Polish gravestone translation

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PROSI O ZDROWAS MARIA and Tu Spoczwa

PROSI O ZDROWAS MARIA = "Please say a Hail Mary"
Tu Spoczwa = Here lies...

Why do Poles abbreviate on tombstones? Why are UR and UM even necessary? A six-year-old kid knows what 1960 - 2020 on a gravestone is not about graduation and retirement.

Hardly anybody uses those abbrevations now. You are talking about old traditions. Time to freshen up your knowledge of current Poland instead of digging up such obsolete stuff.

Please freshen my knowledge up...

The latest trend is to skip born/died and use pure dates instead:

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The American way. Why did it take so long?

Traditions are traditions. Because of our traditions, we've kept our balance for many, many years. Here in Poland we have traditions for everything... how to sleep, how to eat, how to work, how to wear clothes. This shows our constant devotion to God. You may ask, how did some traditions get started? I'll tell you - I don't know. But it's a tradition... And because of our traditions, everyone of us knows who he is and what God expects him to do.

If you don`t like professor Kołakowski, check out President Kaczyński`s tombstone:

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Oops, it was probably meant as witty but I don`t get it. You need to speak plainly.


That was a quote from a traditional guy. But the newest trend is this, of course: everyone of us knows who they are and what God expects them to do

Aaaah, now it dawned on me at last. Yes, that was indeed witty. But there is no tradition for updating inscriptions on tombstones here - sorry.

How do you like this one? What the f..k are you looking at? Obviously, we would prefer to be lying on the beach now. Would you like to have such a tombstone? I guess you would. :):)

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What does ROD.mean? I have seen this word on a lot of headstones.

Can someone tell me what this means please
" S.R JAN STACHLEWICZ - UR.10 SIERPNIA 1884.UM.12 MARCA.1915 PROSI O ZDROWAS MARYA"

Born 10 August 1884, died 12 March 1915, requests a Hail Mary.