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  What it means

  “On Saint Margaret’s Day, the direction the wind blows shows the way to the grain harvest.” A folk calendar proverb: the wind direction on St. Margaret’s feast day (July 20) predicts where the best grain harvest will come from that year.

  Vocabulary

  • Małgorzata — Margaret (saint's name)
  • wiatr — wind
  • dąć — to blow (of wind)
  • zboże — grain, cereal crops
  • torować drogę — to pave the way, to show the path

  Grammar note

  'Skąd wiatr duje' is a relative clause meaning 'from where the wind blows'. 'Po zboże' uses the accusative after 'po' in the sense of 'to fetch grain'.

  Cultural context

  St. Margaret's Day (Święta Małgorzata) falls on July 20. Polish folk tradition attached weather and harvest omens to many saints' days.

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