CZECH CARP

Karolína Koukalová a Šárka Nevědělová

• In the Czech Republic we eat fish soup and fried carp with potato salad at Christmas. It has been a tradition since 17th century.

• There are areas with ponds in the Czech Republic where carps are bred.

• In autumn ponds are fished out and carps are sold.

• Kids love keeping carps in bath before Christmas.

• We must kill the carp one day before Christmas

• We fry the carp and eat it with potato salad for dinner on Christmas Eve (24th December).

• When you do not want to kill the carp, you can let it go into the river. But somebody says the carp dies anyway.

• Legend says that the carp scale brings good luck. When somebody has it in a wallet or under the plate on Christmas Eve, they will have a lot of money.

Karolína a Šárka

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