Przysłowiowa Wigilia .......... 327

Autorzy

Emil Popławski
Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN, Kraków
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4355-4516

Streszczenie

THE PROVERBIAL CHRISTMAS EVE

The article presents and describes eighteen calendar proverbs, along with various variants, which have been recorded in Polish and its dialects, and which refer to Christmas Eve. The proverbs fit into seven thematic groups that are typical of this type of units and relate to: weather; weather and nature; weather and agricultural and household work; weather and human life in harmony with the natural cycle; nature; farm work and human life. Most of these proverbs are linked to the weather on December 24 and its impact on nature and human life. The proverbs presented alongside other types of expressions indicate that Christmas Eve has left its footprint in Polish phraseology.

Opublikowane

11 czerwca 2025

Jak cytować

Popławski, E. (2025) “Przysłowiowa Wigilia . 327”, in Kwaśnicka-Janowicz, A. et al. (eds.) Gwara i kultura w słowie zapisane: Księga jubileuszowa dedykowana Profesorowi Józefowi Kąsiowi. Poland: Wydawnictwo Księgarnia Akademicka (Biblioteka LingVariów), pp. 327–343. doi:10.12797/9788383681948.19.