The 4

th
meeting of the Multirateral Comenius Project
Tradition, Diversity and Acceptance
A ui! on tradition and culture
"# $n one of the jo%es that &e heard in 'erona &e could learn that(
1. Germans a. the cooks
2. The British b. the engineers
3. The French c. the organizers
4. the Swiss d. the policemen
5. the talian e. the lo!ers
)# Choose the correct ans&er* +hy are the $talian short*
a. beca"se the# didn$t want to eat !egetables
b. beca"se their mothers told them that when the# grow "p the# will go to work
c. beca"se the# lo!e going to school
,# +hen a -innish e.trovert tells a jo%e he/she loo%s at(
a. #o"r %ace
b. #o"r %eet
c. his %eet
4# +hy do people from Paphos go to primary school for seven years instead of si.*
a. beca"se the# ha!e to spend the %irst #ear learning the Greek lang"age.
b. beca"se the# lo!e school and teachers
c. beca"se their parents tell them to do so.
0# The most popular jo%es in Poland are a1out(
a. !olle#ball
b. handball
c. %ootball
2# According to the legend one sho"ld %eed the crow since it brings #o" l"ck. % crow doesn$t get %ood& it
will bring bad l"ck to the ho"se and sadness to the %amil#. n which co"ntr# is this legend pop"lar'
a. (omania
b. )#pr"s
c. Spain
3# $n 4pain in the village of 5u1iri there is a bridge which is known %or its miracles. *nder the central
pillar o% the bridge the embalmed remains o% a #o"ng woman were once %o"nd. The woman was Santa
+"iteteria. ,ccording to the legend the pillar worked miracles. t helped to c"re or pre!ent both people
and animal %rom-
a. m"mps
b. measles
c. rabies
6# 7n the morning of -e1ruary "4
th
the 8oliday of Dragon1ete is cele1rated. .n that da# #o"ng people
%rom the !illage dance& kiss and h"g each other. Then girls pick %lowers and start r"nning down towards the
!illage. The bo#s %ollow them. /hen the bo# is the one the girl lo!es she stops r"nning. This holida# is
celebrated in-
a. 0oland
b. tal#
c. (omania
1. ,nswer True/-alse 2"estions-
1. 3"mber 13 is a l"ck# n"mber in tal#.
2. n (omania 0eople belie!e that when somebod# sleeps too long on St. 4asil$s 5a#& he6she
will be laz# all #ear long.
3. n some co"ntries people to"ch the wood to a!oid bad l"ck. n tal# the# to"ch the iron.
4. Spilling salt or oil on the %loor in tal# brings bad l"ck.
5. ,t 7aster in (omania eggs are painted red to commemorate 8es"s$ cr"ci%i9ion.
:. 0"tting a hat on the bed is considered "nl"ck# in tal#.
;. 0eople in 0oland belie!e that swallows bring happiness and can predict weather.
<. t is pop"lar in tal# to make a toast with water.
1. n Finland people belie!e that i% #o"r ear =rings$ then someone is thinking abo"t #o".
1>. 7mer#k was the pilgrim who was t"rned into a stone as a p"nishment %or not being
modest.
11. Giant ?anni threw the stone to the other side o% the lake beca"se he co"ldn$t stand the
noise o% the mill.
1>. @oro"llo" Bridge was named a%ter the b"ilder$s-
a. sister
b. wi%e
c. mother
11. n (izokarpaso& on the wa# to ,postolos ,ndreas& one can see three big stones in the sea which look like
women making their wa# to the beach. The name o% these stones is genekopetres& which means stone
women. ,ccording to the legend the# were sent to the island beca"se-
a. the# s"%%ered %rom lepros#
b. the# s"%%ered %rom the plag"e
c. the# s"%%ered %rom %l".