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POLISH PROVERB
SHE'S GETTING READY LIKE MISS {SLOW POKE} GUZDRALSKA FOR
HER WEDDING.
TOYBIERA SIE JAK PANNA GUZDRALSKA DO SLUBU (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
THE NAME MISS GUZDRALSKA CAN BE TRANSLATED AS MISS SLOW-
POKE AND THIS CHARACTER IS KNOWN IN POLISH LITERATURE
AS A YOUNG MAIDEN WHO'S ONLY BAD TRAIT WAS HER TARDINESS.
I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
