Folk spring omens

Folk signs - a whole layer of folklore. To understand the world around us, people from ancient times tried to systematize knowledge. They observed nature, weather changes and gradually formed a certain pattern from them.

There are many signs associated with holiday dates, ceremonies, children, animals. Some of them are considered good, others - portend misfortunes and troubles.

Spring omens, like most weather predictions, are related to weather conditions. Awakening of nature, sowing, preparation for summer - all this has long been of interest to man. It is enough to look closely at the surrounding events to make small predictions for the day, week or month.

Signs. History of occurrence

Signs appeared a long time ago and accompany a person to this day. Who invents them, where do they come from?

An omen is a kind of regularity between an event and a consequence. Even in ancient times, people watched natural phenomena. They tried to recognize the behavior of animals, followed plants, changes in the heavens.

Aristotle in his treatise "Meteorology" described natural phenomena. By the nature of the wind, he tried to explain the onset of good or bad weather.

Over time, people have learned to compare the action and the event that it entails. Signs became simply necessary when a person, after a nomadic life, switched to cultivating the land. The moon, the sun, the flight of birds, the actions of fish and insects, rainfall - all this is reflected in folk signs. They are distributed by time of year and day, days of the week, church holidays.

Signs about the weather

Signs remain relevant to this day. Meteorologists may be mistaken, but popular predictions are correct in most cases.

Signs about winter will tell you when to wait for frost and cold, snowstorm and warming. Spring signs will coordinate when to conduct field plantings and wait for rain. They will predict what the summer will be. Summer will warn when to pick berries or mushrooms. Autumn - set to harvest and prepare for the coming winter.

• If the hare ran into the vegetable garden or garden - be severe winter.
• The whitish moon in a halo - to the snow, clear - to a sunny day.
• If the squirrel left a hollow and came down from a tree - wait for calm, calm weather.
• The snow creaks underfoot - to the cold.
• If sparrows chirp loudly - to warming.
• Late spring is a good summer.
• If there is no evening fog and dew - be a night thunderstorm.
• Sparrows bathe in the sand - it means it will rain.
• If in the evening there was dew on the leaves and grass - to a warm, clear day.
• The birch leaves turn yellow - to bad weather, inclement weather.
• If the cranes fly high and rumble - by the warm autumn.
• Until the last leaf from the cherry tree falls, the snow will melt.

Popular signs are passed down from generation to generation. They began their existence as oral creativity. Gradually, they began to record, fix.

Spring omens are based on the movements of birds and insects, the behavior of animals and plants. The knowledge of ancestors may seem unreasonable due to changes in climatic and environmental conditions. But sometimes their reliability and foresight are simply amazing.

Classification will take about the weather

All signs associated with the weather can be divided into several types. Moreover, they most often interact with each other. It does not take into account the seasons, religious holidays or pagan beliefs. The conditional separation will be based only on changes in animate and inanimate nature.

1. Objects of nature (this is the moon, stars, the sun or the sky).
2. Natural phenomena (rainfall, frost, fog, wind or dew).
3. Animal behavior.
4. Fish behavior.
5. Insect behavior.
6. Plant changes.

Russian folk spring omens

After a long winter, our ancestors, especially those living in villages, began to prepare for the sowing season. Spring weather, rainfall - all people tried to take into account to get a rich harvest.

Folk spring omens prompted when to dig, and when - to plant seedlings. Landing planning guaranteed a fruitful fall and a well-fed winter.

• There are no stars in the sky - wait for the rain.
• If March is dry, April is wet, May is cold, this is a rich harvest.
• After the rain, the rainbow disappeared - the weather will be clear.
• Late mountain ash bloomed - a warm autumn will come.
• Many May bugs fly - to be a dry summer.

Spring folk signs: March

In early spring, the weather is changeable. March brings the first thawed patches. A frosty morning is replaced by a warm day, a drop. Rain and snow alternate. Spring folk signs of nature were necessary in order to find out what spring and summer would be like. Wait for drought or heavy rain.

The name of the month comes from the name of the ancient Roman god of war, Mars. March is also harsh and unpredictable. It was this month that the pagans carried out the exile of winter.

• Snow lies in the fields in the waves - vegetables will spoil well.
• The longer the icicles in March, the longer the spring.
• He began to melt the snow early - which means he will lie still for a long time.
• Larks and rooks returned early - wait for early spring.
• Tall clouds will bring good weather.

Folk Signs: April

The second month of spring is warm and sonorous. Drops, birdsong, clear days carry the long-awaited warmth. Ponds and lakes are free of ice. The sun is shining brighter. There are fewer clouds in the sky, buds and first flowers appear.

The name of the month in Latin means "warmed by the sun." Nature wakes up and basks under the first rays. The cuckoo begins to cook, streams ring in the ravines. April spring signs:

• Bees flew - wait for an early warm spring.
• If it rains in April, there will be good arable land and lush greenery.
• The first thunder along with the north wind - to a cold spring.
• In April, a cold night and a warm day - the weather will not change for a long time.
• A lot of birch sap - wait for the rainy summer.

May

The third month of spring is warm, with thunderstorms and heavy rains. But cold days are still frequent. Spring weather signs associate the flowering of bird cherry, lilac with cooling. Greenery blossoms more and more, fruit trees begin to bloom. More often the nightingale is heard, mosquitoes appear.

May got its name in honor of the goddess of fertility Maya. This month is bright, characterized by lush flowering and the first garden plantings. In May, our ancestors of men were not allowed to sow, otherwise the greens will grow and the fruit will not set.

• The first thunderstorm in May - to prosperity in the house.
• Cold this month - wait for a plentiful harvest.
• Violets bloom - it's time to sow radishes, dill, parsley.
• If during the day you smell a strong smell of yellow acacia - to be raining.
• The oak turns green before the ash - wait for the dry summer.

Signs on the behavior of animals, birds

Of great importance in folk signs are birds, domestic and forest animals. This is due to their psychological characteristics and instincts. They instantly catch the change in the information flow, react to any changes. Therefore, spring folk signs about the weather connect the behavior of birds and animals with future changes.

• The cat covers its head with its paw - for cooling. If scratched by claws - it will rain.
• The dog is rolling on the ground - wait for the thunderstorm. It stretched out and spread its paws - there will be warming.
• Small midges climb into the face - to rain.
• Cows huddled together - it will rain soon.
• Ants hid in an anthill - it will rain heavily.
• A pig screeches loudly - to bad weather. If scratched, heat is approaching.
• If in the early morning the lark is silent, bad weather is coming.
• Crows walk on the ground - there will be warming. Sitting on a tree disheveled and hunched over - to rain.
• The horse snorts - wait for the heat.
• A lot of web flies - to the hot summer.
• Seagulls galloping on the shore - to the approach of a storm.
• If frogs croak and jump loudly during the day - to bad weather.

Signs on plants, flowers

For many centuries, people have discovered the properties of plants and flowers. They are considered animate beings. The relationship between weather changes and plants has been noticed long ago. So signs, superstitions, sayings began to appear. It is believed that some trees have positive or negative energy. In folk medicine, plants with a medicinal effect are used.

People have long associated spring omens with plants and pass this knowledge on to their descendants.

• The coniferous forest is noisy, which means that the thaw is approaching.
• The burdock spread its thorns - there would be bad weather.
• Flowers and bindweed closed the buds - it will rain.
• It was a starry night - you can sow peas.
• The strong smell of meadow flowers and herbs - wait for heavy rain.
• Violet bent its stem - it will rain soon.
• If mold appears on the thaw, to the abundance of mushrooms.
• Dry grass in the morning, without dew - to rain.

Signs in the clouds and the wind

Forms of clouds, changing winds - all this connected weather conditions and spring folk signs. For a long time, for children, they tried to make all predictions rhymed - this helped quick memorization. They were told for a walk, during field work. Children let the boats down the streams and remember the signs.

• Clouds of lambs run - a gale will bring.
• Against the wind, the cloud is floating - the rain will attract, the rain will go.
• In the evening the wind blows - during the day, bad weather will blow.
• Cumulus clouds - lightning, thunder.
• We saw a rook - spring has come.
• As the fogs run - rain for the summer will bring.

Signs in the sky

It is always interesting to look at the sky. It is a bright sun and curly clouds, twinkling stars and a thin sickle of the month. Signs associated with changes in the sky served as clues as to what the next day will be when rain begins or a thunderstorm breaks out.

• Red dawn in the evening - rain is approaching.
• If the horns are down for a month, it will be warm. If it is red, it will rain.
• If a month was born in a strong wind, it means that the whole month the wind will blow.
• Few stars are visible at night - bad weather is approaching.
• A new moon was born - in a week the weather will change.
• If the month is visible in a light haze - get ready for bad weather.
• The sun rose in the fog - all day will be calm, stuffy.
• After heavy rain, the sun bakes - the next day it will rain.

Signs by the day of the month

Spring folk signs for every day are often based on church holidays or pagan beliefs. In ancient times, it was convenient to make calculations based on memorable dates. Therefore, most signs will be associated with a specific day of the month.

For example, at Epiphany (January 19), weather was predicted for the summer. If the day is clear, the summer will be warm.

Evdokia Plyushchikha (March 14). Frost on this day portends a cold summer. A warm wind with snow or rain is rainy.

Fedot Vetronos (March 15). Snow drift or strong wind - the first grass will not appear for a long time.

Forty Martyrs (March 22). If the morning on this day is frosty, then another 40 days will be morning frost.

Daria the Dirty-Mouths (April 1). Spring water is stormy and noisy - to be tall grass. Quiet and cloudy - the greens will be stale, low. On this day, brownies woke up and began to play pranks.

Vasily Solnechnik (April 4). On this day, widespread melting of snow begins.

The Annunciation (April 7). Warm night portends a friendly spring. Thunderstorm on this day - to the abundance of nuts. If the snow still lies on the roofs, it will hold out in the field to Yegoriy (May 6).

Irina Urvi-Berega (April 29). A cloudy day and a clear quiet evening - this weather will last a long time.

Saint Luke (May 5). Vegetables were planted on Luka.

St. George's Day, Yegoriy Veshniy (May 6). Cattle grazing on the first green grass.

Jacob (May 13). A warm day with heavy rain - to plentiful bread.

Arina the hotbed (May 18). On this day, seedlings were planted in the ground.

Job Pea (May 19). Abundant morning dew foreshadowed a rich harvest of cucumbers.

Nikolay (May 22). After this day, 12 frosty matinees remained. If they did not come, they were transferred to Semenov day (September 14).

Groin (May 28). A warm day - to a warm summer.

Signs for children

Spring weather signs for children simple and straightforward. They help the child develop observation and curiosity. They are taught in families, kindergartens, schools. A lot of folk signs about the weather for children are stacked. Entire collections of popular weather predictions are published.

• Strong wind on Palm Sunday - summer with the wind wait.
• April wind - to the June rain.
• Bright moon in the sky - the weather is warm and good.
• The dog is hiding in the heat - cold comes.
• The cat licks itself - to be rain.