October in the collective heritage of the Arab Mashreq

Weather of Arabia - The month of "October" is the tenth month in the Gregorian Roman calendar (known in the Arab East as (October), and in the Arabian Gulf, Yemen, the Nile Valley and the Maghreb it is called (October: OCTOBER).

It is called in the "Aramaic - Syriac" calendar (Old Tishri and Hirai) and corresponds to it in the Arabic language. The preceding (October) and the later (Tishreen) means the Syriac word “Tishreen” (“the beginning”: in the Arabic language) meaning the beginning of the autumn season.

This season is called autumn because the fruits fall into it and the onset of winter is announced

The month of October has 31 days. In the month of October, the beginning of the “rainy marking”; It is called Waseem because it names the earth with plants, and it is called “Waseem” because it leaves a mark on the ground, just as the marking leaves a mark on the animal to distinguish it from others.

If “Al-Wasm” occurs early, i.e. in this month, i.e. October, then it is called “Al-Wasm al-Badri”; That is, it began early in the rainy season, which is an indication of a abundant rainy season, as the east winds, which are called by the common people “Al-Sharaki” come from the geographical east, and they are hot and dry winds that bring with them a lot of “Bahish” which are crawling insects and scorpions.

Perhaps the most famous oral folk proverbs circulating about “October” in the Arab Mashreq: between October and October, a second summer; What is meant here is that a wave of heat will occur between October and November, and the “Al-Mustaa’ winter” may witness the “splitting” and “flattening” of the fruits of the pomegranate tree.

He says another proverb: “At the end of October, say goodbye to grapes and figs.” And in October, many fruits fall, and the summer fruit season ends, and citrus fruits and some winter fruits begin to appear. It is also the beginning of the season of picking the fruits of the olive tree, and the leaves fall from trees that are not evergreen.

Among the most famous examples that were said about October; Of which:

• Between october and november a second summer
• Tishreen Cucumber, Shamni and Armenian
• At the end of October, he said goodbye to grapes and figs, and other proverbs mentioned in the following video.