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  What it means

  “When it is windy on Saint Michael’s Day, the whole winter will be frosty.” Windy weather on September 29 predicts a cold and frosty winter throughout.

  Vocabulary

  • wietrzno — windy (impersonal adverb)
  • Michał — Michael (Saint Michael's Day, September 29)
  • mroźny — frosty, freezing
  • zima — winter
  • cały — whole, entire

  Grammar note

  'Wietrzno' is an impersonal adverb used in weather expressions. 'Mroźna zima cała' — 'cała' (whole) follows the noun for emphasis, a common pattern in proverbs.

  Cultural context

  Saint Michael's Day (Michałki, September 29) marked the end of the pastoral season in Poland, when shepherds brought their flocks down from the mountains.

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