[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
principally 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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