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  What it means

  “On Saint Margaret’s day, the first pears come into the house.” The feast of Saint Margaret (20 July) traditionally marks the time when the first pears of the season ripen and are brought indoors.

  Vocabulary

  • gruszka — pear
  • chata — cottage, house
  • pierwszy — first

  Grammar note

  'Gruszki' is the nominative plural of 'gruszka'. 'Do chaty' uses the genitive after the preposition 'do' (into the house).

  Cultural context

  Saint Margaret's feast day (20 July) is a traditional agricultural marker in the Polish folk calendar signalling the start of the pear harvest.

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