July 26 — Gabriel Day. There is an active harvest period
Krympress reports:
On July 26, in Rus’ they usually spent in the fields, because the active period of the harvest continued. Our ancestors were very happy if the weather was good these days: the rain extremely negatively affected the state of mowed hay — it began to rot. Livni often tried to drive away with special prayers and magic rites. In the Arkhangelsk region, for example, the saying «do not go, rain, where they get it, but go where they are waiting.»
And another July 26 is a turning point that was popularly considered the middle of summer.
The church now honors the memory of Arkhnagel Gabriel. He is one of the most important angels and is mentioned several times in the Bible. It was Gabriel who predicted to the Prophet Daniel, how the fate of the Jewish people would develop, Marie said about the birth of Christ. By the way, Gabriel throughout his life was next to Maria and guarded her. Joseph, the husband of the Virgin, he appeared in order to warn about the danger that threatened Jesus when Herod decided to exterminate all the babies in the city. Jesus himself also met with the Archangel Gabriel, when he was in the Garden of Gethsemane and asked for strengthening the spirit, forces to endure torment and suffering. Also, it was from the Archangel Gabriel that the news of the resurrection of Jesus of the Myrrh-bearing wife received.
As for the signs:
- Did you turn out to be dry, hot and sunny? By good weather in the first autumn months.
- Strong rain — to the crop failure.
- Swallows fly low — by late autumn.
- Dark clouds in the sky — to a change in the weather. If before that it was dry, it will rain. But if it was rainy outside — the sun should soon look out!
- Rye ripened — you can assemble the sub -stones.
- In the morning, the bees went to the meadows — the weather will be good all day.
- The fish hits its tail — to good weather.
- A lot of rye in the fields — to the good harvest of raspberries.
- Ducks are grunting during the rain — clear weather will soon be established.
- During a thunderstorm, the wind blows from the west or from the northwest-the rain will pass quickly, and there will be no hail.
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