“Oh, summer is red! I would love you when it weren’t for the heat, for the dust, for the mosquitoes, for the flies. ”
Who does not know this proverb about summer! Probably, every Russian after the statement of A.S. Pushkin is no-no, and in this way he will breathe in the hot season.
Language is a living organism, it absorbs time, forms folklore. Lines of songs, verses become proverbs. And it doesn’t matter who the author is - the catchword has gone into the people and has become part of his culture.
Summer residents
Basically, the fight against the vile is the lot of summer residents who manage to grow crops on their 6 acres. It is they, perhaps, that preserve folk signs and proverbs. Talks about summer begin at the beginning of the garden season, and the season begins after the winter solstice. During this period, seedlings are grown on the windowsill.
- The sun for summer, winter for frost.
The day is getting longer, the beds are thawing, gardeners are sowing greens.
- The treasury will give an early rain, and the latter will ruin completely.
Watering is important for field crops, so that the grass grows in mass, the tops are poured, the spike forms many grains. Late rain during the harvest will soak the bread, rot the crop. Ruin, and only.
Summer suffering
Previously, the peasant could only afford to rest in winter. He triumphed, renewing the sledding path. Proverbs and sayings about summer were formed by the people not for fun, they served as pointers and motivators:
- Summer day feeds the year.
- To wait for the weather in summer - to starve the whole family in winter.
- You will spend summer in a hut - you’ll go to clean in winter.
- In summer, fold your hands - in winter there is nothing to put in your mouth.
In the summer you kick, and in the winter you bend in a pie. - Any neta stock up from the summer.
Proverbs about summer reflect the progress of seasonal work:
- June does not let you get bored, beat off the desire to walk.
- July cornfield is dense, the barn is empty.
- The crown of the summer itself does not sleep and does not give others.
July is the most busy time. It meets day and night, darkness does not come. Although the southern regions of Russia do not know white nights, they also say goodbye to the sun for a short while.
- No more serious labor than the July suffering.
In summer, the mowers did not go home for the night; they slept in the field. Pickers of mushrooms and berries, nuts, honey, medicinal herbs stayed in the forest for the night, slept by the fire.
- In the summer, every bush is a hut, the grass is green - the bed, the hummock - a pillow.
- In summer, every haystack is a bedroom.
With the beginning of August, the days are getting shorter. Since August 2, they have not bathed in ponds - “the deer soaked the hoof”, it is cold.
- In August, summer before lunch.
August is the time to pick vegetables and fruits. Mushrooms ripened in the forest. In the swamp - lingonberries. Everything needs to be processed in order to save for the winter.
- Augustus is a generous master; he has just enough.
- Winter threatened, but August won.
By what the weather was like during this time, they learned about the nature of the coming winter.
- In summer, rain - in winter, wait for snow.
- In summer, dry land - in winter, wait for a cold.
Modern summer proverbs
Most folk proverbs are suitable for modern summer residents and rural residents. But life is changing, and new, modern ones are being created.
- Only in summer does a city dweller understand a resident of the village.
During maintenance work for a month there is no hot water. And if the repair is serious, turn off and cold. People store water in the bathtub and drive to the other end of the city, where prevention has already passed.
Not all households share the anticipation of summer cottages. Expression of the aspirations of a city dweller in repeating such a proverb about summer:
- It’s good to dream in the winter how you will sunbathe in the summer.
There are lovers of sea travel. But they also need to try and save up for a summer vacation:
- In order to portray a starfish by the sea in summer, it is necessary to imitate the winter and winter workhorse.
The resort has new meetings, new acquaintances:
The main thing here is to calculate your strength. And then not enough for outdoor activities. Here is what other vacationers say:
- After a summer vacation, you need to take a vacation to relax.
Someone is resting on the sea, someone goes on a camping trip, and someone does not get out of the garden at the cottage. No matter how we spend the hot season, a memory photo will remind you of the past in winter. And a good inscription can be one of the sayings.