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  What it means

  “If Saint Catherine’s Day brings ice, Christmas will bring water.” A cold, frozen 25 November predicts a mild, 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 accompanying condition.

  Cultural context

  Saint Catherine's Day (25 November) was used as a weather predictor for Christmas in the Polish folk calendar.

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