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  What it means

  “When on Saint Andrew’s Day there is rain or slush, in December the roads will be free of mud.” Rain or wet weather on November 30 predicts a dry, frozen December.

  Vocabulary

  • Andrzej — Andrew (Saint Andrew's Day, November 30)
  • deszcz — rain
  • słota — slush, wet weather
  • grudzień — December
  • droga — road
  • błoto — mud

  Grammar note

  'W Andrzeja' — 'w' with the genitive is a colloquial way of saying 'on Saint Andrew's Day'. 'Bez błota' — 'bez' takes the genitive.

  Cultural context

  Saint Andrew's Eve (Andrzejki, November 29–30) is one of the most popular folk holidays in Poland, associated with fortune-telling.

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