According to the folk calendar - Micah Tikhovey

August 27 is the Day of Micah the Quiet, or the Feast of the Stone-Kinder, dedicated to the minor biblical prophet Micah the Morasthite, who, according to legend, predicted the fall of Judea after the coming of the Messiah For our ancestors, on this day the Assumption Fast ended and the period of weddings began On the day of Micah Tikhovei, people paid great attention to observing the wind, and also assessed the behavior of cranes, which allowed them to predict what the fall would be like and whether they should be afraid of strong hurricanes or bad weather For this holiday, our ancestors tried to finish all the field work, complete the construction that had begun, and put the farm in order On Micah, the guy was given the last chance to pick up a girl in order to have time to get married in the fall The ancient Slavs respected the Tikhovey holiday and strictly followed all its traditions, trying not to violate the prohibitions Our ancestors believed that on this day you should not work with dough and bake bread, drink alcohol, be rowdy and raise your voice, or talk about your dreams until sunset Those who violated such prohibitions were to be overtaken by misfortune or lack of money, as well as the fulfillment of nightmares Micah Tikhovey had its own folk signs, in particular: • if a strong wind blows on this day - you should wait for a cold autumn; • a warm wind on Micah - towards sunny September; • if the cranes did not fly off to Micah Tikhovey, then winter promises to be late; • the appearance of morning fog in the form of rising pillars foreshadowed heavy rain; • moisture on poplar leaves - for rain; • on Micah's day the wind blows from the north - expect a good harvest of rye; • if the silt sinks to the bottom, then the weather will improve and it will still be dry; • from which side the rays of the stars seem longer, from that side a strong wind will blow; • if the leeches in the river stick half out of the water, wait for a thunderstorm On August 27, Alexey, Alexander, Fedor, Nikolay, Vladimir, Arkady, as well as Eva and Evdokia celebrate their name days