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  What it means

  As Candlemas goes, so goes Saint Matthias’s Day. A folk weather proverb: the weather on Candlemas (2 February) predicts the weather around Saint Matthias’s Day (24 February).

  Vocabulary

  • Gromniczna — Candlemas (2 February)
  • Święty Maciej — Saint Matthias (feast day 24 February)

  Grammar note

  'Jaka… taki…' is a correlative construction meaning 'as… so…'. 'Gromniczna' is an adjective used as a noun (short for 'Matka Boska Gromniczna').

  Cultural context

  Candlemas (Matka Boska Gromniczna) is an important feast in the Polish folk calendar, associated with weather divination and the blessing of candles.

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