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  What it means

  After Saint Agatha’s day, underpants will dry in the sun. A folk weather proverb: after February 5th (St. Agatha’s feast day), the sun grows strong enough to dry laundry outdoors — a sign that winter is loosening its grip.

  Vocabulary

  • święta Agata — Saint Agatha (feast day: February 5)
  • wyschnąć — to dry out, to dry up
  • gacie — underpants, drawers (colloquial/folk)

  Grammar note

  'Wyschną' is the future perfective of 'wyschnąć'. 'Na słońcu' — locative, meaning 'in the sun'.

  Cultural context

  Polish folk calendar proverbs often use saints' feast days as seasonal markers. St. Agatha (February 5) signals the approach of spring.

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