According to the folk calendar - Ivan the Dolgy

According to the folk calendar, Ivan the Long is celebrated on June 1 (May 19, old style) Ivan named the holiday from a church date; on this day, Christians honor the memory of two saints - John of Goth and John of Uglich John of Goth was born in the 8th century into a family of true Christians From his youth he chose the path of a monk, prayed a lot, and traveled to holy places Years later, he took the post of Bishop of Goth John of Uglich was born in the 15th century into a family of princes As a youth, he was locked in prison by order of his uncle, where he spent more than 30 years in prayer Before his death, John became a monk under the name Ignatius The people called Ivan Long, since the day became long enough, the peasants worked from dawn until deep darkness Another day was called the Niva Amulet Niva was the name given to a field sown with grain In the morning, the peasants went out to their fields, bowed low to them and asked them to give them an excellent harvest Over the cornfield, conspiracies were read against the evil eye, bad weather and pests On Ivan the Long, residents turned to the wind They prayed to him to send rains to water the planted crops, they asked him not to dry out the young ears, not to drive rot and disease onto them In order to protect the crop from fires, hail and destructive downpours, peasants made a wheel from willow or birch branches They rolled him around the fields and read a special plot From that day on, we went to the forest to pick mushrooms and the first berries; in the southern regions, rye was already producing ears Residents tried to plant all their garden crops by this date, since it was getting warmer and the night frosts had stopped Rains were important, because the future harvest depended on them On Midsummer's Day we carefully monitored precipitation According to signs, rain on this day foreshadowed a month of drought, but it also promised a rich harvest at harvest Fog was observed to increase the abundance of mushrooms in the forests If residents saw the closing of the calendula or the floral smell intensifying in the air, they prepared for rain Crows looking in one direction warned of impending windy weather