Life / Understanding Poland's Birthday Tradition [66]

Like Maaarysia said, some say it's a tradition some doesn't heard about it at all.
My parents are from Rzeszów and they didn't heard about it. My brothers and I was born in Silesia and we had our 18 birthday here. We were all "spanked".

Honestly if you have normal friends (and no morons without brain) it isn't even painful. I didn't even feel it, really :) and my butt wasn't purple after it, not even red :D It's more a symbol and generally it's done gently just to touch the butt with a belt and not really hit you with it.

And the purpose - it's a symbol, you get hit 18 times on you birthday so after it you can't get hurt or be unhappy in your adulthood.

Love / Polish girls and traditions (esp. between mother in laws and daughter in laws) [45]


Exactly. She did it out of respect for a women who had given birth to her beloved one.

I also want to hear more about this visit :) And what about your grandson? I bet he charmed all members of the family XD What exactly is his name?

Good luck! I wish you all the best.

Love / What are the best love poems in Polish to receive? [77]

My favourite poem is "Rozmowa liriczna" Gałczyńskiego


A Lyrical Exchange

- Tell me how you love me?
- I'll tell.
- Well?
- I love you in the sun. In candlelight flushes.
I love you in your cap and beret,
Upon a windy open road, at a concert or play.
Among lilac, birch, maple and raspberry bushes.
When you are sleeping, or are hard at work.
When you cleanly crack an egg,
Even when you drop the spoon.
In a taxi or car. I am coursed, I shall never bend.
At the beginning of a road or its extreme end.
And parting your hair with a comb.
In a danger. On a merry-go round at a fairground meet.
At the see, in the mountains. In welly boots or bare feet.
Today, yesterday, tomorrow. Night and day.
In springtime, when the swallows hold sway.
- And in summer how do you love me?
- With the depth of a year.
- And in autumn with clouds and humours?
- Even when you lose umbrellas.
- And when winter's patterns are on the window pane?
- In winter I love you like a merry flame.
Close to your heart it embers and glows.
With the snow outside. Crows upon the snow.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]

Why shoud I hate russians or germans? Why shoud i hate some girl or boy from russia or germany - they didn't hurt me in any way.

I think that more and more people in Poland (especially the younger ones) doesn't dislike someone just because they are from Germany or Russia, of course there are still a lot of people that are predjucted.

What I hate is that part of history, I hate Hitler and Stalin. I hate people from those country that without any regret, did what they did - as well like I hate Poles that betrayed Poland - because of fear or because they wanted to gain something.

But hating the whole nation for that woud be really unfair and it woud be bitter for those (because there were such people but we often forget about them) that give their live because they didn't want to listen to Stalin or Hitler. People from Russia or Germany that helped Poles.

Genealogy / Looking Into The Surname Bednarczuk: Ukrainian, Polish, Ruthenian, Belarusian, etc? [27]

Hmm... I found information that the surname Bednarczuk has Ukrainian origin and it's name comes from "bednarz" (cooper)

Kowalczuk - comes from the root "kowal", meaning smith or blacksmith The -czyk suffix is a variation of "son of," so this surname literally means "son of Smith." It is poular surname in Russia and Ukraina although it has polish origin