The Cock of Barcelos, Portugal

Here is a really really great card thanks to my dear Marta! I simply love such educational cards, cards with legends or those 'did you know' cards....

well, as i usually do it with these kind of cards, i will just copy the text....in order to spare you from staring at it :)
The Cock of Barcelos

At a banquet given by a rich landowner in Barcelos, the silver was stolen and one guest was accused of the theft. He was tried by the court and was found guilty. In spite of the overwhelming evidence against him, he still protested his innocence. The magistrate granted the man a final chance to prove his case. Seeing a cock in a basket nearby, he said: "If i am innocent, the cock will crow!". The cock crowed and the prisoner was allowed to go free...

Heh....maybe i should try something like this :D

Belgium

This is one of my favourite kind of cards, which tell a story or a legend or which are simply educational of some sorts.

Since the legend itself is given on the card, ill just write down the text for you so it is easier to read...plus ive made a few changes or better said, i corrected a few things, since there were some grammatical mistakes in the English part...i dont understand the original, so that i can tell the mistakes...simply, in English certain things were wrong by themselves, so i took the freedom to correct them...couldnt help it, professional damage :)

The Legends of Manneken-Pis

The events have made of Manneken-Pis a legendary Brussels figure and a hero whose glory has widely spread abroad.
A legend says, that a rich bourgeois had lost his only son in the crowd during popular festivities. After five days, he found him at the corners of the Etuve Street, doing what the little man is still doing.
Another legend makes us believe, that a little boy should have saved the city by extinguishing, in his manners, the wick with which the enemies wanted to put the city on fire.
It was in 1619 that  Jérôme Duquesnoy senior was entrusted by the Brussels tax collectors to make a statue in bronze of their famous citizen.

Belgium

Time ago, i noticed these kind of cards in a blog, and immediately liked them

they may not show a city view or some significant site....but they are interesting and educational, hence why i like them.
The text above is both in French and English and i notice its not readable enough, so ill type it as well and spare you from zoom-in, zoom-out :)

The Legend of Brabo

At the time of Julius Caesar, a dreaded giant named Druoon Antigoon lived in a fortress on the Schledt, who exacted a heavy toll from every bargeman who wished to cross the river.

Any bargeman who could not pay, had his hand cut off.

Salvius Brabo, a Roman general, resisted these practices and a fierce struggle ensued. 

Brabo defeated the burly giant, cut off his right hand, and threw it in the Schledt. Hence the name of Antwerp, from -hand- and -werpen- (throw).