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  What it means

  “On St. Urban’s Day, dear fellow, sow flax and hemp.” St. Urban’s feast (May 25) was the traditional date for sowing flax and hemp in Polish folk agriculture.

  Vocabulary

  • Urban — Urban (saint's name, feast May 25)
  • chłop — peasant, fellow, man
  • siać — to sow
  • len — flax
  • konopie — hemp

  Grammar note

  'Miły chłopie' is the vocative case used in direct address. 'Siej' is the imperative of 'siać'. 'Len i konopie' are accusative objects.

  Cultural context

  St. Urban's Day (May 25) was an important date in the Polish agricultural calendar, associated with sowing fiber crops.

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