Holidays on this day
- International Women's Day
- Day of Geodesy and Cartography Workers
- Day of the Finding of the Relics of the Holy Blessed Matrona of Moscow
- Proofreading Day
- Chocolate Peanuts Day
- Day of spring wings
- International Planetarium Day
- Battery check day
Significant events in history
1824 Franz Liszt made a successful debut in Paris.
1857 There was a textile workers' strike in New York, which went down in history as the “March of the Empty Pots.”
1862 In New York, pirate Nathaniel Gordon is hanged for the slave trade.
1910 Frenchwoman Raymonde de Laroche became the first female pilot.
1917 The February Revolution began in Russia.
Persons
On March 8, 1875, Russian psychiatrist Pyotr Gannushkin was born.
On March 8, 1906, Soviet film director, author of fairy tale films, People's Artist of the RSFSR Alexander Rowe was born.
On March 8, 1922, Soviet actor, director, screenwriter, People's Artist of the USSR Evgeny Matveev was born.
On March 8, 1930, Soviet and Chukchi writer Yuri Rytkheu was born.
On March 8, 1932, Soviet theater and film actor and pop artist Boris Vladimirov was born.
Folk calendar
Polikarpov day
Saint Polycarp was a disciple of the Apostle John, and later became the Bishop of Smyrna. He was sometimes called “the leader of all Asia in Christianity.”
In Rus', on this day, unmarried girls were sad and tidied up their dresses. “Get your chests away, girl, close your outfits,” people said. After all, if the wedding was not celebrated before Pancake Day, then they waited until the end of spring.
However, the girls did not waste time and tried to attract suitors. Various rituals were used for this. For example, girls waited for the new moon to appear, and when they saw it, they spun on their right heels, saying: “Young moon, hang around me with suitors, just as I hang around you.” Also, unnoticed by everyone, they swept dirty linen from the street into the hut, whispering at the same time: “I’m driving young people into my hut, not thieves. Come to me, suitors from other people’s yards.”
Polycarp had special sayings about magpies. They said: “From this day on, he won’t see forty guests, the matchmaker won’t fly to the house”; “A magpie in the forest took to its nest”; “It’s time for the magpies to go into the forest, and for the black grouse to sing.” We observed the behavior of these birds: if a magpie climbs under the eaves, there is a blizzard. Indeed, the return of cold weather was quite possible. This is reflected in the saying: “The month of March loves to play tricks, is proud of the frost and sits on its nose.”
Name day on this day
Alexander, Alexey, Ivan, Clement, Kuzma, Mikhail, Moses, Nikolai, Polycarp, Sergey, Fedor.
Source: Calend.ru.
