Folk wisdom: May signs for all occasions

Last month of spring, like all other seasons, the peasant's observant gaze gave a lot of clues. The signs of May relate for the most part to agricultural work. But there are among them and advice to the newlyweds, for example. If interested, let's take a closer look at the signs of the May-month left by our ancestors.

About the weather

Find out what will be the next fall, May 6th. That's exactly what we did in the old days. If it's cold, then autumn was expected to be warm. The signs of May tell vacationers whether to plan out-of-town trips, or better to fly to distant lands. If on the eighth (Mark) the songbirds gathered in packs and circled in the sky, then summer heat is provided. You can not think about overseas resorts. And the house will be fine. Confirm the forecast is also the thirteenth. Only have to get up before dawn. Clearly the sun rises - wait for the heat. A clear dawn on Epiphanes (twenty-fifth) usually alarmed the elderly. They assured that in summer it is necessary to beware of fires. By the way, the sign is actual for modern life, even urban.

About birds

And the youth went to the forest of the fifteenth. Signs of the May-month prescribed to girls and bird birds to listen. If the first nightingale gives a trill, then summer time will be happy. And when you hear a cuckoo - do not rely on romantic adventures. Bad weather for the summer was predicted by a thunderstorm on the twenty-fourth (Moky wet). If the dawn was painted in crimson color, and by noon the heavenly hills opened sluices, to know the next three months galoshes and an umbrella are necessary. In summer there will be a lot of rains accompanied by thunderstorms.

About the harvest

Bakers passed each other's May signs for each day. They helped to grow a rich harvest, not to be left without food for the whole winter. Traced the weather very carefully. Since the signs of May for each day were considered very true. By the way, there are a lot of them. To a modern person they are not particularly necessary, since they concern the time of sowing or work in a cattle yard. But here are some of them. On the fourth day (Proclus) a peasant came out at dawn to the courtyard and observed: if it is clear, it is necessary to go sow, when the fog rages, then it is necessary to engage in other works. The grain is still too early to go to bed. After Mark (8th number) there will be three rains - the bread will be rich. When the rainbow appeared, it was considered a good sign. High and bright foreshadowed clear weather, low and dull - bad weather. However, this optical phenomenon foreshadowed a successful year for a hulk. And on the twenty-second of May they planted potatoes. If you do not miss this day, you can get not only full bins, but also therapeutic tubers. The future harvest of berries was judged by the behavior of mosquitoes. Signs of May read as follows: if the mosquitoes scampered on Lukerya (twenty-sixth), it is necessary to know how to prepare the bowls. There will be berries and mushrooms.

Folk signs for May for lovers

This month, in pre-Christian Russia called the flower, was still considered a period of active agricultural work. All the rest fell into the background. Unfortunately, the passionate youths and languishing girls, including their love. The last month of spring was considered unfit for marriage. It was said that it would be necessary to toil until old age, if the weddings started in this period. By the way, many believe in this and now. It is better to listen to nightingales and observe the signs of May about the harvest, and to appoint a wedding for a rich fall. Then the table will break, so that the guests are not ashamed, and life will develop. And not to be bored, the second number of cakes baked, the celebration of the meeting of spring arranged. It is possible to talk on it.

Signs of the weather for May

About what the month will be, observant people knew in advance. We began to note in February. If it is windy and frosty, early spring will begin. May, therefore, will turn out to be warm. Icicles long foreshadowed a good spring. And when the frost fell on the trees, they thought that in May there would be a lot of honey. Bad, when in February the rains fell out. Then the peasants were preparing to "fight for the harvest." The moisture of the second winter month foreshadowed inclement spring and complex sowing work. But the April rains were preparing the riches of the last spring month. Moisture was pouring soil. This made the land more generous. Herbs rose high and juicy. By the way, they were collected and used in folk medicine. On May 12, as they said in the old days, you need to go to the field and set your face to the winds. You do it, you are not too lazy and you will not forget - the ill will begin to avoid it.

About children

Signs of May concerned not only such an important area as filling barns. People also observed the characters and destinies of babies born during this period. They, as it turned out, are great fans of comfort. It is almost impossible to refuse it for these poor people. They will suffer and suffer. But children born at the threshold of summer, are distinguished by good health and resistance to stress, which, you know, is important. They are very difficult to bring down from the chosen path. Let through mistakes and bumps, but they will achieve their goal. Boys come up with such names: Ivan, Victor, Anatoly, Roman or Pavel. They smooth out sharp protrusions in the character of future men, from which beautiful husbands and fathers are obtained. Girls are recommended to call Yulia, Alexandra, Lisa or Tomas. It would be good to not scold them in the first years and spoil them more. Then their fate will be fine.

People's signs are a storehouse of all kinds of information. They carefully collected for centuries, so that people could live more easily and comfortably. In a sense, this knowledge is much more useful than science or any encyclopedias. They are tested by thousands of years of practice!