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  What it means

  If there is snow on St Blaise’s Day (3 February), Easter Sunday will be sunny. A folk weather proverb linking the feast of St Blaise to Easter weather.

  Vocabulary

  • śnieg — snow
  • Błażej — Blaise (saint's name)
  • pogodny — sunny, fair (weather)
  • Wielka Niedziela — Easter Sunday

  Grammar note

  'W świętego Błażeja' — genitive after 'w' in a time expression. 'Będzie' is future tense of 'być'.

  Cultural context

  St Blaise's Day (3 February) is one of many Catholic feast days used as weather markers in Polish folk tradition.

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