concept
St. George's Day (spring)
St. George's Day
also: Юрьев день, Yuriev den, Egoriev den, Егорий
The spring feast of St. George (April 23 O.S.), traditionally the day cattle were first driven out to pasture and a folk benchmark for when snow should finally be gone; a peasant woman on the road to Shuteikino remarks that the snow looks set to lie on the ground until St. George's Day, registering how unseasonably late and hard the winter has turned.
Reading notes
- The Murder §82 till St. George's Day
Yuriev den' / Egor'ev den' (St. George's Day, April 23 O.S.) was the traditional folk marker for the first driving of cattle to pasture and the expected end of lingering snow; the peasant woman's remark measures just how unseasonably late and severe this particular Lenten cold snap has become.