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  What it means

  “The Feast of Lucy shortens the night.” A variant perspective: after the solstice, nights begin to shorten. Lucy is credited with starting to give back the light.

  Vocabulary

  • święto — feast day, holiday
  • Łucy — Lucy (genitive of Łucja)
  • noc — night
  • króci — shortens

  Grammar note

  'Łucy' is the genitive of 'Łucja'. 'Noc' is the accusative object of 'króci'.

  Cultural context

  A companion proverb to the previous one. Both reflect the folk association of Saint Lucy's Day (13 December) with the winter solstice and the turning of the light.

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