The Barcelos Rooster

Recently my friend Tony took a vacation trip to Portugal. He brought me back a small souvenir, a small ceramic statue of a red rooster. He told me it was a popular "tchotchke" of the country found everywhere you looked. I Googled it and found out it's the unofficial symbol of Portugal. It comes from an old national legend where the bird symbolizes the famous Portuguese love of life.
You can read the full legend here.
Here's the statue that commemorates the tale, found at the Archeological Museum in Barcelos, Portugal.



My statue is all red.



I thought it would look good on the small marble shelf above my stove...and it does!