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  What it means

  Rain on Saint Margaret’s Day (July 20) is bad for the nut harvest. A folk weather proverb linking the saint’s feast day to agricultural predictions.

  Vocabulary

  • deszcz — rain
  • święta — saint's day, feast day
  • strata — loss, damage
  • orzech — nut

  Grammar note

  'Na stratę' — to the detriment of, using 'na' + accusative. 'Orzechom' is dative plural.

  Cultural context

  Saint Margaret's Day falls on July 20. Polish folk tradition is rich with such calendar-based weather proverbs.

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