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  What it means

  “In July the little ear of grain already bows, carrying God’s gift, and it is Saint Margaret who first sets the sickle to the grain.” By July the grain is heavy and bowing, and the harvest begins around Saint Margaret’s feast (20 July).

  Vocabulary

  • kłosek — little ear of grain (diminutive of kłos)
  • korzyć się — to bow, to bend low
  • dar Boży — God's gift
  • sierp — sickle
  • zboże — grain, cereal crop
  • założyć — to set, to put into

  Grammar note

  'Że niesie' introduces a causal clause. 'W zboże' uses the accusative after 'w' to indicate motion into the grain.

  Cultural context

  Saint Margaret's day (20 July) traditionally marks the start of the grain harvest in Poland.

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