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  What it means

  “On Saint Gregory’s day, winter walks to the sea.” Another variant of the St. Gregory thaw proverbs, with the same meaning — winter is departing and spring is arriving.

  Vocabulary

  • zima — winter
  • idzie — goes, walks
  • morze — sea

  Grammar note

  Structurally identical to the previous variant; 'zima idzie do morza' is a simple subject-verb-prepositional phrase.

  Cultural context

  Folk proverbs about saints' days often existed in multiple near-identical variants across different regions of Poland.

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