CrimeaPRESS reports:
August 31 was also popularly called the Horse Festival. At the same time, Lavra and Frol were considered the patrons of horses and were depicted next to these animals.
Horses were not taken out into the field that day, but from early morning they washed, cleaned, decorated their mane and tail with ribbons and flowers, and even sprinkled holy water next to the church. Special delicacies were prepared for the animals, they even baked a special loaf of new bread. And in order for the horse to be kind and gentle, they gave it water from the owner’s hat.
Usually by this time they tried to finish the work related to the sowing of rye. Mistresses on August 31 pickled cucumbers and prepared them for the winter. Subsequently, pickles were cooked from cucumbers or simply eaten with porridge.
And on the last day of August, it was time for women’s gatherings. Married women and widows gathered together for needlework and leisurely conversation.
As for Laurus and Frol, these are two martyrs of the period of early Christianity. These are siblings who were skilled masons. As a result, the ruler of the city in which they lived issued a decree according to which Frol and Laurus were to go to build a pagan temple. The wages that the brothers received for their work, they distributed to poor people and all the time sought to preach the Word of God. At the same time, all their actions were accompanied by various miracles. For example, the son of a pagan priest was healed of a serious illness, after which both he and his father became Christians and believed in God. When the temple was built, Frol and Lavr prayed in it, and then destroyed all the idols. The ruler, having learned about this, ordered to arrest Frol and Lavr, throw them into a well and cover them with earth. It was said that after the acquisition of the relics of the brothers, the loss of cattle stopped, and therefore, it was on August 31 that it was customary to honor horses.
Notes of the day:
- The air is fresh and transparent — soon bad weather.
- The sun behind the clouds on a hot day — to the rain.
- Clouds creep low — to bad weather.
- The scarlet stars in the sky twinkle strongly — to windy and rainy weather.
- If the root of the wormwood plucked on this day is thick and wide, a rich harvest can be expected next year.
- On Frol and Lavr, grass becomes things. If you sit on the lawn and sit in silence, you can even hear what she whispers about. Sometimes you can hear prophetic words.
- To work on a horse on this day is to her imminent death.
- Wormwood, plucked on the last day of August, will protect against devils and demons. And in order to ward off evil spirits from the house, it is necessary to light a fire from dry wormwood in the yard.
- If on this day a wreath is weaved from wormwood, hung over the front door, and in the evening it falls, damage has been brought to the house and its owners.
Name days are celebrated today: Ivan, Denis, Mikhail, George, Eugene, Lev, Emelyan, Hilarion, Grigory, Makar.
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