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  What it means

  When it freezes on St. Barbara’s Day (December 4), put your sleigh away, farmer. Frost on that day means winter will not last.

  Vocabulary

  • Barbara — Barbara (St. Barbara's Day, December 4)
  • mróz — frost
  • sanie — sleigh, sled (plural)
  • włożyć na górę — to put up in the loft, to store away

  Grammar note

  'Włóż' is the imperative of 'włożyć'. 'Chłopie' is the vocative of 'chłop' (farmer, man). 'Na górę' means upward/into the loft.

  Cultural context

  St. Barbara's Day (December 4) is a key date in the Polish folk weather calendar. Frost on this day paradoxically predicts a mild winter.

  Intermediate

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