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  What it means

  From Saint Catherine’s Day (25 November), start looking for your feather duvet. A humorous proverb warning that cold nights are coming and it is time to bring out the warm bedding.

  Vocabulary

  • święta — saint (feminine)
  • Katarzyna — Catherine
  • szukać — to look for, to search
  • pierzyna — feather duvet, eiderdown

  Grammar note

  'Szukaj' is an imperative. 'Pierzyny' is the genitive of 'pierzyna', required after 'szukać'.

  Cultural context

  A pierzyna (feather duvet) is a traditional Polish bedding item. The proverb uses the rhyme Katarzyny/pierzyny to make it memorable.

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