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  What it means

  “On Saint Francis’s day, a peasant gains nothing in the field.” By October 4th, the harvest season is over and there is no more work to be done in the fields.

  Vocabulary

  • święty Franciszek — Saint Francis (feast day October 4)
  • chłop — peasant, farmer
  • pole — field
  • zyska — will gain, will profit

  Grammar note

  'W polu' uses the locative of 'pole'. 'Nic nie zyska' is a double negation construction standard in Polish.

  Cultural context

  Saint Francis of Assisi's feast day (October 4) marks the end of the agricultural season in Polish folk tradition.

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