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  What it means

  “Until Whit Sunday, don’t take off your sheepskin coat.” A traditional weather proverb warning that cold weather can persist until Pentecost (late May/early June) — don’t put away your winter clothes too soon.

  Vocabulary

  • Święty Duch — Holy Spirit; Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
  • zdejmować — to take off
  • kożuch — sheepskin coat, fur coat

  Grammar note

  'Do Świętego Ducha' uses the genitive of 'Święty Duch' after 'do'. 'Nie zdejmuj' is a negative imperative.

  Cultural context

  A classic Polish folk weather proverb. 'Święty Duch' refers to Pentecost (Zesłanie Ducha Świętego), which falls 50 days after Easter. Reflects the unpredictability of Polish spring weather.

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