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  What it means

  “If the Feast of Barbara brings water (mild weather), Christmas will bring ice.” A variant of the Barbara weather proverb using ‘święto’ (feast) instead of ‘święta’ (saint).

  Vocabulary

  • święto — feast day, holiday
  • Barbara — Barbara
  • woda — water
  • Boże Narodzenie — Christmas
  • lód — ice

  Grammar note

  'Święto Barbary' uses the genitive of 'Barbara' after 'święto'. 'Po wodzie' and 'po lodzie' are locative after 'po'.

  Cultural context

  A variant of the Barbara weather proverb (4 December) using the noun 'święto' (feast) rather than the adjective 'święta' (saintly/saint).

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