COCK QUIZ

What word does the word come from? "rooster"?
a) From the word “loop”;
b) From the word “sing”;
c) From the word “cock”;
d) From the word “hoot”.
(Rooster- "singer".)

In what countries rooster is the national bird?
a) Japan and China;
b) France and Kenya;
c) England and Mongolia;
d) USA and Canada.

In heraldry rooster symbolizes... What?
a) Power;
b) Longevity;
c) Military courage;
d) Love of children.

In what region of the Russian Federation is the city located? Cockerels?

a) In Tambovskaya;

b) In Ivanovskaya;

c) In Samara;

d) In Vladimirskaya.

How many roosters are depicted on the city's coat of arms Cockerels?

a) Two;

b) Three;

at five;

d) Thirty-three.

(On the red field of the coat of arms there are two golden roosters facing each other. In this city there is the only art museum in Russia and in the world Rooster, opened in 1997.)

What does singing mean rooster?
a) Call for lunch;
b) The beginning of a new hour;
c) End of the working day;
d) Dissatisfaction with the behavior of the chickens.

What, according to popular belief, disappears with the first cry rooster?
a) Clouds in the sky;
b) Night ghosts;
c) Fog on the river;
d) Dew on the grass.

What he became famous for rooster?
a) Took off in the first hot air balloon of the Montgolfier brothers;
b) Took a ride on the first steam locomotive of the Cherepanov brothers;
c) Reached the North Pole on the nuclear icebreaker "Arktika";
d) He was the first animal to fly into space.
(Cat, duck, rooster and the ram took off in the first balloon of the Montgolfier brothers on September 19, 1783 in Versailles. The entire flight took about eight minutes, during which the structure covered a distance of three kilometers. At an altitude of 500 meters, the sphere broke through, but descended to the ground so smoothly that not a single animal was harmed.)

What adorns the head rooster?
a) Chub;
b) Mane;
c) Iroquois;
d) Comb.

What kind of decoration is under the beak? rooster?
a) Beads;
b) Pendant;
c) Earrings;
d) Necklace.
(Skin growth.)

What is the neck plumage called? rooster?
a) Necklace;
b) Muffler;
c) Jabot;
d) Medallion.

Where do rooster are there spurs?
a) On the beak;
b) On the head;
c) On the wings;
d) On your feet.
(Spurs are horny spines on a bird’s legs.)

How many toes are on a paw rooster?
a) Five;
b) Four;
at three o'clok;
d) Two.
(Four fingers, one of which points backward and the other three point forward.)

What drink translated from English means " cocky tail"?
a) Cocoa;
b) Cocktail;
c) Yogurt;
d) Kumis.
(Cocktail, the appearance of this drink is associated with merry drinking parties after the end of cockerels fights The owner of the winner treated everyone by mixing alcoholic drinks indiscriminately in one glass; the appearance of such a mixture was very reminiscent of the multi-colored tail of the hero of the occasion.)

In which country, unlike us, do they believe that rooster does not shout “crow”, but “cockey-doodle-doo”?
a) In Germany;
b) In Turkey;
c) In England;
d) In the Netherlands.
(The Germans believe that rooster shouts “ki-ke-re-ki”; song in Turkey rooster perceived as “ko-ko-ri-ko”; in the Netherlands - “ku-ke-lu-ku”; the British are sure that rooster constantly says "cokey-doodle-doo".)

Which rooster must peck a person so that he begins to show increased activity?
a) Plucked;
b) Fried;
c) Boiled;
d) Red.
("While fried rooster won't bite.")

Which rooster is it a symbol of deliberate arson?
a) Red rooster;
b) Black rooster;
c) White rooster;
d) Roasted rooster.
(Let the red one in rooster- deliberately set fire.)

What expression means something ridiculous, funny, wrong?
a) “Ear from a rooster”;
b) “Dokha from a rooster”;
c) “Rooster rot”;
d) “The rooster has a flea.”

What catchphrase is used when a singing person’s voice breaks, resulting in a sound similar to a squeak?
a) “Ear from a rooster”;
b) “Let the red rooster fly”;
c) “The roasted rooster pecked”;
d) “Gave a rooster.”
(“Give rooster».)

What does the catchphrase “with the first” mean? roosters»?
a) Early in the morning;
b) At noon;
c) Late in the evening;
d) After midnight.

What does the expression "walk" mean? rooster»?
a) Walk with pride and importance;
b) Walk around with a dissatisfied look;
c) Walk backwards;
d) Walk while singing a song.

Fill in the missing words in the proverb: “Good rooster...crows.”
a) Already in the egg;
b) Even in soup;
c) No rest;
d) By order of the chicken.
("Good rooster she’s already crowing in the egg.” And there is another proverb: “It’s bad when rooster sings only when the chicken commands.")

Who, according to the Russian proverb, roosters rushing?

a) From a scientist;

b) The greedy one;

c) Happy;

d) From a dreamer.

(“Happy and rooster rushes.")

Where can a person have "roosters"?
a) In the nose;
b) In the ears;
c) In the brain;
d) In the hair.
(This is when a strand of hair gets knocked out of the overall smooth mass.)

What eternal family issue was solved in Rus' by fortune telling? rooster and chicken?
a) “Will there be a wedding?”;
b) “Who is the boss of the house?”;
c) “How many children will there be?”;
d) “Will the year be fruitful?”
(Rooster and the chicken was tied with its tails and placed under a sieve. If you overtightened rooster- the husband is on top, if it’s a chicken, then it means that he will be under the husband’s shoe all his life.)

Whom did Donkey advise to learn singing from? Rooster in Krylov's fable?
a) Crow;
b) Fox;
c) Nightingale;
d) Monkey.
(Fable “The Donkey and the Nightingale.”)

What grain did the fabled one find? Rooster in a dung heap?
a) Gold;
b) Silver;
c) Pearl;
d) Coffee.
(And I really regretted that it was not barley. Fable by I.A. Krylov “ Rooster and Pearl grain.")

Who is in I.A.’s fable? Krylova praises rooster because he praises her?
a) Fox;
b) Cuckoo;
c) Moska;
d) Pig.
(Fable “The Cuckoo and Rooster».)

What is the second name for sea fish? rooster?
a) Trigla;
b) Eel;
c) Haddock;
d) Halibut.

What mythical creature has the body of a dragon and the head rooster?
a) Centaur;
b) Basilisk;
c) Sphinx;
d) Griffin.

Which famous poet wrote these lines?
« Roosters recently
They sang for the third time,
Smoothly from the bell tower
The sounds flew by..."
a) N.A. Nekrasov;
b) M.Yu. Lermontov;
c) A.A. Fetu;
d) S.A. Yesenin.

How Rooster drove the Fox out of Zaika's hut in a Russian folk tale?
a) Whip;
b) Shovel;
c) Oblique;
d) A broom.

Who in the fairy tale by A.S. Pushkin gave Tsar Dadon a gold cockerel?
a) Goldfish;
b) Chicken Ryaba;
c) The Swan Princess;
d) Sage.

Where was King Dadon ordered to put the golden one? cockerel?
a) On a spit;
b) On a knitting needle;
c) To the throne;
d) In a cage.
(On the spoke of the spire.)

As who or what did King Dadon use the golden cockerel, sitting on a spoke-spire?
a) weather vane;
b) Hours;
c) Watchman;
d) Spotlights.

Description. The publication is of interest to primary school teachers and additional education teachers. The story was included in a series of stories for primary schoolchildren. The story talks about an amazing rooster and the bad deeds of people.

Target: developing in students an understanding that feelings of envy and greed, the desire to appropriate someone else’s property are bad feelings and cannot be guided by them, forming in students an idea of ​​​​the difference between a rooster and other poultry.

Tasks:
- using a clear example, make it clear to students that feelings of greed and envy are bad feelings that cannot be used to guide their actions; show the distinctive features of a rooster from other poultry.
- promote the development of speech and imagination of students;
- contribute to the development of the child as a decent, responsible person, instill an interest in learning about the world around him.

A story for primary schoolchildren “The Amazing Bird”

Masha had a rooster in her yard. This was an unusual chicken coop tenant. The rooster was distinguished by its size - it was twice as large as the chickens, and the colors were just a sight for sore eyes. His feathers shimmered with all the colors of the rainbow. It is black and green, and the feathers on its wings are white, red, and blue. Like a fairy-tale character, a cockerel walked around the yard. He pecked at the grains with all the chickens, but Masha brought him a special treat after school - green peas. The cockerel loved him so much that he jumped onto the girl’s lap and pecked peas from her hands. And how he sang, how loudly he woke up everyone in the area. All the villagers admired this bird!
One day a new resident appeared in the village, built himself a two-story house and began to set up housekeeping. They said that he was a rich man, but capricious and cruel; he got what he wanted at any cost.
One day he was walking around the village, and he saw Masha’s rooster. The new resident liked the bird so much that he wanted to place it in his yard. I went into the house and called the owners. Grandfather Mashin came out and greeted the guest. The guest introduced himself as German Nikitich. We talked about the village, about the Sunday fair, discussed the weather, and German Nikitich began praising the rooster:
-What a beautiful bird, motley, like a fairy tale. And what a voice. Sell.
- No, I won’t sell it. “This is my granddaughter’s cockerel, she raised him from a small chicken,” answered the car’s grandfather.
“Sell it, I’ll pay you well, you buy three of these for yourself,” Nikitich did not back down.
“No, we won’t buy or sell those,” Grandfather snapped.
“Well, as you know, see you later,” said German Nikitich and left.
Three times he came for the rooster, but Mashin’s grandfather did not yield to persuasion.
A week has passed. It seemed that German Nikitich had forgotten about the rooster and calmed down. But this was not the kind of person who retreats so quickly. He decided to steal a rooster, broke into the chicken coop at night, grabbed the bird, put it in a bag and disappeared into the darkness.
The girl woke up in the morning waiting for her feathered alarm clock. She waited and waited for the rooster to crow, tossing and turning, but he was still silent. Masha was worried. The clock showed eight, but the rooster was silent. He usually wakes everyone up at half past four. Something is not right here. The whole family had already woken up and were worried. Grandfather went to the chicken coop to check. He came in and looked: the chickens were restless, and there was no trace of the rooster. They looked everywhere, but the bird was nowhere to be found. Grandfather of the car guessed what was wrong and where the bird had gone. But you can’t just come to Nikitich without evidence. Masha was crying. So a day passed, then another, a week. Every evening Masha and grandfather walked around the village and listened. We passed by Nikitich's house, but he built a tall fence for himself, behind which nothing was visible. One day, while walking, a girl burst into tears and began calling the cockerel. She called loudly under the fence for Nikitich. And then the rooster flew up to the fence and jumped straight into Masha’s arms. Mash grabbed her pet and ran home as fast as she could.
The girl was happy that her pet was found, and no one has seen German Nikitich in the village since then. It was rumored that he had moved out and put the house up for sale. There is no place for such people in the village.

Interesting facts about roosters

• According to one version, wild roosters were domesticated in ancient India in the 3rd-2nd millennium BC as cult animals. Eating rooster meat was strictly prohibited, but it was allowed to hunt and eat wild chickens.
• There is a version that the cult of the rooster began to emerge in Persia. The rooster and the dog were very revered in those days: after all, one guarded the house and the herd, the second was and is the messenger of the morning, light and sun.
• The rooster's connection with the dawn is reflected in its name. If the Russian word “rooster” comes from the verb “to sing,” then the aborigines of Australia call the rooster “the bird laughing at dawn.” And the French name of the bird “chanteclair” literally translates as “singing dawn”.
• Since ancient times, the rooster, like the sun, has been keeping time. His cry among all nations was an important time reference - “before the roosters”, “first roosters”, “second, third roosters”.
• V.G. Yan wrote in his novel “Batu” that the invasion of the Tatar-Mongols in Rus' began with the crow of a rooster. Genghis Khan’s commander Sabudai Bogatur issued an order to the army: “In the morning, after the first rooster crow, form on a plain among the hills. I will move towards the Uruses." Sabudai always carried a rooster with him on his hikes, which was watched by a special caretaker, and checked his internal biological clock with its cry)
• According to contemporaries, commander A.V. Suvorov often took the rooster with him on campaigns and used it as an alarm clock. The first cockcrow raised the army to set out on a campaign early in the morning.
• As the most lively of birds, capable of fighting an enemy, the rooster serves as a symbol of struggle and combat.
• The rooster is a symbol of France, a national distinctive sign of Portugal and Sri Lanka, its image is on the coats of arms of the states of Kenya and Trinidad and Tobago.
• In the USA, the Blue Hen Chicken is chosen as the official bird symbol of the state of Delaware.
• Chickens or roosters are recognized as symbols of many cities and settlements and are placed on their coats of arms.
• The image of a rooster was also on French coins before the introduction of the euro, in 2014-2016. At the Paris Mint, collectible gold and silver coins “Rooster” were issued: 10 euros, 100 euros, 250 euros, 1000 euros and 5000 euros.
• There is an image of a rooster on the money of different countries - from the personal money of Dmitry Donskoy and coins of France to commemorative coins issued in the years of the Rooster in different countries, and in collections of coins dedicated to the eastern calendar. It is believed that domestic or bank chickens are the absolute leaders among individual bird species depicted on coins; they are depicted on coins of at least 16 countries.
• The figurine of a rooster was most often used to decorate one of the most ancient meteorological instruments - a weather vane - an indicator of the direction of the wind. In English it is even called “weather cock”.
• "Golden Rooster" is a national award of the People's Republic of China for achievements in cinema. This film award was established in 1981, in the year of the Rooster.
• In ancient Greece, alectriomansia was popular - a particularly popular method of predicting the future by how a rooster would peck grains.
• The Vatican houses a bronze statue of a rooster with a male torso and a penis instead of a head. Something mysterious is written on the pedestal - “Savior of the World.”
• In France, they froze the DNA of a rooster, as insurance for any unforeseen event.
• In Japan, the worship of roosters led to the development of Yokahama (or phoenix) chickens 300 years ago, with tail lengths reaching 7 meters or more. Moreover, the longer the tail feathers, the more valuable the bird.
• Rooster crow is often used in alarm clocks instead of harmful sharp or beeping sounds.
• It is believed that the clucking of chickens and the crowing of roosters has a very beneficial effect on the body; these sounds are even included in rehabilitation sound compositions.
• The pride of a rooster is the comb; the leader is usually the rooster with the largest comb.
• In England, until the end of the 18th century, a bloody sport called “cock throwing” was practiced. It consisted of the public throwing things at a rooster planted in a pot until the bird died.
• Mike the Rooster lived for a year and a half after an American farmer cut off his head in 1945. The rooster still has the base of his brain and one ear. When the farmer noticed that the rooster had not yet died, he decided to take care of it by introducing milk and grain directly through a pipette. Mike gained fame after the start of his demonstrations throughout the country, his authenticity is documented, and the rooster died only because the owner forgot food and a syringe for cleaning the esophagus at the site of the next show. Many tried to repeat this experiment, but no other chicken lived more than two days without a head.
• In the city of Fruita (Colorado, USA), an annual festival is held dedicated to the fantastic desire of the rooster Mike to live. The program includes concerts, car shows and a running competition with the symbolic name “Run Like a Headless Chicken.” There is a monument to Mike the rooster.
• Eat rooster monuments and in other countries.
• There is a legend that arose thousands of years ago that a rooster can lay an egg once every hundred years - the so-called knotweed, from which a “basilisk” will hatch (which means “king”; it was described differently, some claimed that the basilisk is a yellow a rooster with large spiky feathers on his wings, others - that he walks on four legs, has the body of a toad and a snake tail, and instead of feathers he has fish scales. Although no one has seen an egg or a basilisk, this legend was popular right up to the beginning XX century.
• In 1474, a trial took place in Basel over a rooster who was accused of laying an egg. The culprit was mercilessly beheaded by the Holy Inquisition.
• The appearance of the word “cocktail” (rooster tail) is also associated with the rooster, although there are several versions of the appearance of this name; it means a mixture of different drinks in one glass.
• On September 19, 1783, in Versailles, a rooster, accompanied by a cat, a duck, and a ram, took off in the first hot air balloon of the Montgolfier brothers. The entire flight took about eight minutes, during which the structure covered a distance of three kilometers. At an altitude of 500 meters, the sphere broke through, but descended to the ground so smoothly that the animals were not harmed.
• In the city of Petushki (Vladimir region), the only Rooster art museum in Russia and the world opened in 1997. By the way, the city’s coat of arms depicts two golden roosters facing each other.
• In the case when a singing person’s voice breaks and a sound similar to a squeak is obtained, the popular expression “gave a rooster” is used.
• In Russia, the name “rooster” is used in criminal slang.
• The expression “Hamburg rooster” causes a lot of controversy. The dictionary of Russian argot gives a simple interpretation: Hamburg rooster - a fashionably dressed person, a dude; arrogant. According to another version, the expression “Hamburg rooster” is a little-known Jewish religious expression that means a rooster without a heart (there are cases when the functions of the heart are performed by another compensatory organ), such a rooster is not kosher, that is, Jews cannot have it. This expression became popular in everyday life after the film “Gentlemen of Fortune.” But the Hamburg breed of chickens actually exists. It was brought out, according to the Germans, in the 1700s in... England and Holland. The name of the breed was finally established in 1850 at an exhibition in Birmingham.
• The image of a rooster is common in literature, art and folk crafts.

Interesting facts about the cult of the rooster in religion and myths

• It is believed that the cult of the rooster began to emerge in Persia. The rooster and the dog were very revered in those days: after all, one guarded the house and the herd, the second was and is the messenger of the morning, light and sun.
• In Iran during the Qianian period (2000 BC - 700 BC), the rooster was the most sacred animal.
• During pagan times, the rooster symbolized the sun and, with its singing, announced to the whole world the victory over the forces of evil, primarily the clouds.
• In most religious traditions - from fire worshipers to modern religions - the rooster drives away darkness and evil spirits with its cry.
• In most cultures, the Rooster was associated with the highest solar deities, so in Ancient Egypt roosters were kept in temples dedicated to the Sun, classifying them as divine beings.
• Among the ancient Jews, the rooster was a symbol of the “third watch of the night” (from midnight to dawn).
• Among the Eastern Slavs, the rooster was considered the owner's double; he was allowed into a new house, and if the rooster spent the night without problems, then a person could move in too.
• Saint Gregory considered the rooster an allegory of the “correct” shepherd.” The rooster supposedly flaps his wings for a reason before crowing, but hits them “on his loins,” that is, he repents.
• In the Christian religion, the Rooster became a symbol of the Apostle Peter, and then the Catholic Church. By decree of the Pope, starting from the 9th century, the spire of every church temple was to be crowned with the image of a rooster as the emblem of the Apostle Peter. According to another version, the rooster on the spire of the church served as a reminder that “the church of God watches over the souls of believers.”
• In the Christian religion, it was believed that the end of the world would come when the rooster did not crow its traditional “cuckoo.”
• Among the Slavs, both Western and Eastern, the Rooster was a border bird and was endowed with both the ability to resist evil spirits and demonic properties. In folk tradition, the rooster is associated with fire, protecting the house from fire and lightning, however, the red rooster personified the fire itself. According to the ideas of our pagan ancestors, when a fire started from lightning, a fiery rooster would descend from the sky, sit right on the roof of the house and set everything on fire. This is where the expression “let the red rooster come in.”
• There was a contrast between roosters by color: if a light, red rooster is associated with the sun, fire, then a black rooster is associated with water, the underworld and symbolized death, God's judgment, and evil. Back in the 19th century in Europe, there was a custom of drowning roosters and hens in ponds on St. Faith’s Day; the Russian ritual of sacrificing a black rooster, buried alive in the ground, is also known. In Scotland, during seizures of epilepsy, a black rooster was buried alive; the Indians, with the help of a black rooster, drove out cholera - the unfortunate man’s head was cut off and thrown out of the village.
• In China, the Red Rooster is depicted on the walls of the house as a talisman against fire.
• In ancient times, the Chinese considered the rooster to be a symbol of the sun and often glued or painted an image of a rooster on the door of the house during the Lunar New Year celebrations, the image of a rooster on the door represented the arrival of the sun into the house. This tradition has survived into modern times in some rural areas in northwest China.
• In Chinese, the phrase “rooster (kunchi) crows (ming)” sounds the same as “honor and glory” (“kun-ming”).
• On imperial robes in China, a three-toed rooster was depicted (an honorary number symbolizing Yang, masculinity, warmth and life).
• The “crown” on the rooster’s head, according to Chinese beliefs, is “a sign of the literary spirit.” The white rooster symbolizes the purity and purity of the soul of the deceased (white color in China is a symbol of mourning), which inhabits the rooster in order to return “to the place of residence of the family.”
• According to Chinese beliefs, a red rooster protects against fire, while a white rooster wards off demons.
• In Chinese mythology, the rooster is the tenth symbolic animal from the “Twelve Earthly Branches” (corresponding to the tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac).
• The rooster is one of the 12 animals of the eastern calendar. According to ancient belief, it is believed that a person’s fate largely depends on the year in which he was born. People born in the year of the rooster are distinguished by a calm, balanced character. They are sociable, understand the mood of others, and have the ability to convince their interlocutor. These are purposeful people who usually do not deviate from their decisions. They achieve their greatest success in middle age.
• 2017 is the year of the red fiery Rooster.

Interesting facts about rooster crow

• Some researchers believe that rooster crowing is related to the location of stars in the sky. The first roosters crow as the star Canopus (constellation Carina) appears above the horizon. And as soon as this star disappears beyond the horizon, the second roosters begin to crow.
• A man hears the crow of a rooster two kilometers away.
• Roosters don't crow if they can't stretch their necks.
• The same rooster always crows in the same way.
• The rooster makes many different sounds, but the morning crow is longer and at higher frequencies.
• It is believed that the higher the pitch, volume and duration of the sound, the stronger the effect that the rooster has on hens and other roosters.
• Cock crow was revered in many countries, especially Greece and Albania.
• Cock singing competitions are held in many countries. They are nominated in several categories - vocality, number of screams per hour, and, of course, musicality. For example, in Germany, the winner of one competition shouted more than 90 times in one hour.
• The Berg Warbler breed was developed in Germany. The duration of crowing of these roosters is four times longer than that of an ordinary village rooster.
• Excellent warblers have also been bred in Russia: the Yurlov chickens, about which people say: “Ten quarters can be measured with your fingers while the Yurlov rooster crows.” In those days there were no stopwatches, so the singing time was measured with fingers. This breed was not inferior in vocality to foreign performers.
• Our verbal onomatopoeia for cockcrow sounds different in different countries, but the similarities remain with the cockcrow itself and between so many imitations. In Germany – “ki-ke-ri-ki”, in Sweden – “ku-ke-li-ku”, in Italy – “chi-ki-ri-chi”, in France – “ko-ko-ri-ko” ”, in Spain and the Czech Republic - “ki-ki-ri-ki”, in Poland - “ku-ku-ri-ku”, in Bulgaria and Romania - “ku-ku-ri-gu”, in Japan - “ko -ke-kok-ko.” The British heard something like “Petka-fool” (“cock-e-doodle-doo”) in the rooster’s crow.
• It is believed that roosters predict the weather with their crowing, and quite accurately, although in different countries the time and duration of rooster crowing are interpreted differently.
• By the way, the crowing of a rooster is also very useful for a rooster harem - it has a calming effect on laying hens. Therefore, in poultry farms, in workshops where there are no roosters, tape recorders are installed so that chickens can hear the voice of a rooster from time to time and increase their egg production.
• Another interesting fact about rooster crowing. In the Tunisian city of Ain Draham, a rooster with good vocal abilities was captured and imprisoned at the insistence of the public because his singing in the early morning irritated his neighbors. However, the rooster continued to develop his vocal abilities in prison, to which the prison authorities did not object. The owner of the rooster regularly visited his pet and fed it.

Interesting facts about cockfighting

• Cockerels begin to sort things out at the age of about one and a half months, clashes become more frequent during puberty, sometimes they end in the death of the weakest.
• The fighting qualities of roosters were highly valued back in Ancient Greece. The rooster, as a symbol of victory, was depicted on the shields of warriors.
• The statesman and military leader from Athens, Themistocles, who created the Athenian navy, proposed including cockfighting in the military training program for young Athenians, so that soldiers would gain combat experience and courage from the roosters
• In ancient Rome, more than 2 thousand years ago, cockfighting was also popular. The courage and passion with which the roosters fought were set as an example for young legionnaires.
• Roosters not only raised the morale of warriors. Their behavior determined the outcome of the battle. Before the battle, the sacred roosters in the army were given grain: if the birds pecked it with appetite, the troops moved forward, but if not, the commanders did not expect anything good from the battle.
• In ancient Rome, Rhodian and Tonagrian roosters were trained in fighting techniques.
• European travelers as early as the 16th century described cockfights on the islands of Java, Tahiti, Sumatra and Celebes.
• Back in the 12th century, English schoolchildren entertained themselves during the holidays with cockerel competitions, and Indian rajahs did not disdain these competitions.
• In the 1st century AD, soldiers of Julius Caesar brought fighting chickens to northern Europe.
• Cockfighting was especially popular among temperamental residents of Latin American countries - Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, the Caribbean, and the southern United States, where the world-famous Texas fighting chickens were bred.
• In Russia, fighting cocks have become known since the 18th century. This sport in Rus' was called “cock hunting”.
• Cockfighting was also held at the First Poultry Exhibition in 1855.
• In 1906, at the All-Russian Congress of Poultry Farmers, cockfighting in Russia was banned for ethical and humane reasons.
• Cockfighting is popular in many countries these days, although efforts are being made to change the rules to ensure that birds do not die.

Gallic cockerel. Interesting Facts

• The brave Gauls, the ancestors of the French who constantly caused trouble for Roman commanders, got their name from roosters (“gallus” means “rooster” in Latin). The Romans gave this name to the Celts because they were red-haired and their fiery red crests resembled cockscombs.
• The Gauls considered the rooster their patron and highly valued the fighting qualities of this bird and wore the image of the rooster on weapons and banners.
• Under Louis Philippe, the image of the Gallic rooster began to be used on banners and the handles of bladed weapons.
• The Empire of Napoleon I banished the Gallic rooster, it was restored in 1830, replacing the "Bourbon lilies".
• In February 1848, when another revolution took place in France and King Louis Philippe I was overthrown, another republic was proclaimed. Its emblem was the image of a Gallic rooster, a popular symbol among the people.
• After Napoleon I's nephew Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte was elected president of the republic, he carried out a coup on December 2, 1851, and in December 1852, proclaimed himself Emperor Napoleon III. Napoleon III again abolished the Gallic rooster.
• The Gallic cockerel was again restored by the Third Republic, which was depicted on twenty and one hundred franc coins from 1871.
• During the period of the French Revolution, the country experienced a real spiritual upsurge at that time: fashionable women sported headdresses that resembled cockscombs, ordinary townspeople sang patriotic songs at work and on vacation, artists depicted a rooster in paintings as a symbol of the revolution.
• Thanks to the Great French Revolution, which influenced the destinies of the whole world and glorified the Gallic cockerel, it is primarily associated with the French.
• In France, the Gallic cockerel is still considered a symbol of independence and freedom, as well as cockiness and arrogance.
• The rooster is a symbol of France; its image can be seen on the French state seal on postage stamps, cartoons, posters and on military awards, on the emblem of the French Olympic Committee, in the residence of the French president on the fence of the Elysee Palace park.
• By the way, rooster in wine is a classic of French cuisine, which is included in any culinary primer. And this dish has hundreds of variations.

Tatyana Fedorovna Boldina
Direct educational activities with children of the preparatory group “Trip to the Cockerel Museum”

ABSTRACT DIRECT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH CHILDREN PREPARATION. GR. « JOURNEY TO THE COCKER MUSEUM» .

TASKS:

Clarify children's ideas about museums, their purpose. Consolidate knowledge about rooster as poultry, about the stages of development, the history of its domestication and about other representatives of this species.

Improve the ability to compose a descriptive story according to a reference scheme, use in speech folk legends, signs, proverbs, sayings, riddles, fairy tales related to like a rooster.

Reveal children's knowledge about various folk crafts, pay attention to the images of the rooster in decorative and applied arts.

Introduce a new type of dough - gingerbread. Strengthen the ability to make simple forms from dough.

Foster respect for the work of masters and the desire to express oneself in independent work activities based on the impressions received. Develop respect for the storyteller and everyone who took part in the creation museum. Foster a sense of responsibility and cooperation.

NOD MANAGEMENT: ORGANIZATIONAL MOMENT: circle (Montessori) "The sun is rising".

Today I invite you on an excursion to an unusual museum. Let's remember what we need museums and how to behave in museum? (Museums are needed for this so that people admire unusual, rare, antique objects. You cannot touch them with your hands, you can only look at them and listen to the guide’s story. IN the museum must not make noise, move quickly so as not to disturb other visitors.)

Each of you has been in some museum. Which museums you know what interesting things can be found there see? (Eat local history museum, iron museum, toy museum, museum of giant dolls, museum Great Patriotic War, museum-reserves, wildlife museum, Artistic museum, history museum, museum modern art, Necropolis Museum(cemetery, Museum Cruiser Aurora.)

Really, there are a lot of museums, and each is interesting in its own way. Eat museums, Where such items have been collected, in which, it would seem, there is nothing unusual, but that is why it is interesting museum, which reveals to us the secrets hidden in ordinary things.

Today we have exhibits of amazing museum. And what museum, you'll know if you guess right riddle:

Scarlet comb,

The pockmarked caftan,

Double beard

An important gait.

About the fact that the sun is rising!

Today you will be both visitors and tour guides. But first you need to earn tickets to museum by telling a poem about cockerel or his relatives. (Appendix No. 1). For the poem the child receives a ticket.

In the meantime, let's go to museum let's play and count(physical education minute):

One, two - the chickens were coming (stomp on the spot).

Three, four - go home (we walk in place).

The fifth trudged after them (waddling from side to side, we go to to the museum,

The sixth man ran ahead (running in place).

And the seventh fell behind everyone,

Got scared and squeaked (we stop, spread our arms to the sides):

Where are you? Where are you? (turn head left and right)

Not food! (we shake our fingers)

We're close here. Look! (conditionally, some are hiding, others are looking)

IN museum There are several exhibition halls or expositions. Here we come to the first one, which is called "historical".

1 TOUR GUIDE:

Do you know that rooster is a poultry. But not always the rooster was domestic. Relatives of those roosters and hens, which we are used to see, lived in India and China, lived in the jungle, easily flew into trees, where they loved to rest and spend the night. These birds built nests on the ground. Their tails were quite long, golden-yellow in color, their chest was black-green, their wings and back were brown, their legs were black, and their comb was bright red. The name of such an ancient bird is bankivsky rooster. Even these birds portrayed on coins of different countries.

A long time ago, they began to raise domestic chickens for food in Europe (we also live in Europe - this is part of the Earth, chickens were brought from India. In this country rooster considered a sacred animal. Eat rooster was strictly prohibited. People saw in rooster the herald of a new day, the assistant of the Sun, was considered his ability to feel and tell the time of day as magic. Of course, many people wanted to have such a bird at home. But later people realized that it was crowing that's not why the rooster that he is magical, but he is simply marking his territory. This ability appeared among the wild ones. roosters. Rooster screaming informs other birds that this territory is occupied.

A scream sounds rooster in audio recording.

Let's move on to the second exhibition "Relatives".

2 guide:

Relatives rooster are chicken and chicks.

Have rooster relatives who live all over to the world: peacock – Turkish rooster. His voice is not as beautiful as feathers. The peacock is famous for its tail.

Pheasant - forest rooster. Found in Europe, its plumage is no worse than that of a peacock, and it rarely demonstrates its voice so as not to be discovered.

Here are representatives of different breeds of domestic chickens and roosters(show photo).

The third exhibition is called "Neighbours".

Choose a bird for yourself, but don’t name it, but write a descriptive story based on the reference diagram. And we'll guess who you're talking about.

Children's stories about duck, goose, turkey, turkey scheme:

1. Where does he live?

2. Body parts.

4. Magnitude.

5. Body shape.

6. What does it eat?

8. Benefits for humans.

9. Chicks (cubs).

Let's move on to the next exhibition, it's called "Stages of Development rooster» .

3 TOUR GUIDE:

From picture cards (larva, chicken, fry, egg, egg, chick, pupa, embryo) a development plan is drawn up rooster on a magnetic board: chicken – egg – chicken – rooster

Let's relax a bit and play a game "Funny cockerel» . (Appendix No. 2)

Let's move on to the fifth exhibition "Folk and Applied Arts".

In the old days in Rus' rooster respected as a prophetic bird - a fortuneteller. At the wedding, the bride and groom were given rooster and hen, which were considered symbols of wealth and fertility. Then the birds were allowed into the house and watched them: how the birds behave, so will the family. There were various beliefs associated with rooster: If rooster sings at dawn or at noon, then the weather will change; If rooster screams on the threshold of the house, which means a guest will come; rooster sang at the wrong time - to the news; If rooster screams and hits the window - there will be a fire. The fire was compared to red rooster, or rather with a red crest rooster. They were afraid of fires and protected their houses with amulets.

4 TOUR GUIDE:

Towels, towels, embroidered tablecloths roosters, souvenirs, toys, jewelry were used as amulets (demonstration of mini-exhibits museum) . So they cajoled rooster, so that it does not bring bad news, protects from fires, protects from illnesses, casts out evil spirits. Rooster image often decorated dishes, furniture, and clothing in Khokhloma, Gorodets, and Gzhel paintings. Cockerels they made not only from wood, but also from clay - Filimonovsky, Dymkovo toys. Image of a rooster on the roof, shutters, and doors of the house symbolized hospitality and prosperity.

Sixth exposition "Fiction".

Yes, wherever we are rooster Didn't see you today. How can you find out about all this? In what books does it appear? cockerel, name fairy tales, stories.

And sayings and proverbs about there are countless roosters and hens. Give examples. (Appendix No. 3)

Physical education minute: outdoor game "Combat roosters» . (Appendix No. 2)

And the exposition ends our tour "Treats".

In our in the museum you see candy, And cockerels- lollipops, and, of course, gingerbread - a Russian delicacy. Gingerbread from the word "spices". Spices are special additives that are used in cooking test: pepper, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, cumin. In Rus', gingerbread was given to loved ones for the holidays. The more a person was respected, the larger the gingerbread was. The cities of Tula, Pokrov, Suzdal were famous for their gingerbread makers. Gingerbread cookies can be carved - they are cut out using molds, or molded - they are sculpted in the form of animal figures. "roe", printed - made using a stamp - a carved wooden board. But these gingerbread cookies cannot be eaten. Why? (Museum exhibit.) Maybe we can bake the gingerbread ourselves? Wash your hands and wear aprons.

I brought some dough, but it happens miscellaneous: fresh, salty, puff pastry, yeast, custard. Roll out the dough, cut out the shape cockerel and garnish with cinnamon. (The children are working in pairs: 2-roll out, 2-cut out, 2-decorate.) While the gingerbread cookies are baking in the kitchen, would you like to watch a fragment of the cartoon? « Rooster and paints» ? (Show on laptop.)

Reflection:

And here's another surprise - the package arrived. (Children take turns unwrapping the toy rooster, wrapped in several layers of paper according to the number of children, and say what they liked and remembered in the lesson.)

This is a new exhibit of our Museum Cockerel. Let this one rooster protects us from adversity. Well done today, you all said a lot. We learned a lot. And here are the gingerbread cookies - help yourself.

APPENDIX No. 1

Comb on the head

Two legs and two spurs.

He's at the same time

He wakes us up early in the morning.

Peter - Cockerel,

golden comb,

Silk head,

Oily beard.

That you get up early

Don't you let your children sleep?

Not of the princely breed,

And he wears a crown.

Is not a watchman

And everyone wakes up early.

I wake everyone up on time

At least I don’t wind the clock.

Proud of his position

And the alarm clock screams - a bird.

Early in the morning, at six morning:

“Hey, shepherd, it's time to get up!

Take it out, ku-ka-re-ku,

The herd to the lush meadow!

I'm an ordinary hen

The duck is my neighbor.

It's a pity it's not easy for me to take off,

Where - where, where - where - where!

Our good friend

He will give us feathers for our pillow,

Will give eggs for pancakes,

Easter cakes and pies.

There was a white house

Wonderful house.

And something knocked inside him.

And he crashed, and from there

A living miracle ran out -

So warm and alive

Fluffy and golden.

Do you recognize the fellow?

Just came out of the egg

I immediately walked with my feet,

I found a bread crumb.

Looked around carefully

Ate it on my own.

He is in a bright uniform.

Spurs for beauty.

During the day he is a bully

In the morning - hours.

APPENDIX No. 2

"Funny cockerel»

Children stand in a circle and use a counting rhyme to choose a fun one cockerel. He is blindfolded and placed in the center of the circle. Children dance in a circle, narrowing and expanding the circle.

Don't you sing, little chicken!

Caulking, don't sing!

And you sing cockerel,

Golden comb.

Are you Petya? cockerel,

Golden comb!

Find a couple among us

And go out to dance.

Dance together

Make the kids laugh.

Cockerel and the chosen child comes up with and performs movements, trying to make the surrounding children laugh. The chosen one becomes the driver baby cockerel.

"Combat roosters»

The cockerels have fledged,

But they didn’t dare to fight.

If you lose your feathers,

There will be nothing get cocky.

Two are selected rooster optional. They stand in the middle of the hoop and, jumping on one leg, try to push their opponent out of the circle.

APPENDIX No. 3

Lady rooster, and there's a chicken on the street.

The roosters will not sleep through the dawn.

Good housewife from boil the rooster's ear.

The chicken pecks one grain at a time and lives to its full.

Give a chicken a garden bed and it will dig up the whole garden.

In March, the chicken will drink from a puddle.

Teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

The rooster crowed, and there at least it won’t dawn.

At the pugnacious rooster the comb is always covered in blood.

Zarya practices without singing rooster.

Rooster brave on his dunghill.

The rich and rooster rushes.

A black hen, but lays a white egg.