Hungary

Autumn - Winter 2011-12BE PART OF THE LEGEND

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With reference to our application for the Castle Project, 66 students of our high school filled out a questionnaire created by the Coordinator of the Project in November, the results of which have given us ideas that we would like to integrate into Project without delay.

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Number 1 64 2 97 397% of the students answered 'Castle Legends' in English, 'Várlegendák' in Hungarian or both languages.Number 2 27 39 41 5941% know the exact number of the participating countries.Number 3 20 46 30 7030% of the students can name all or most of the partner countries.Number 4 64 2 97 3Number 5 41 25 62 3862% of the students can name all or most of the Hungarian legends.Number 6 54 12 82 18Number 7 19 47 29 71Students expect more support for the school, success for the Project and improvement in skills and knowledge.Number 8 44 22 67 33Students like the activities, historical events, the legends, interesting stories and working together.Number 9 6 60 9 91Students would like to go on a study trip and create more artistic work, and more countries in the project.

Total number of students having filled out the Q: 66

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YES NO YES % NO %

Number 1 64 2 97 397% of the students answered 'Castle Legends' in English, 'Várlegendák' in Hungarian or both languages.Number 2 27 39 41 5941% know the exact number of the participating countries.Number 3 20 46 30 7030% of the students can name all or most of the partner countries.Number 4 64 2 97 3Number 5 41 25 62 3862% of the students can name all or most of the Hungarian legends.Number 6 54 12 82 18Number 7 19 47 29 71Students expect more support for the school, success for the Project and improvement in skills and knowledge.Number 8 44 22 67 33Students like the activities, historical events, the legends, interesting stories and working together.Number 9 6 60 9 91Students would like to go on a study trip and create more artistic work, and more countries in the project.

Total number of students having filled out the Q: 66

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Students surfed on the Internet and collected material about Hungarian traditions of the period in English to improve their foreign language skills.

Traditions and Customs of Márton and Luca Days 

The most famous folk tradition of the given period is making the Luca stool.

The name Luca is originated from the Latin word Lux (light, brightness). According to the legend Lucia lived in the ancient times and became a martyr of Christianity. In memory of her martyrdom the annual making a stool is still a living folk tradition from the thirteenth of December. The stool had to be made by a young man and it had to be so strong that he could stand on it. If the young man was able to bring the Luca stool secretly for the Midnight Mass in the church on the 26th December and stood on it, he was believed to see the witches. After that, however, he had to escape very fast ... .

Between the 10th and 31st January altogether 16 of our students from three classes collected photos and material on the Internet to create some Powerpoint presentations of Castles and Royal Gardens in Europe with special emphasis on our partner countries.