May 8 Ivan Bahaslou Sowing of carrots, cucumbers, beats. Again no agricultural work is allowed to prevent hail.in the summer. May 21 Alena Sowing of flux May 22 Vasilisk First songs of nightingales. Saturday on the 7th week. Dziady Another Dziady commemoration of dead.
Agricultural work is forbidden to prevent drought.
Mermaids were believed to come out of water and hide in the wheat field. Then they would stop lonely travelers and tickle them to death. In some regions people were afraid of thunder on this day. If there is a lot of dew on Tador morning - the hemp crops will be good. So it was important to dry the hay until Prokl.