Whirlpools: A Novel of Modern Poland Part 55

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 1: "Even bird's milk is not lacking," a Polish proverbial expression signifying "abundance," "living in clover."]

[Footnote 2: "On the thief's head the cap burns:" a Polish proverb meaning that persons, conscious of guilt, always fear detection.--Translator.]

[Footnote 3: "Sprinkled his eyes with poppy:" proverbial expression denoting "lulled to sleep."--Translator.]

[Footnote 4: Kilinski was one of the bravest and most popular heroes who fought under Kosciuszko. He was a shoe-maker by trade.--Translator.]

[Footnote 5: Bigos: a Polish dish of hashed meat and cabbage.--Translator.]

[Footnote 6: Peter Skarga was the most famous pulpit orator in the history of Poland.--Translator.]

[Footnote 7: "Poland is not yet lost."]

[Footnote 8: Referring to the Sacred Fire of pagan Lithuanians.]

[Footnote 9: Mamalyga, a kind of porridge in Bessarabia, made princ.i.p.ally of corn.]

[Footnote 10: Piast; the name of the first King of Poland, who was a peasant.]

[Footnote 11: Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski, the last king of Poland.]

[Footnote 12: "Skubanka," a pun upon the word, "skubac," to pluck.]

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