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  What it means

  “If the waters flow on Saint Joseph’s Day, cut grass for the livestock on Saint Adalbert’s Day.” If the snow is melting by March 19th, the grass will be ready to cut by April 23rd (St. Adalbert/Wojciech).

  Vocabulary

  • płyną — flow, run (third person plural)
  • wody — waters
  • rznij — cut (imperative of rżnąć)
  • trawę — grass (accusative)
  • trzoda — livestock, herd

  Grammar note

  'Rznij' is the imperative of 'rżnąć' (to cut). 'Dla trzody' uses the genitive after 'dla' (for the livestock).

  Cultural context

  St. Joseph's Day (March 19) and St. Adalbert's Day (April 23) were key agricultural markers in the Polish folk calendar.

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