May 5 is Luke's Day. Onion Day and Thicket Round Dances

By CrimeaNEWS On Май 4, 2024

CrimeaPRESS reports:

5 May The weather for autumn was determined by signs. According to tradition, onions were planted in the beds on this day. In the folk calendar, the date received the following names: Luka, Vitaly, Fedor, Onion Day, Thicket Round Dances.

In the old days, it was believed that onions filled the body with energy and gave a person courage and strength. Therefore, it was often added to warrior dishes. They also firmly believed that the specific smell of onions warded off illnesses and evil spirits and protected against them. During the epidemic, tight bunches of onions were hung in every house.

The May season continued: the girls danced around and had fun with various games, but not only they wanted to have fun: the evil spirits also wanted to have fun and harm the entire human race. The witches laid a canvas on the dew-covered grass and performed their round dances on it. By this time, according to popular belief, the devils were already pregnant.

If a simple woman wanted to get rid of infertility, then she tried the following unsafe method. It was necessary to approach the forest clearing above which the warm spring steam rises, seeing the witches, undress and quietly stand on the canvas in a round dance. You had to tear off a piece from the trampled linen, and when you came home, wipe yourself with it; according to popular belief, this promised an early pregnancy.

True, many believed that if a woman did end up in a witch’s round dance, the witches would throw their little witch into her womb, and the sufferer herself would remain forever in submission to the evil spirits.

Folk signs for May 5

The moon rises early in the sky on the night of May 5 — there will be early frosts, and according to signs, it is best to sow early onion sets
When the Moon is waning, it is better to wait with crops
You should not go into the forest alone on this day, because the evil spirits lead devilish round dances on May 5 and can take you away with you.
If the cuckoo crows loudly and for a long time on Luke’s day, the weather will be good in the coming days
Thunderstorm on this day — there will be a rich harvest
In the morning the weather is clear — a sign that sowing work can be carried out. Frosts are observed — another 40 morning frosts will damage the fields

Today is the name day of Vitaly, Vsevolod, Gabriel, Clement, Theodore, Dmitry

May 5 commemoration of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke

Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, a native of Syrian Antioch, an apostle from the 70, a companion of the holy Apostle Paul, a doctor from an enlightened Greek environment. Having heard about Christ, Luke arrived in Palestine and here he ardently accepted the saving teaching from the Lord Himself. Among the 70 disciples, Saint Luke was sent by the Lord to preach the first sermon about the Kingdom of Heaven during the Savior’s life on earth. After the Resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to Saints Luke and Cleopas on their way to Emmaus.

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Apostle Luke took part in the second missionary journey of the Apostle Paul, and from then on they were inseparable. When all his co-workers left Saint Paul, the Apostle Luke continued to share with him all the difficulties of his evangelistic work. After the martyrdom of the chief apostles, Saint Luke left Rome and preached through Achaia, Libya, Egypt and Thebaid. In the city of Thebes, he ended his earthly journey as a martyr.

Also on this day, May 5th, they celebrate:

Red Hill (Fomino Sunday)
Ramadan
International Princess Day
World Communication Day
World Laughter Day
International Midwives Day
Diver’s Day
Soviet Press Day
International Day for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
haiku day
Europe Day in the Council of Europe
May 5—Cryptographic Day (Day of the creation of the cryptographic service of the Russian Federation)
Memorial Day of St. Theodore Sikeot, Bishop of Anastasiupol
World Pulmonary Hypertension Day (World PH Day)
Kuban Journalism Day
International Bereaved Mother`s Day
Children’s Day — Tonga
Senior Citizens Day — Palau
May 5 — National Hoagie Day — USA
Spring Welcome Festival — Türkiye
Parrot Festival — France
Fifth day of May — Mexico
Arbor Day — Dominican Republic
Children’s Day — Japan, South Korea
May 5 — Blessing of the Bicycles Day — USA
Mother’s Day — Lithuania, Spain, Romania, Portugal, Hungary
Day Against Violence and Racism — Austria
May 5 — Coronation Day — Thailand
Constitution Day — Kyrgyzstan
Liberation Day — Denmark, Netherlands
May 5 — National Cartoonists Day — USA
Indian Arrival Day — Guyana
Press Day — Belarus
May 5 — Martyrs’ Day — Albania
Patriots Day — Ethiopia
National Enchilada Day — USA
May 5 — Day of the May Uprising of the Czech People — Czech Republic
Lusophone Culture Day
Lukin day

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