Easter Vocabulary Translation
Translate "STUHA" into English
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What is the traditional Easter activity in which chocolate eggs, decorated eggs, or sweets are hidden for children to find?
Easter egg hunt
Which day is it said that people shouldn't frown for fear of frowning throughout the whole year?
Ugly Wednesday
What is a baby pig called?
piglet
What is the idiom which means "an act appearing to be an act of friendship, which is in fact harmful to the recipient"?
Judas kiss
Translate "KOČIČKY, JEHNĚDY" into English
willow catkins
What is a young rabbit called?
bunny
Which day do Czechs drink green beer?
Green Thursday
What is a baby horse called?
foal
What is the first day of Lent?
Ash Wednesday
Translate "UKŘIŽOVÁNÍ" into English
crucifixion
What is the six-week fasting period before Easter called?
Lent
The Czech Republic's Easter tradition of whipping women and girls with willow whip on Easter Monday is meant to preserve their ___________, __________ and __________.
youth
beauty
health
fertility
What is a baby lion called?
(lion) cub
What is commemorated on Holy Thursday?
The Last Supper
Translate "ZMRTVÝCHVSTÁNÍ" into English
resurrection
What is the period preceding Ash Wednesday called?
Shrovetide
What is the symbolic purpose of wooden rattles ("řehtačky")?
To chase away Judas
What is a baby kangaroo called?
joey
Which day commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem?
Palm Sunday
Translate "VYSVĚTIT" into English
consecrate/ sanctify
What is a tree with long, flexible branches and very small leaves called?
willow
Is the Easter whipping tradition of Christian or pagan origin?
Pagan
What is a baby swan called?
cygnet
Where was Jesus crucified?
Golgotha (Calvary)