Vasiliev evening - the eve of the New Year, celebrated on December 31 in the old style. This holiday was especially revered by Russian girls: it happened on the 8th day of Christmas, when there was a wild revelry of holy fortune-telling. Our great-grandmothers believed that signs and divinations for Vasiliev evening necessarily come true.
Jam of porridge in Vasiliev's day
The rite is made to the light. At 2 o'clock in the morning the eldest woman in the house should prepare the groats, the older man - well water. Sink the oven, put water and cereals on the table. Important: you can not touch them - it's a bad sign, prophesying trouble. When the stove is exhausted, sit with the whole family at the table. The older woman began to mop the porridge, lamenting: "They sowed, raised buckwheat, the large Greek buckwheat was born, called our buckwheat in Constantinople, feasted at the prince feast." I went to Grech to visit Tsargrad with boyars, princes, with golden barley, with honest oats. Waited to wait for the buckwheat at the stone gate, met the buckwheat boyars and princes, put the buckwheat feast. After this, the hostess put the porridge in the oven with bows. Taking out the pot, say: "Grace please with your goodness to us in the yard." Examine the pot - if the porridge comes out of it, the whole house is in trouble. The cracked pot prophesies misfortune and adversity. Remove the foam with a sharp knife: a full red porridge predicts a talented daughter, a rich harvest and happiness. White shallow porridge portends problems and illnesses. With bad omens, the porridge must be thrown into the river.Fortune-telling on future vareniki
In the evening Vasiliev cook vareniki with various fillings: with salted cucumber (money), jam (love), greens (luck). Whoever gets caught, then he waits in the coming year. Empty dumpling predicts a boring "empty" year.Divination by thread for marriage
It's better to brand in company of girlfriends. Prepare the threads of the same length, simultaneously ignite. At whom the thread will burn faster, that soon under a wreath. At whom it will die out at once - to sit in the girls.Signs on Vasiliev evening:
- if the sun rises high, the year will be happy, generous in the garden harvest;
- on the first day of the Old New Year, the first man should come into the house, that's why the guys, not the girls, go to sow;
- a clear and quiet night after the New Year promises a happy year for people and livestock;
- if Melania thaws, then the summer will be warm;
- a soft snow falls - the harvest of cereals will be generous;
- January 14, a trifle can not be counted, otherwise the entire coming year can be spent in tears;
- Vasiliev's evening can not be lent, or the debts will not be released all year round;
- if you take out the garbage on January 14, you can bring happiness out of the house.