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  What it means

  “On Saint Andrew’s day, maidens have hope from fortune-telling.” Saint Andrew’s Eve (29–30 November) is the traditional night for young women to perform love divinations to learn who they will marry.

  Vocabulary

  • panna — maiden, unmarried girl
  • wróżba — fortune-telling, divination
  • nadzieja — hope

  Grammar note

  'Pannom' is the dative plural of 'panna'; 'z wróżby' is the genitive of 'wróżba' after the preposition 'z'.

  Cultural context

  Andrzejki (Saint Andrew's Eve, 29 November) is still celebrated in Poland with traditional divination games such as pouring wax through a key into water.

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