CrimeaPRESS reports:
In fact, on March 5, the memory of Bishop Leo of Katansky, famous for his merciful deeds, is commemorated. This is exactly how this day is designated in the Christian calendar. In Rus’, this date was dealt with in the same way as with all those introduced by the church — they changed it in a popular way. And March 5 turned into the holiday of “katysh” or the Day of the Lion the Roller. Its main tradition is to ride down the mountain on a sleigh, seeing off the snow that has already succumbed to the spring sun. They said: “Have time to go sledding while winter is ending.” They believed that the one who would be happy the longest would go the furthest.
And now housewives also prepared a kind of ritual dish — they baked pellets in cow butter. They called them “cocks”.
The weather signs for today are as follows:
- The snow has passed by March 5 — the year will be poor and barren.
- Magpies and jackdaws are swimming in the snow — expect a thaw.
- It’s snowing and raining — expect rapid flooding of the rivers and even a thaw.
- Flocks of jackdaws and crows soar high in the sky — a sign that there will be snowfall.
- During rain from the west, the sky clears up — the weather will be warm and dry in the near future.
- The wind direction changes — the thaw will be short-lived.
Name days on March 5th are celebrated by: Anton, Afanasy, Vasily, David, Denis, Ivan, Ignatius, Cornelius, Lev, Leonty, Nikolai, Samson, Sergei, Tikhon, Fedor, Philip, Yaroslav.
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