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  What it means

  If the feast of Saint Francis (4 October) comes with wind blowing across the fields, there may be deep snow — above the waist. A vivid autumn weather proverb.

  Vocabulary

  • hasać — to frolic, to race about
  • sypnąć — to sprinkle, to dump (snow)
  • pas — waist, belt
  • powyżej — above, higher than

  Grammar note

  'Sypnąć' is a perfective infinitive expressing a sudden or one-off action. 'Powyżej pasa' uses the genitive of 'pas'.

  Cultural context

  The feast of Saint Francis of Assisi falls on 4 October, just as autumn sets in. Deep snow 'above the waist' is a hyperbolic image emphasising a harsh winter ahead.

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