July 13 — twelve apostles. The custom of the day is to paint … eggs and guess on a narrowed

Krympress reports:

Exactly! The people had a tradition similar to Easter — on July 13, eggs were painted, and then they exchanged them with neighbors and acquaintances. The round shape of the egg symbolized the ascending summer sun. Prepared from eggs today and a variety of dishes. The scrambled eggs on this day were a traditional treat. It was made with onions, vegetables, cheese, bread and even a herring.

Also on July 13, it was accepted, going to haymaking, to put on the best outfits. In some areas, after work, they went out to “accompany the spring”: they arranged folk festivals in the meadow or edge of the forest, made a straw doll spring and drowned it in water at sunset. The key moment of the holiday was observing the outgoing sun. It was believed that from that moment on Earth a real summer heat was installed — hot and merciless. Soft «spring» warmly went into oblivion.

The holiday itself received the name of the twelve apostles in honor of the disciples of Christ, the closest to Him. The stories of life and acts of such people are set out in the Gospel, as well as in the book «Acts of the Holy Apostles.» The disciples of Christ, who have become witnesses of the last months of his life, were Peter, his brother Andrei, John the Theologian and his brother Jacob, Philip, Matthew and his brother Jacob Alfeev, Bartholomew, Fom, Simon Canaty, Faddeus and Judas Zariot. When Judas betrayed Christ, his place was taken by Matthia.

As for the signs:

• Stars at night of July 13 flicker? In the morning, the sky is tightened with clouds — at noon there will be a strong thunderstorm.
• The cuckoo dolls — to the long summer and to the crop failure of the barley.
• The bream in the water splashes with its tail — in the evening it will be warm.
• Yellow clouds — to rain.
• White clouds are floating against the wind — to the rain. In the wind — to the heat.
• Sheep in the pasture behave uneasily — to the rain.
• A lot of dew — to hot weather.
• To eat on an empty stomach egg, painted yellow — fortunately.

And the girls on this day were guessed on a narrowed on flowers. They collected 12 flowers from different meadows and fields, put them under the pillow. Whoever dreams at night — he will soon call up the aisle!

Name things today are noted: Mikhail, Stepan, Grigory, Peter, Yakov, Andrey, Timofey, Ivan, Fuddeus, Matvey.

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