Rooster of Barcelos
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The Rooster of Barcelos (Portuguese: Galo de Barcelos) is a common symbol of Portugal.
Folk tale
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The folk tale of the rooster of Barcelos,calvary that is part of the collection of the Archaeological Museum located in Paço dos Condes, a gothic-style palace in Barcelos, a city in the Braga District of northwest Portugal.
According to the tale, a landowner in
Galician swore that he was merely passing through Barcelos on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
to fulfill a promise.
Nevertheless, the authorities arrested the man and condemned him to
rooster
on top of the banquet table and exclaimed, "It is as certain that I am innocent as that rooster will crow when they hang me." The judge pushed aside his plate, deciding not to eat the rooster, but otherwise ignored the appeal.
However, while the pilgrim was hanged, the roasted rooster stood up on the table and crowed as predicted. Understanding his error, the judge ran to the gallows, to discover that the man had been saved from death thanks to a poorly made knot. The man was immediately freed.
Some years later, he returned to Barcelos to
Saint James
. The monument is located in the Barcelos Archaeological Museum.
Variations
In all cases, the folk tale of the Rooster of Barcelos is about a dead rooster that crows to prove an accused man's innocence. However, variations to the story include:
- The pilgrim is a guest whom the landowner invited to his banquet, where silver is stolen.
- The pilgrim stays at a local inn, and the greedy owner of the inn accuses the pilgrim.[2]
- There are two pilgrims, father and son. The son is accused, and the father pleads his innocence by calling on the rooster to crow.[3]
- The rooster crows as soon as the accused man declares it will, so the man is never taken to the gallows.
- The accused is not from Galicia.
cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada
in Spain keeps two live chickens in remembrance of the local version of the miracle.- The miracle is located in La Rioja, Spain and associated to Saint Dominic de la Calzada.
In popular culture
In the 1990s U.S. sitcom
The rooster of Barcelos is used in the logo of Nando's, a Johannesburg-based chicken restaurant chain.[5]
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cock of Barcelos.
- Symbols of Portugal
- Gallic rooster
References
- ^ Lenda do Galo de Barcelos (Portuguese)
- ^ "Lenda do Galo de Barcelos" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on October 6, 2010.
- ^ O Senhor do Galo de Barcelos e o Milagre do Enforcado (Portuguese), Infopédia (online). Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2011. Retrieved on 2011 February 07.
- ^ The Truth (Seinfeld): 19′18″
- ^ "Nando's Chicken and the Portuguese Rooster". www.saywhydoi.com.