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"Za trzy grosze dudy noszę"

"For three groszy I carry [i.e. bring / play; ws] a bagpipe"; According to Kubik, "its appearance in rhythm and rhyme as mnemotechnical means probably influenced the vitality of this proverbial commonplace [?; klisza przysłowiowa] in speech".


Sources

Kubik, Józef: Przysłowia i wyrażenia przysłowiowe o instrumentach dętych (Proverbs and proverbial expressions about wind instruments). In: Polskie instrumenty ludowe… (1981), p.128 (»Dygacz (Ms.)).