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  What it means

  “If Saint Bartholomew’s Day is fair, autumn will be fair.” A weather proverb: clear weather on 24 August predicts a pleasant autumn.

  Vocabulary

  • Bartłomiej — Bartholomew
  • pogodny — fair, sunny, clear (of weather)
  • jesień — autumn

  Grammar note

  An elliptical conditional: the 'if' clause is implied. 'Pogodny' is a predicate adjective agreeing with the implied subject.

  Cultural context

  Saint Bartholomew's Day (24 August) falls at the end of summer. Polish farmers used saints' days as a calendar for predicting seasonal weather.

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