According to the folk calendar - Samson Senognoy

Samson Senognoy is celebrated among the people on July 10 (June 27 according to the old calendar style) The date received its name from a church date - the day of honoring St Sampson the Host, who served as a model of selfless virtue for Christians Sampson was born in Rome in the 5th century into a wealthy family who gave him a good medical education He treated the sick without demanding payment for services, but having received an inheritance, he spent it on helping the poor and hungry For his virtue, the Lord gave Sampson the gift of working miracles The emperor, who was healed with his help, built a hospital and a hospice at Sampson’s request, where a church house was eventually built The people called Saint Sampson more consonantly - Samson, and he was called Senognoy because of the frequent rains that spoiled the unharvested hay on this date During this period, peasants cut grass, dried it, scattered it on the ground, and then collected it in stacks If there was heavy rainfall when drying hay, it would rot and rot right on the ground Such hay was unsuitable for feeding livestock in winter On Samson Senognoi, the owners went to church and prayed to the saint to hold back the storm clouds so that the cut hay would not spoil On this date, it was customary to honor distant travelers If they walked along the street past the yard, then the owners invited them to visit, and, if necessary, arranged for them to spend the night The travelers were offered to treat themselves to porridge with milk and butter, and then looked at the plate: if it was empty, then the grain harvest was expected to be generous, but the remains of the porridge promised a poor harvest and a difficult winter Residents plowed the land freed from hay again This gave the soil the opportunity to release steam and prepare for winter sowing Then the horses and oxen that participated in the arable land were led to the temple and asked the clergy to read a prayer over them and sprinkle them with blessed water This custom helped protect cattle from the pranks of evil spirits and the evil eye of unfriendly neighbors Noticing thunderstorms on Samson Senognoi, residents were preparing for frequent precipitation throughout the summer If the weather was sunny, dry days were foreshadowed before Indian Summer Seeing drops of moisture on the horse sorrel, we prepared for precipitation in the following days The closed bindweeds also promised imminent rain Blackening grass after haymaking meant a generous harvest of wheat, greening meant an abundance of buckwheat