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  What it means

  “On Saint Andrew’s day, girls find hope in fortune-telling.” Another variant emphasising the wróżba (divination) aspect of Andrzejki celebrations.

  Vocabulary

  • wróżba — fortune-telling, divination, omen
  • dziewka — girl, young woman (archaic/folk)
  • nadzieja — hope

  Grammar note

  'Z wróżby' uses the genitive after 'z', meaning 'from fortune-telling'. 'Dziewkom' is dative plural.

  Cultural context

  Andrzejki divination rituals include pouring wax through a key into water and reading the shapes, or dropping shoes to see whose reaches the door first.

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