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  What it means

  If Saint Catherine’s day (25 November) is dusty or misty, all joy is ruined — meaning bad weather is coming. A late-autumn weather proverb.

  Vocabulary

  • kurzyć — to raise dust; to be misty/smoky
  • burzyć się — to be disturbed, to be ruined
  • radość — joy, happiness

  Grammar note

  'Kurzy' is third-person singular present of 'kurzyć'. 'Wszystka' is an archaic/emphatic form of 'cała' (all, entire), agreeing with 'radość' (feminine).

  Cultural context

  Saint Catherine of Alexandria is celebrated on 25 November. Her feast day falls deep in autumn, when weather signs were read as omens for the coming winter.

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