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  What it means

  If Saint Halina’s day (26 March) brings rain and soaks the meadows, the farmer will be cutting hay in waterlogged fields. A proverb warning of a wet hay season.

  Vocabulary

  • zrosić — to moisten, to drench (with dew or rain)
  • rolnik — farmer
  • siano — hay
  • kosić — to mow, to cut (grass/hay)

  Grammar note

  'Zrosi' is perfective future of 'zrosić'. 'Kosi' is imperfective present of 'kosić', describing a habitual or ongoing action.

  Cultural context

  Saint Halina (Helena) is commemorated on 26 March. Hay-making in summer was one of the most labour-intensive tasks on a Polish farm, so wet meadows were a serious concern.

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