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One day King Kazimierz the Restorer was on his way from Krakow to Gniezno when he came across a poor fisherman’s hut. The hungry king was brought there by the smoke and the smell of fresh food. While eating delicious fish from that night’s catch, the fisherman told the king about his family, which had recently grown by two wonderful twins. The poor fisherman, however, had trouble with christening them because there was no temple nearby.
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One day King Kazimierz the Restorer was on his way from Krakow to Gniezno when he came across a poor fisherman’s hut. The hungry king was brought there by the smoke and the smell of fresh food. While eating delicious fish from that night’s catch, the fisherman told the king about his family, which had recently grown by two wonderful twins. The poor fisherman, however, had trouble with christening them because there was no temple nearby.
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The king wanted to pay the hosts for the delicious meal with gold, but, according to an old folk custom, they would not accept payment for hospitality. So the king promised to organise the ceremony and asked for the honour of being godfather to the twins. At the altar built on the embankment, the priest, on the orders of Kazimierz, gave the boy the name Wars, and the girl Sawa.
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Wars
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The king wanted to pay the hosts for the delicious meal with gold, but, according to an old folk custom, they would not accept payment for hospitality. So the king promised to organise the ceremony and asked for the honour of being godfather to the twins. At the altar built on the embankment, the priest, on the orders of Kazimierz, gave the boy the name Wars, and the girl Sawa.
Sawa
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At the same time, the king solemnly declared that from now on Pietrko Rybak would be called Piotr Warsz, a royal fisherman, father of Wars and Sawa, and owner of the vast surrounding forest. And when the settlement grows around the fisherman’s home, its name will receive his name, which it will carry for centuries.
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