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May – Ice Saints among flowers

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Maj May is the second month whose name does not have a Slavonic origin (March being the other one).  The

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April – flowers, faith, hope and joy

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Kwiecień April is the time when the first kwiaty flowers begin to bloom in Poland – hence the name.  But

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March – a woman’s touch

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Marzec March is the one of the two months whose name does not originate from Polish, but from the Latin

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February – carnival in the snow

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Luty February is another month whose name in Polish relates to the characteristics of this time of year – it’s

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January – mysterious letters on the door

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Styczeń January is the first month of the New Year, and the name most probably originates from the verb stykać

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December – darkness lit by candlelight

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Grudzień December is named after gruda a lump of earth which is so characteristic of the Polish landscape in December

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November – solemnity of death and joy of independence

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Listopad November takes its name from a combination of two words: liść leaf and opadać to fall down. In Poland,

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October – a magical plant and two modern saints

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Październik October is one of the most beautiful months in Poland.  The days are often sunny and warm, and the

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September – heather, plum butter and wild mushrooms

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The name wrzesień September comes from wrzos heather. It’s the time when a delicate purple haze fills the view on

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August – harvest, miracle, horror and hope

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The name sierpień August comes from the word sierp sickle, and sierpień in the past was traditionally the time of

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