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  What it means

  “Adam and Eve show what January and February will be like after them.” In the Polish name-day calendar, December 24 is the feast of Adam and Eve. This weather proverb says that the weather on December 24 predicts what the following January and February will bring.

  Vocabulary

  • pokazywać — to show
  • jaki — what kind of
  • styczeń — January
  • luty — February
  • następować — to follow, to come after

  Grammar note

  'Jaki... następują' is an embedded indirect question used as a noun clause (object of 'pokazują').

  Cultural context

  Polish folk proverbs often use name days as seasonal markers. December 24 (Adam and Eve's day) kicks off a series of weather-predicting proverbs covering the whole year.

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