Anna Cold November 16: what not to do on this day

Our ancestors knew a lot about winter delicacies: they exposed milk in the cold, chickened it with a knife, generously sprinkled with sugar and ate with hot pancakes. It turned out a great prototype of modern ice cream! Also in the course were frozen berries: cranberries, lingonberries and cloudberries, from which they boiled jelly and baked muffin.

For girls, this day was the beginning of active needlework. In the evenings, spinning wheels buzzed in each hut. Linen and sheep wool were made of threads, and the canvas, woven on November 16, was considered healing. This cloth was covered with babies to protect them from the evil eye. “Linseed gold raises the princess girl,” they said about skilled housewives, and they lamented about negligent ones: “Good fate will not come out on its own.”.

The Slavs believed that on this day evil forces come to earth, looking at the lives of people before the future feast. She did not repair direct harm, but her ancestors were reinsured: they did not leave the house without extreme need, did not go on a long journey and tried not to quarrel with their loved ones. But the healers and sorcerers on this day was a real sold-out: it was believed that on November 16 the damage and the evil eye are removed guaranteed.

People's signs read:

• There is no snow on this day - wait for a poor harvest year ("Anna without snow - do not wait for bread").

• Severe frost - to a mild and smooth winter.

• The flame in the furnace roars into the trumpet - to be a storm.

Sneezed on an empty stomach - soon they confess their love.

• Dreams from 15 to 16 November prophesy. If you dreamed of something bad, you need to blow three times to the side of the window, so that the trouble is avoided.