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kolin   
18 Nov 2008
Life / Polish Fairytales [25]

Merged: Polish folk tales/fairy tales/fables

Dzięn Dobry!

My first post, apart from my two others under the name ORP in the genealogy forum, so, welcome me....

I was wondering if any of you could enlightened me, by telling me your favourite Polish folk tales! I am very fascinated by this subject, and would love to learn more.

Also, if anybody has any links to websites with such texts, please PM those to me. My Polish is fairly limited, though working through some children's stories may be good practice.

Jestem Kolin z Kanady
Dziękuje bardzo!
kolin   
20 Nov 2008
Life / Polish Fairytales [25]

Thanks a lot for this, Franek.
sacred-texts.com/neu/sfs/index.htm <--This also seems to be a nice list of slavic folk tales, with a section on Polish one's in particular. Very interesting. Does anybody know of other folk stories they want to tell?

*lights virtual campfire*

edit

I also just noticed my Dzięn dobry up there.. yuck. sorry.

Dzień dobry! ***
kolin   
25 Nov 2008
USA, Canada / Zubrowka vodka in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver? Mazowiecka Zytnia? [15]

bcliquorstores.com/en/products/462440

Zubrowka in Van.
There you go sir.
other Polish products...

Related: Mazowiecka Zytnia to be available in Canada

It looks like a new Polish vodka (wodka if you wish) will become soon available in Canada: Mazowiecka Zytnia. I haven't been able to find much about it on the Net... Obviously a rye product, I was wondering if anybody knows anything about its history and also how it compares with its well-known sisters, Wyborowa and Extra Zytnia, two big favourites of mine.

Many thanks in advance and congratulations to all Poles for their wonderful tradition and skill in vodka-making!

BP, Ottawa

The first sugar factory in Congress Poland - "Józefów" with a seat in Płochocin was founded in 1865 . As years went by, the name "Józefów" was adopted as the name of a settlement adjacent to the Plant. In 1875 the "Józefów" sugar factory became the property of
You asked and here is what I found on the history of Mazowiecka Zytnia--

kolin   
30 Nov 2008
Genealogy / Surname Mroz [16]

I worked with one E. Mróz in Vancouver.
kolin   
2 Dec 2008
Genealogy / Do I Look Polish? (my grandfather was Polish) [60]

So... Um.... Yeah. Do I look Polish?
I think I really show my roots in the second photo.

Thanks!

Edit: Oh, it didn't let me attach the second one.

Spoiler Alert!!!

It was a frying pan full of kiełbasa and pierogi.


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