The month of September in the collective heritage in the Arab Mashreq

Arab weather - d. Ahmed Al-Sharida - The month of September ( September ) is the ninth month in the Gregorian calendar.

What does the word September mean?

• “Eylul”: a word taken from the “Aramaic-Syriac” language, corresponding in the Arabic language with the word “Wol” which means “screaming and wailing.” In this month, the mourning is performed over the god “Tammuz”.

• September September : September in the Latin language means "seven", meaning the seventh month of the ten months in the oldest Roman calendar, which is the calendar of Romulus 750 BC. After the reform of the calendar, which added January and February to the beginning of the year, September became the ninth month, but it retained its name, and September was called the "harvest month" in Charlemagne's calendar.

Number of days and occasions for the month of September

• It is the third month of the four months that have 30 days .
• The first of September is considered the beginning of the autumn semester in meteorology.
• September 22 or 23 marks the autumnal equinox, meaning the end of summer and the beginning of autumn in the northern hemisphere.
• “Al-Bawahir” is held there, which is a traditional oriental way of predicting the weather conditions in the upcoming rainy season using rock salt.
• It falls on Saturday, September 10, 2022 AD, on the night of the " harvesters moon ", so that the moon becomes in the phase of full or complete, and its brightness and luster become distinctive, so it lights the sky throughout the night and turns the night into almost day, and its night lighting is considered the strongest during the year.
• The month of September-September marks the beginning of the ecclesiastical year in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• The Feast of the Cross falls on September 27 according to the Western calendar - September 14 according to the Eastern calendar.
• The start of the school year in many northern hemisphere countries, when students return to school after summer vacation, often on the first day of September.
• The month of September is considered the month of the pomegranate fruit par excellence, as it is the date of ripening and harvesting.
• The month of September occupied the largest share in the songs of Mrs. Fayrouz , from (the yellow paper of the month of “September” is under the windows), (and “September” came back while you were far away with a cloud of sadness), (they make me cry in various “September”) and (the nights of winter “look like your eyes” )

The most famous oral folk proverbs circulating in the Arab Mashreq for the month of September

1- ( September, and its “tail” is wet ), that is, the last days of the month of September may rain, and more and more months are expressed as a popular proverb that is widely circulated in the Arab world.

2- September: The first third is acceptable, the second third is even seasons, and the third third is wet.

3- ( September at its end will make clear all the unknown ), as many people were looking at the last days of September as an indication of the state of the year, including rain and hail.

4- ( If Sohail rises, you will not be safe from the torrent ) The people of the desert believe that the weather changes by seeing the star of Sohail in September, which is evidence of rain.

5- By September he prepared the food for chickpeas, lentils and beans .

6- ( Modern September ) is a name given to the month of September, at the end of which olives and grapes are pressed to make molasses .

7- (The pomegranate cloud heralds the Arabs ) The September cloud is the ripening period of the pomegranate heralding rain.

8- (On the Day of the Cross, every green is graying ) the leaves of the trees turn yellow... their fruits decrease and their greenness disappears.

9- ( If you are crucified, you will be ruined ), i.e., with the passage of the Feast of the Cross, the length of the day decreases, the sun decreases, and the weather becomes turbulent.

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