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  What it means

  “If Saint Barbara’s Day brings water (mild weather), Christmas will bring ice.” The mirror image of the previous proverb: a mild 4 December predicts a cold, frosty Christmas.

  Vocabulary

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

  Grammar note

  'Po wodzie' and 'po lodzie' use the locative case after 'po'.

  Cultural context

  A companion proverb to the previous one, reflecting the folk belief that Saint Barbara's Day weather is the inverse of Christmas weather.

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