According to the folk calendar - Hilarion - Turn out the shafts

On April 10 (March 28, old style) according to the folk calendar, Hilarion is celebrated - Turn out the shafts The name of the day was given in honor of St Hilarion of Pelicite, whose memory is honored by the Orthodox Church on this day Hilarion lived in the 8th century in what is now Turkey In adolescence, he became a monk, secluded himself in the monastery for many years and devoted himself to prayers to the Lord God rewarded him with the gift of creating miracles By praying, a monk could call down rain during a drought, fill fish nets with catch during a famine, or cure a seriously ill person Hilarion received the rank of presbyter, and years later he was made abbot of the Pelicite monastery During the repression of icon worshipers, the monastery was attacked by soldiers They mocked the monks and brutally tortured them, and then killed them Among their number was Abbot Hilarion Hilarion's Day was called Turn out the shafts for the change of shafts from sleighs to carts Shafts are two wooden sticks that serve as a transition from the cart to the horse The snow was completely gone from the roads, so the shafts of the sleigh were turned out and inserted into the cart, and the sleigh was hidden in the barn until the next winter By Hilarion's Day, primroses were blooming, so Stepanov's wreath, woven on August 15 for Stepan Senoval, lost its healing power And before that, he served as a talisman against illness in the family If one of the household members was sick, they broke off a twig from the wreath and poured hot water over it Residents believed that the rising aroma helped fight illnesses On this day it was customary to glorify the mother and stepmother Its yellow bloom was attributed to the primrose and the weather was especially well predicted from it She closed and lowered the flowers before rain or snowfall Tinctures were prepared from it to treat colds, coughs, toothaches, and it was also used as a wound-healing and disinfectant Signs on Hilarion's Day helped to find out the coming weather The sounds of thunder in the distance predicted the approach of rainy days Magpies sitting on the tops of trees foreshadowed the end of frost and the onset of warmth They prepared for a dry summer if a lapwing flew low over the ground screaming The falling rain meant a fruitful summer