Fourth-grade pupils from Slakovci Primary School took part in a workshop within the TRACE.hr – The Story in Your Hands project, marking the beginning of their exploration of local heritage and ttraditional stories from their region. The workshop was led by school pedagogue Kristina Kulić and attended by seven pupils. Through a discussion on what local traditional stories are and how we can recognise them in our own community, the pupils shared valuable insights about the customs and past of their village. Through drawings, they illustrated how they imagined the stories told to them by adults. As a research task, the pupils were encouraged to speak with their grandparents and elderly neighbours about the stories they heard as children and about any stories connected to their place. They particularly highlighted the custom of gathering and dancing the „kolo“ (a traditional circle dance) around the old linden tree in front of the Slakovci church. According to the stories they heard, villagers traditionally gathered there at Easter to dance the kolo, and, as the story goes, a time capsule is buried beside the tree. Unfortunately, the tree itself was cut down two years ago. The workshop took place in an exploratory and stimulating atmosphere. The pupils showed interest in local heritage and spontaneously shared family memories and fragments of stories, thereby beginning the process of recognising and collecting intangible heritage in line with the goals of the TRACE.hr project.