Holidays
- Day of Former War Prisoners
- Maundy Thursday
- International Top Manager Day
- Laughing gas birthday
- Cleaning Industry Workers' Day
- Day of the Rising Sun in Wardrobe Land
- Chinese Macaroons Day
- Antiques Care Day
- International Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Day
Significant dates
1682 The traveler La Salle proclaimed the possession of France over a large American territory.
1699 Peter I issued a Decree “On observing cleanliness in Moscow and on punishment for throwing litter and any droppings onto the streets and alleys.”
1782 One of the largest theaters in France, the Odeon, opened in Paris.
1966 The Vatican has officially canceled the Index of Banned Books.
1989 Douglas Engelbart received the prize for inventing the computer mouse.
Persons of the day
On April 9, 1821, the French poet and critic, classic of French and world literature, Charles Baudelaire, was born.
On April 9, 1925, Soviet and American sculptor Ernst Neizvestny was born.
On April 9, 1926, Soviet theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Vsevolod Safonov was born.
On April 9, 1933, French theater and film actor Jean-Paul Belmondo was born.
On April 9, 1938, Soviet and Russian statesman Viktor Chernomyrdin was born.
Folk calendar
Matryona Nastovitsa, Half Repitsa
Matrona of Thessalonica, whose memory is celebrated on this day, lived in Thessaloniki in the 3rd-4th centuries and was a slave of the Jewish woman Pautila.
The Russian people gave Matryona (Matrona) two nicknames. One of them – Nastovitsa – was due to the fact that in the spring after major thaws, the surface of the snow is covered with a hard crust. Nastovitsy were also called lapwings that returned home from warm regions on Matryonin’s Day.
At this time, the housewives went out for the last time to bleach the canvases, laying them out on the snow crust. All women (and especially weavers) asked Saint Matryona for blessings for their work. It is no coincidence that she was considered the patroness of housewives.
They also asked Matryona for a harvest of turnips – one of the main ingredients in peasant cuisine. In some places this day was called Half-Repitsa, since it was customary to divide all supplies of vegetables into two parts: the best turnips were set aside for future seed propagation, and food was prepared from the remaining ones. In Rus' they knew many dishes from turnips: they stuffed them, boiled them, steamed them, made purees and casseroles from them. How widespread they were is evidenced by a proverb that has survived to this day: “Simpler than a steamed turnip.”
People noticed: towards Matryona the rivers swell and rise. At this time they said: “The pike breaks the ice with its tail”; “Spring ice that someone else’s threshold is unreliable”; “The lapwing flew in, bringing water on its tail.” By the way, based on the lapwings, they also drew conclusions about the upcoming weather: if a bird screams in the evening, it will be clear; if it flies low, there will be dry days for a long time.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Ephraim, Ivan, Makar, Matrona (Matryona), Pavel.
Source: Calend.ru
