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  What it means

  “On Saint Margaret’s Day, the direction of the wind points the way to the grain harvest.” In folk tradition, the wind on St Margaret’s Day, 20 July, foretells where that year’s best grain will grow.

  Vocabulary

  • Małgorzata — Margaret (saint's name)
  • wiatr — wind
  • dąć — to blow (of wind)
  • zboże — grain, cereal crops
  • torować drogę — to pave the way, to show the path

  Grammar note

  'Skąd wiatr duje' is a relative clause meaning 'from where the wind blows'. 'Po zboże' uses the accusative after 'po' in the sense of 'to fetch grain'.

  Cultural context

  St. Margaret's Day (Święta Małgorzata) falls on July 20. Polish folk tradition attached weather and harvest omens to many saints' days.

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