Proverbs, sayings, riddles, nursery rhymes - the heritage of folk art. For centuries, folklore has absorbed the wisdom of the times, becoming a part of folk culture. The peasant who watched the changes in nature was interested in the future harvest. Many signs about the weather and the seasons he passed on to his children and grandchildren. The most accurate and sonorous expressions remained in the memory of generations. So there were proverbs and sayings about summer.
Proverb - What is it?
Now, to find out the forecasts for the summer, you just need to turn on the TV or computer. In ancient times, man watched the changes in nature and weather phenomena throughout his life. Centuries-old observations of the people were embodied in oral proverbs and sayings. It is difficult to say when eloquent expressions arose in Ancient Rus that aptly described any occurring phenomenon. For a long time they are the exact turns of Russian speech, bearing their wisdom through the ages.
A proverb is a popular assessment of a recurring event, the cyclical nature of which can be accompanied by similar phenomena. A special role in the life and work of Russian people was played by the change of seasons. Many hopes were pinned on the summer period, trying to remember and convey their observations to future generations. Sayings on the topic "Summer" in modern speech have not lost their relevance. With the help of capacious phrases of everyday speech, you can give a bright emotional coloring.
Sayings are the harbingers of the season
Winter in former times was a period of rest from tedious labor for those who worked on arable land and in the field. Proverbs and sayings about the summer took shape when there was still snow in the yard. They were preparing for this time, they were waiting for him, spending long winter evenings not in idle joys, but in preparation for the plowing and suffering season.
- There is no friendship in winter and summer.
- Winter sun to summer window.
- Looks around the world - it’s about summer.
The prosperous life of the Russian peasant depended on a successful harvest. A lot of folklore sketches tells about the difficult period of work in the field. Sayings about summer were not made up by people for fun, people knew the price of hard work and respected work.
- In summer, it feeds the whole year.
- They reap in summer, they chew in winter.
- Anyone who has grown up, run for haymaking.
- Straddling sometimes go to bed with chickens, get up with roosters to work.
- Clap the summer - but fed up in the winter.
- Store in summer, and pick up in winter.
In order not to lose precious minutes, the workers did not go home for the night, stayed overnight in the field, slept by the fire.
- Every haystack is a bedroom in the summer.
- Each bush will let you sleep in the summer.
- In the summer, a green grassy bed is a bed, and a bump is a pillow.
Seasonal work in each month was of a certain nature.
- June will not let you get bored; it will beat off the hunt for a walk.
- June – colorful - there is no rest in work.
- In July, the cornfield is thick and empty in bins.
- Not an ax will feed a man, but July suffering.
- Augustus Gustar, the Emperor himself is in suffering.
- August, father, cools the water, orders to work.
About the weather
Depends on how the summer will be, than the land and arable land benefits. Rainy and cold weather will not add to the crop, drought and heat are also not good. For field and garden crops, a harmonious combination of all necessary factors is important. Watching the weather and hoping for favorable conditions, he worked as a field worker saying summer.
- Early rain will endow the treasury, and the latter will ruin completely.
- It’s not good summer, if there’s no sun.
- Do not ask for a long summer, ask for a warm one.
Signs for the winter
According to the summer weather, it was supposed what the upcoming winter would be. Sayings about the summer were remembered for a long time. If they coincided, folding phrases were remembered and passed on to future generations. So there were folk signs that still surprise the reliability of their predictions.
- If it rains in summer - wait a lot of snow in winter.
- Hot summer - icy winter.
- In summer, heat and land - wait for winter cold.
- Thunderstorms in summer, frosts in winter.
The most capacious and accurate sayings conveyed ancient observations and advice to modern man.
Modern summer proverbs
Times are changing, new knowledge is replacing the old. City residents are not alien to thoughts about summer, the period of long-awaited vacation and outdoor activities. Modern summer sayings differ from the old ones by their syllable, language, but not their meaning. The sarcasm inherent in folklore remained in the same inimitable manner that has been inherent in oral folklore at all times.
- It is good in the winter to dream about how it lights up in summer.
- In order to portray a starfish on the beach, you need to imitate a workhorse in winter.
Folk wisdom transmitted by older generations enriches and decorates oral speech. Sayings are sayings that have absorbed the mind and logic of many generations. The statement that folk art reflects the spiritual image of an entire nation is true. Short folding expressions help to imbue the spirit of the past, are part of our history. This genre of Russian folklore has historical and cultural value.