Forecast for Feodosia Kolosyntynka on June 11: Interpreting Weather Omens; Activities Permissible and Prohibited
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So, here we are on June 11th, commonly known asSaint Wheat-harvester's Day in the folk calendar. Like a curious folk, we'd observe the fields to see if the wheat's developing dense ears, predicting a bountiful harvest.
The villagers would gather sowing beans and buckwheat to enrich the soil with seeds, feed livestock with oven bread to boost their fertility and, on a whim, hunt for mushrooms, especially boletes, believing they were easier to find during the wheat's ear-forming stage.
Now, there's a catch – avoid getting engaged or married, doing chores that require heavy effort, squabbling, borrowing or lending money, or hunting animals before the actual harvest. The folklore had some weird superstitions, man!
As for the weather, it was believed that morning mist over water forecasted clear skies, a hot day heralded prosperous summer and rich harvest, thunder signaled rain for the grain crop, little dew indicated dry summer, bees buzzing inside hives meant rain was on its way, an abundance of cobwebs suggested steady, dry weather, a loud cuckoo promised clear skies, and a warm, starry night foretold a successful harvest.
Curious about Saint Theodosis, though? Historians have a tough time pinning down a widely recognized Saint Theodosis with a feast day traditionally celebrated on June 11th, in mainstream liturgical or folk calendars. Nothin' solid, I'm afraid. But who knows, maybe in your corner of the world, there's a lesser-known local saint. And if that's the case, happy Saint Wheat-harvester's Day to ya!
The villagers, aware of the mythical connection between the ear-forming stage of wheat and the abundance of edible mushrooms, such as boletes, integrated mushroom hunting into their home-and-garden lifestyle on Saint Wheat-harvester's Day. As for the weather during the festivities, the villagers believed that a clear sky would follow a misty morning over water, predicting a prosperous summer and a bountiful home-and-garden lifestyle ahead.
