June 1-Today is the day of Ivan-Khlebrost, Ivan the Long
Krympress reports:
The people believed that the first berries appear on June 1, and rye began to do in the fields. They said, «»Spring is then washed out, it bowed to an honest people in a belt, for a red summer, it looks from under the white hand«.
There were many signs associated with this day, analyzed natural phenomena and tried to predict the weather for the coming days and months.
On June 1, the church is revered by the memory of St. John, Bishop of Gottfsky, who lived in the VIII century. During the persecution of Christians, the Khazars John was hiding from persecution.
Also on the first day of summer, the memory of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy, the defender of the Russian land, is revered.
As for the signs, then:
- The first days of June are rainy — the summer will be arid, without a large amount of precipitation.
- Cool weather — another 40 days of heat should not wait.
- In the morning the dew did not fall out — to the rain.
- Crows are sitting on June 1, turning the beaks in one direction — in the near future there will be a strong wind.
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