Poland in photo riddles

Sorry, but Michael Jackson dance guy mystery is remaining unsolved for a while.

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What does the map show? (with my square frame marking):

A bit of Poland with no land border to the rest of the country...if so its very interesting.

Sorry, but the border IS there. Look at the red line.


Yes!

That is why I made it a riddle.

Hint:

History!

A bee or a wasp trying to approach the guy?


again :( What's so great about history? It's already happened, you know ;)

Poland's last Ice Age?

:):):) Sorry, no.


Yes, I know, that is why it is so fascinating.

Besides, historia magistra vitae.


You call Ice Age times 100 years ago? Not bad. :):):):):)

Your selection shows most of the lake Żarnowiec and the German-Polish border as it was after 1920, when International Commission on Demarcation decided on the final border at the vicinity of the lake: the entire lake, together with 50 meters of the lake shore and the Nadole village on its west side has been allocated to Poland.

So I guess your riddle is about Nadole village, a half-enclave that had no direct connection with the rest of Poland, other than by boat across the lake or via so-called "neutral road" through German's Czymanowo, at the south end of the lake.

This curious solution was a result of Kashubian activity during the plebiscite; the village was 100% Kashubian and Roman Catholic.

Translated from pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadole_(wojew%C3%B3dztwo_pomorskie)
At the end of World War I, when Poland regained its independence, as a result of the Parisian arrangements the border between Poland and Germany was drawn at the center of the Żarnowiec Lake. Nadole and half of the lake were to belong to Germany. Only after long and laborious efforts of local residents the village and the entire lake became part Poland. Nadolians are very proud of that fact since this kind of border corrections were the exceptional phenomena.

Yes!! Why do I know that you will always answer my riddles? :):):):)

There are monuments in Nadole commemorating the plebiscite in 1920. One day I will post the photos in another thread.

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What is this metal object?

a trap?

The bottom one could be a rat trap, but it is hard to say because the perspective does not reveal any details.

The top one looks to me like a date stamper of some sort.

It isn`t a trap, guys, and its size is quite small - as long as my index finger.

OK, let it stay unresolved for a while. It is an expertise issue, indeed.


Don`t pay attention to the top one.

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Where are they?

A cage to keep something small in, baby bird etc?

Yes!

What exactly?


Nope. Too small.
Though you could probably keep a baby humming bird there. :):):):)

Baby reptile? (clutching at straws now)

Nope. Better get back to the bird concept. The cage is for a winged creature, indeed.

Hint:

Actually, it is for two creatures.

:):):):)

Baby bats/butterflies/moths?

is this object a queen bee cage?

it's for "love birds"! ie parakeets?

Sorry.


Sorry.


Yes!!!! The object is called a mating basket and is used by bee keepers!! Very good!!!

Next (but don`t forget other pics above which remain unaswered):

What is it? (Sorry it is so easy)

A wasps' nest.

?:): Ooops.... I thought wasps build sth like this:

My guess: the image shows part of a hay roof.

That could not be a wasp's nest or a honeycomb. In such cases you would see the most packed regular structures, which are hexagonals; and if you look carefully even the individual tubes would have hexagonal cross section.

Not on the Pawian's picture. The cross-sections of individual tubes are more or less round and the arrangement of individual tubes is not regular, but random. I vote for straw tips, or maybe grain stubble (rżysko). But if the latter is true then you are a very cunning photographer, Pawian.

A bundle of roofing thatch or maybe wiklina?

Hey, guys, I don`t have the slightest idea what you are talking about. :):):):):)


Yes, close......


No....


Yes!! The roof of a house!

Wiklina (wicker) is not hollow.
My second guess: trzcina (reeds)

Yeah, right ;-)

Never mind.
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What is this?:

Now I am impressed. Where did you pull that one out of? lol

A small wooden classroom? Looks like something might be taught in it...craft skills?