The catastrophic floods in the Czech lands in July 1997 and August 2002 showed that historical flood memory had been lost. The little used sources to recover it include early printed books. This article brings a selection of several exceptional flood cases captured by printed documents from the 16th-18th centuries. Extant early printed books and the information that they contain (verified from other sources where possible) suitably complement and extend the potential of historical hydrology and meteorology for the study and documentation of early floods that occurred before the beginning of instrumental observations and measurements. and Jan Munzar, Stanislav Ondráček, Lubor Kysučan.
Within the frame of study of ethnical stereotypes was also elaborated the problem of the image of the Gypsy in folklore songs of the Czech lands. The attitude of majorite society towards the Gypsy is being reflected in an original way in folklore texts, sometimes quite differently from the way the coexistence of Romani and non-Romani population looked in everyday reality. After a short period of more amiable attitude to the minority that differed from the majority not only by the outer appearance and lifestyle, but also by different psyche and philosophy, the reality brought to the Romani persecution and accentuated racism especially in the during the World War II. On the other hand the folklore production comments the existence of Romani population mainly in joking, humorous way, or in a neutral way, through simple stating of certain facts. We don’t find markedly negative tones. In the texts of folk songs certain stereotypical images leveled off that comment primarily the appearance of the Romani people (black Gipsy woman, white teeth, curly hair), their activities (smithery) or different lifestyle (wandering). The range of songs reflecting the Gypsy is not big, is stable and with limited number of themes. To these belong both songs recorded in isolated cases and great groups of variants documented in many regions.