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  What it means

  “On Saint Andrew’s day, hope shines for maidens.” A variant of the Andrzejki proverb using ‘panna’ (maiden/miss) instead of ‘dziewka’, referring to the same fortune-telling tradition.

  Vocabulary

  • panna — maiden, unmarried woman, miss
  • błyska — shines, flashes
  • nadzieja — hope

  Grammar note

  'Pannom' is the dative plural of 'panna'.

  Cultural context

  Variant of the Andrzejki proverb. 'Panna' is a more formal or literary term than 'dziewka' for an unmarried young woman.

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