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  What it means

  As Saint Bartholomew’s Day goes, so goes September; as Saint Martin’s Day goes, so goes winter. A folk weather proverb linking two feast days to the seasons that follow them.

  Vocabulary

  • Bartek — Saint Bartholomew's Day (24 August)
  • wrzesień — September
  • Marcin — Saint Martin's Day (11 November)
  • zima — winter

  Grammar note

  Two parallel 'jaki… taki…' correlatives joined in one proverb. 'Wrzesień' is masculine, 'zima' is feminine — adjective forms differ accordingly.

  Cultural context

  Saint Bartholomew (24 August) and Saint Martin (11 November) are both important markers in the Polish folk calendar for predicting autumn and winter weather.

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