Przysłowia i wyrażenia przysłowiowe z imieniem Anna

Abstract

The article presents the proverbs including the most popular name in Poland – Anna. The analyzed material – surprisingly tiny, comprising twenty-two paremiological units – has been drawn from the Nowa księga przysłów i wyrażeń przysłowiowych polskich (New book of Polish proverbs and proverbial expressions). In the collected, semantically clear group of proverbs, the following has been pointed out and described: 1) weather proverbs connected to the calendar day of Saint Anna, 2) proverbs concerning various customs connected to the calendar day of Saint Anna, c) proverbs connected to the patronage of Saint Anna, 4) proverbs where names Anna, Hanka, Anulka symbolize a common rural girl.