SIGNS: Prokop the Road Destroyer. On this day you cannot leave the house without putting your ear to the ground. You must first make sure whether the snow road is reliable. BORN: 1831 Clement STUDEBAKER, American industrialist, founder of the company of the same name. 1832 Charles Cunningham BOYCOTT, a retired British army captain who … Read more
HOLIDAYS: World Pie Day. Handwriting Day (Handwriting Day). SIGNS: Grigory Letoukazatel. Frost on the stacks, frost sweeping around the pillars – for a wet summer. Wind from the south – a stormy summer. BORN: 1783 STENDHAL (born Henri Marie BAYLE), French writer. He argued: “A woman can prove her love only by parting with the … Read more
HOLIDAYS: Benin – Voodoo (witchcraft) day. Japan – Day number 110 (110 is the police emergency number). SIGNS: Household day. On this day we went to the mountain, tied a rag on a stake and made a wish. Frost on the stacks – for a rainy summer. BORN: 1747 Abraham Louis BREGUET, French watchmaker. His … Read more
HOLIDAYS: International Bard Song Day. Belarus – An energy worker’s day. SIGNS: Anna Winter, Dark. The shortest day of the year. Pregnant women were forbidden to do any serious work during the day; they were supposed to fast. BORN: 1639 Jean-Baptiste RACINE, French playwright. Born into the family of a tax official. 1858 Giacomo (Antonio … Read more
HOLIDAYS: International Day to Protect Sex Workers from Violence and Cruelty (the symbol of the holiday is a red umbrella). Belarus – Belarusian Cinema Day (On December 17, 1924, under the People’s Commissariat of Education of the BSSR, a state administration for cinematography and photography was created – “Belgoskino”). SIGNS: Varvara. Varvara frosts are coming. … Read more
HOLIDAYS: International Universal Health Coverage Day. International Day of Neutrality. Russia – Day Constitution. SIGNS: Paramon. Paramon has arrived – the snow is off the roof. On this day they threw snow off the roofs. BORN: 1766 Nikolai Mikhailovich KARAMZIN, Russian writer, historian. He introduced many new words into the Russian language – both neologisms … Read more
HOLIDAYS: World Soil Day. SIGNS: Prokop. It was believed that a good sleigh path was established from Prokop. BORN: 1803 Fyodor Ivanovich TYUTCHEV, Russian poet. He owns the phrase: “Russian history before Peter the Great is a continuous dirge, and after it is one criminal case.” And what has become a textbook:You can’t understand Russia … Read more
HOLIDAYS: World Pneumonia Day (the symbol of this day is blue jeans). Azerbaijan – Day Constitution. SIGNS: Zinovy Sinichnik. Tits, goldfinches, bullfinches, and jays arrive. The hunters went out on this day for the first powder. If wolves come to Zinovy in packs, it means famine, pestilence or war. BORN: 1833 Alexander Porfirievich BORODIN, Russian … Read more
HOLIDAYS: International men’s day. Russia – National Unity Day. SIGNS: Winter (autumn) Kazan. What Kazanskaya shows, winter will say. It always rains on this day. Weddings were tried to be played in Kazanskaya, since “Whoever marries in Kazanskaya will be happy.” BORN: 1784 Osip (Joseph) Ivanovich BAUVE, Russian architect of Italian origin. He revived the … Read more
HOLIDAYS: International Animation Day. Czech Republic – Independence Day. SIGNS: Efimy the Pious. Efimy closes the roots of grass and trees with the ground with cold, covers every insect in the withered grass, induces sleep. BORN: 1469 Erasmus (Desiderius) of ROTTERDAM, humanist philosopher of the Renaissance. He left behind a wonderful motto: “Nothing in excess!” … Read more