Holidays
- April Fool's Day
- International Bird Day
- Brownie's awakening day
- Instant Coffee Day
- Mathematics Day
- International Day of Fun at Work
- Day of Poetry and the Creative Mind
- Edible Book Day
- Fun Reading Day
- Feast of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness”
- Sourdough Bread Day
- Atheist Day
- Muddy Puddle Jumping Day
- Lupus Awareness Day
- Trombone Day
Significant dates
1734 Canada's first lighthouse was commissioned.
1748 Excavations have begun on the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.
1778 Dollar's birthday.
1938 This marked the beginning of the widespread use of instant coffee.
Person of the day
On April 1, 1809, Russian writer, classic of world literature Nikolai Gogol was born.
On April 1, 1815, the German statesman, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire (1871-1890) Otto von Bismarck was born.
On April 1, 1840, Russian artist and teacher Illarion Pryanishnikov was born.
On April 1, 1865, Austrian-German chemist and Nobel laureate Richard Zsigmondy was born.
On April 1, 1873, Russian composer, pianist and conductor Sergei Rachmaninov was born.
On April 1, 1906, Soviet aircraft designer, creator of the famous Yak fighter aircraft, Alexander Yakovlev, was born.
American psychologist, founder of humanistic psychology Abraham Maslow was born on April 1, 1908.
Folk calendar
Daria Gryaznaya
The holiday was named in honor of two Christian saints – Chrysanthus and Darius of Rome, who lived in the 3rd century.
In Rus' they called Dirty Daria (Daria) because by this day the snow was already actively melting. Spring waters flooded fields, courtyards, roads – and everywhere it became, to put it mildly, not very clean. Mud also appeared around ice holes in the rivers.
However, Daria did not dirty herself for nothing, and only smeared dirt on those people who were heavy with unclean thoughts. Therefore, a bad person was easily identified on this day – by his soiled clothes. There were other signs associated with melting snow. For example, if the spring water flowed noisily, this foreshadowed good grass in the summer. A successful year was also foreshadowed by the manure that melted on the road that day.
It was customary to whitewash canvases for Dirty Daria. The fabric was spread out on the snow under the bright sun, and it became lighter. And the morning frost makes it softer. Experienced weavers advised young ones: “Weave krosna (long thin canvas) when it’s frosty.”
It was also believed that on this day the brownie wakes up. Therefore, he, angry after a long sleep, had to be appeased – treated with bread and milk and cheered up with a small performance. Particularly brave ones tried to deceive the brownie – to do this they told each other lies. And in general it was customary to play pranks on each other. There were various sayings about this. The girls had a special sign: if you prank as many people as possible on this day, then the groom will not deceive you.
There were also signs for the weather. So, they said: what the weather is like on this day, the same is the case on October 1st.
Name day on this day
Daria, Dmitry, Ivan, Innokenty, Sophia.
Source: Calend.ru
