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  What it means

  “If Saint Barbara’s Day brings ice, Christmas will bring water (mild weather).” A weather proverb: a cold, frozen 4 December predicts a warm, wet Christmas.

  Vocabulary

  • święta — saint (feminine)
  • lód — ice
  • Boże Narodzenie — Christmas
  • woda — water

  Grammar note

  'Po lodzie' and 'po wodzie' use the locative case after 'po' to indicate manner or accompanying condition.

  Cultural context

  Saint Barbara's Day (4 December) opens the Advent season in the Polish folk calendar and was used to predict Christmas weather.

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