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  What it means

  “A fair January foretells a fruitful year.” Clear, sunny weather in January was taken as a good omen for the harvest and the year ahead.

  Vocabulary

  • styczeń — January
  • pogodny — fair, sunny, clear
  • wróżyć — to foretell, to augur
  • płodny — fruitful, fertile

  Grammar note

  'Wróży' is the third-person singular present of 'wróżyć'. 'Rok płodny' is the accusative object.

  Cultural context

  Agricultural communities depended on weather omens; January conditions were closely watched as predictors of the growing season.

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