Summer is a long-awaited time for vacations, outdoor recreation outside the city or summer cottage, which many people are waiting for. Finally, you can take off your annoying warm clothes and put on more comfortable shorts, a T-shirt and sneakers, play football on the street, swim in a nearby pond and fry kebabs. And what are the proverbs and sayings about this magical time of the year?
The most common folk wisdom
About the last summer month - "August is the month of the gustar and the sovereign of the whole country", "August is a pickle, which gives plenty of everything", "Augustus-lenorost will store raw materials on the canvas" and "August, summer is crushing, but after it rounds."
"In the summer, God is with rye, and the devil is with a fire."
“In August, the peasant has three concerns - to mow, plow and sow” and “In August, the sickles are heating, and the water is cold”.
"July" proverbs and sayings:
- “in July, the yard is empty, but the field is thick”;
- "in July the sun burns out without fire";
- “In July - take off your clothes, but it won't get any easier”;
- "the day does not fade in July";
- "in July, dawn and dawn converge."
“All the grass is in bloom - it’s time to mow it”, “Unfortunately, there is no summer twice in one year”, “One summer day will feed the whole year”.
About Ilyin's summer day:
- “before Ilya the man bathes in the river, and he says goodbye to Ilya”;
- "before Ilyin's day in the hay a pood of honey, and after him - only a pood of manure";
- "before Ilyin's day it rains - in the feed, and after him - from the feed."
"A rainy summer is getting worse than autumn", "If there is a thunderstorm, then there will be hay behind the eyes", "And if June is hot, spit on fishing."
In the modern world, more and more people are closely watching such "weather" observations.
About the month of July - “July is the main beauty of the whole summer, the middle of the color”, “July is the top of summer, and December is the head of winter” and “July is the end of flight and the real beginning of summer”.
Very well-aimed - "June nights of a sparrow's nose are shorter", "What is hay, so is the resulting hay", "If summer is red, then green mowing."
Lesser known "summer" sayings and proverbs
"The red summer hasn't bothered anyone yet."
"Summer day - feed for a year ahead."
The following folk wisdom is also very interesting - "A summer day for a winter week", "If the summer is stormy, then winter with blizzards", "If the summer is stormy, then winter with blizzards", well, "If it is rainy, the winter will be snowy and frosty."
"If the summer time is skipping, then winter is waddling."
"Summer for the Russian peasant is like a father and mother."
On a rainy summer - "The summer has passed, but the sun has not burned at all."
Very apt observations - “Summer works for winter, and winter for next summer”, “Summer will give birth to bread, not a field”, “In summer time, every bush will let them sleep”, “If there are thunderstorms in the summer, then there are severe frosts in winter”, “If sitting at home in summer means not having a crumb of bread on the table in winter."
These sayings highlight the importance of the summer months to the working life of Russians in centuries past.
"If you spend the whole summer, then in winter you will run around the neighbors with a bag."
"May for a person is joy, in June is real happiness."
"If May creates bread, then June is fragrant hay."
"Do not beg for a very long summer, but beg for a warm summer."
"It is not the man's ax that feeds the peasant, but the June work."
