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  What it means

  “The salt of Saint Agatha guards the cottage from fire.” A variant of the same folk belief — blessed salt obtained on Saint Agatha’s feast day was thought to ward off fire.

  Vocabulary

  • sól — salt
  • strzec — to guard, to protect
  • ogień — fire
  • chata — cottage, hut

  Grammar note

  'Strzeże' is the third-person singular present of 'strzec'. Both 'od ognia' and 'chaty' are in the genitive case.

  Cultural context

  Closely related to the previous proverb; both reflect the same Saint Agatha's Day folk tradition of blessing salt as a protective charm.

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