Transnational Learning Network Ein Schulentwicklungsprojekt im Comenius-Förderprogramm

Group Activity
on European Popular Wisdom

Proverbs from European countries involved in the Comenius project

 Proverbs are simple expressions of popular wisdom. Thy offer advice or explanations on how we should feel about events that occur in our lives.
They offer  simple explanations about problems that all human beings can come across, and consequently it seemed interesting to put in common three proverbs chosen by the  delegates of each country, to see if the drawings rang a bell in each participant ( which they nearly always did) .
They offered the translation they could and finally chose three emblematic proverbs or recommendations for European partners

	Proverbs chosen to represent each country
Rendsburg	Lieber einen Spatz in der Hand als eine Taube auf dem Dach	Wer anderen eine Grube gräbt fällt selbst hinein	Du sollst den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben
Montargis	Le silence est d’or et la parole est d’argent	Il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué	L’habit ne fait pas le moine
Lancaster	The pen is mightier than the sword	A picture is worth 1,000 words	Don’t cry over spilt milk
Biecz	Polska Winkelriedem narodów	Nie ma tego złego, co by na dobre nie wyszło	Kochaj i rób co chcesz
Ploiesti	Poţi duce un cal la apa dar nu-l poţi face sã bea	Tot rãul spre bine	Nu lăsa pe mãine ce poţi face azi   …  lasă pe poimâine că poate nu mai e nevoie
Tampere	Ei tippa tapa	Pälättää kuin papupata	Sauna viikossa pitää lääkärin loitolla

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