. They carefully looked for a drop from the roofs: plentiful drops promised a rich harvest of flax.

March 21: Spring Solstice, Verbonositsa

On the day of the spring equinox, willow branches were collected and brought home to protect themselves from any evil. The hostesses sprinkled them with holy water and read protective prayers, passing through the whole house and looking into the most secluded corners. Often on this day, a young willow was planted near the houses so that it would protect from people with bad thoughts and evil spirits. The willow was treated reverently, and its bark was used to treat various diseases. It was dried in a certain way, crushed into powder and brewed for rinsing and other procedures.

March 22: Magpies, Forty Magpies

This day is named after the forty martyrs of Sebaste. The holiday was important among the people, and at this time the housewives baked cookies in the form of birds, speaking it. Everyone was treated to cookies, and, according to popular beliefs, they helped to attract warmth. By this day, they were waiting for the arrival of various birds that “carried warmth on their wings”. They also followed the weather: if on Forty Forty, thunder rumbled over the forest, then the year promised to be hungry.

March 23: Vasilisa - spring water pointer

Vasilisa was busy with housework: they dug trenches so that the melt water would not flood the cellars, they went fishing to diversify the diet. For those who caught a lot of fish, luck smiled throughout the year. In addition, the weather was monitored on Vasilisa: if on that day a strong north wind blew in the back, then the harvest promised to be poor, and the hay season was short due to frequent rains.

March 24: Efimov day

On Yefim they collected birch sap, which was treated to everyone. Such a drink added strength and helped to cope with illnesses. He was heated, medicinal herbs were added and they spoke to health. They listened carefully to the birds singing: if they heard the voice of the cuckoo, they jingled money in their pockets so that they would not be transferred. With Efim, work began in gardens and vegetable gardens, and if there was frost on the ground from the night, then frosts were no longer expected.

March 25: Feofanov's Day

Festivities were arranged on Feofan to welcome spring. On this day, horses were looked after so that they would not let them down during field work. They were treated to treats, cleaned, changed their bedding and walked. Horses were led to springs to drink water from buckets in which they put silver coins or spoons. Thus, the animals gained strength and did not get sick. Be sure to treat the birds with grain and seeds so that the harvest is rich and pests do not eat it. Birdhouses were often placed on Feofan in the fields, attracting birds that would destroy insects.

March 26: Nikifor's day

On the day of the holiday, they looked into the sky to see flocks of geese, which promised a rich and fruitful year. They definitely went fishing on Nikifor, and if there were ides in the catch, then this year there will be good luck for the whole family. Signs did not ignore: larks will fly - spring has come, and if they were the first to see the arrival of finches, frosts will return.

March 27: Venedict's Day

On this day, they took care of livestock. He was taken out into the yards to clean and speak from diseases and evil eye. Amulets were hung on cattle, and barns and sheepfolds were fumigated with wormwood. Taking care of pets was the main job for Benedict, because the well-being of the family depended on her health.

March 28: Alexander's Day

Alexander's day - the time of the beginning of the ice drift. On this day, they were waiting for the arrival of seagulls, which promised the final victory of the scales over the winter cold. They didn’t go into the forest and tried not to go far from home because of the revelry of wolf packs that arranged “weddings”. The owners went around the yards to make sure that the fences and sheds inhabited by domestic animals and birds were strong. Any cracks or old boards were changed to prevent predators from sneaking in and stealing valuable animals.

March 29: Savvin

On the day of Savvin, carts were checked and repaired if necessary. The sledges were cleaned, also paying attention to them so that they were stored until the next winter. Often, the carts were sprinkled with holy water so that they would not break down on long journeys and trouble would not happen to people on the road.

March 30: Alexey Teply

They looked at Alexei at streams: if they were plentiful, then they expected wide floods of rivers. On this day, they went to the edges of the forest for birch sap. They drank it to improve their health and gain strength before field work. Horses were also treated to birch sap so that they would serve properly in the fields and not become exhausted. On this day, according to legend, it was impossible to get into the sleigh, otherwise luck and luck will pass by, and the year will be rich in trouble. In the south, on this day, they began to set up beehives and opened the sowing season for oats and barley. Goose fights were arranged for Savvin, which ended with plentiful treats in the fresh air.

March 31: Kirill - Deri Poloz

The day is named so because the snow melted and it was possible to get bogged down on the sled, tearing off the runners and ruining them. Nature woke up, and if the coltsfoot began to bloom, then they did not expect frosts and arranged festive dinners to mark the final departure of winter.

Folk holidays are a storehouse of wise advice and signs that help to avoid trouble in the modern world. Our ancestors lived in harmony with nature, respected all living things and knew how to bring prosperity to life.

Birch, protalnik, solar warmer, sunflower, dropper, dropper, road destroyer, watercourse, whistler, wind carrier, greenhouse, winter forest, gardener, spring, rookery, different weather, morning of the year ... All this is about him, about the first spring month, unpredictable and insidious. No wonder they used to say in the old days: "Martok came - put on two trousers."

March is rich in all kinds of holidays, rituals and signs associated with it. And how else, if for a long time it was considered the first month of the year.

On March 1, on Yarilin Day, the onset of the New Year was once celebrated in Rus'. The tradition of not working on this day persisted for a long time, even after the calendar reforms. According to popular belief, the first rays of the March sun give the future mother the strength to endure a healthy, strong baby. Therefore, at dawn, pregnant women went out to the hillock, to look at the spring sun emerging from the horizon. Even on this day, they wiped themselves with the snow collected at noon, so that spring purity was transferred to the face and hands.

On Arkhipov's Day (March 4), they tried to do as many good deeds as possible, invited the poor to the table, generously regaled them. Women spent the whole day in the kitchen - the more food they cook for Arkhip, the richer the house will be in the new year. The baked loaf was divided among all households, neighbors, the poor brothers, and the remaining crumbs were thrown to the birds, but in a very special way - behind the back, to be with bread in the fall.

It is better to forget about the habit of making a wish at the sight of a shooting star on March 5, on Leo of Katansky - according to signs, this night you can’t look at the sky at all, since a fallen star for a person looking at it can mean illness or death.

This year, the first week of March is especially notable for the fact that the daring Maslenitsa falls on it. Seeing off winter in Rus' has always been celebrated on a grand scale, preparing for the Great Lent following them.

On March 13, on Vasily Teply, a pine branch was brought from the forest to the house so that it would purify the air in the hut and give health to everyone living in it. Be sure to prepare healing infusions and teas from needles and pine buds.

Wishing to predict what the coming year would be like, they noted the weather on Avdotya (Evdokia) - ivy (March 14). A cloudy day is a bad year, a clear day is a beautiful year. Folk omens say: what is Avdotya, such is summer. North wind, frost or snow with rain - you should not hope for a warm summer, a fine day - and the summer will be warm. Snow was collected on this day, because it was believed that melt water from it could heal any ailment. They kept it in a jug, carefully guarded from prying eyes. In many villages, Evdokia was “called spring” - women and children climbed onto roofs or hillocks and sang spring songs.

If on March 17, on the day of Gerasim Grachevnik, rooks arrive, we can expect that in a month the snow will completely melt. The people believed that rooks were able to exorcise evil spirits from the yard, therefore, on this day, kikimora survived from the house, constantly mischievous to all households. To this end, the owners left the hut early in the morning, leaving it in temporary possession to the invited healer, who was trying to force the kikimora to leave their shelter by conspiracies.

March 22 marked Forty Magpies - the second meeting of spring. On Soroka, winter ends, spring begins, and day and night are measured. It was believed that on this day 40 different birds arrive, and therefore larks were baked from dough in all houses. According to signs, if it is warm on Soroka, then it will last another 40 days, but if the day turned out to be cold, we should expect another 40 cold matinees.

On Alexei Teply - March 30 - usually begins rapid snowmelt. If the day is warm, then the rest of the spring will be warm. In many regions, birch buds were collected by the whole family on Teply Alexei, and at the table they drank birch sap or a special honey-birch broth.

In March, nature awakens from its winter sleep, after the winter rest, the villagers have more trouble preparing for field work, great hopes for the coming year and the future harvest have always been associated with the first spring month. That is why our ancestors looked so closely at the slightest changes in nature, because the Russian people accumulated so many interesting traditions.