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  What it means

  “If Saint Joseph’s Day is fair, the year will be fruitful.” Clear weather on 19 March was taken as a good omen for the harvest.

  Vocabulary

  • pogodny — fair, sunny
  • roczek — little year (diminutive of rok)
  • urodny — fruitful, fertile, bountiful

  Grammar note

  'Będzie' is the future of 'być'. 'Roczek' is a diminutive of 'rok', used affectionately in folk speech. 'Urodny' is an archaic/folk adjective meaning 'yielding a good harvest'.

  Cultural context

  Saint Joseph's Day (19 March) was an important agricultural marker in Poland, signalling the approach of the sowing season.

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