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STAROSC NIE RADOSC
COMMON POLISH SAYING, MEANING, "OLD AGE IS NOT JOY."
IN POLISH: STAROSC NIE RADOSC. IT RHYMES IN POLISH AND IS
USUALLY SAID AS A JOKE TO SOMEONE WHO HAD SOMETHING
HAPPEN TO THEM WHICH WAS A SIGN OF OLD AGE. IT LOSES SOMETHING IN THE
TRANSLATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1928