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  What it means

  “Saint Blaise, warm the throats.” Saint Blaise (3 February) is the patron of throat ailments. On his feast day, priests bless throats, and the proverb asks the saint to protect people from winter colds.

  Vocabulary

  • Błażej — Blaise
  • gardło — throat
  • zagrzać — to warm up

  Grammar note

  'Zagrzej' is the imperative singular of 'zagrzać'. 'Gardła' is the genitive plural, used as the object of the imperative.

  Cultural context

  The blessing of throats on Saint Blaise's Day (3 February) is still practised in Polish Catholic churches, with candles held crossed at the throat.

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