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Traditions, customs and holidays in Great Britain

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HOLIDAYS

10- EASTER

20 - People visit their mothers if possible and give them flowers and small presents. If they cannot go they send a “Mothers’ Day card”.

When is mother’s Day?

30 –April Fool’s day

This is a very old tradition from the Middle Ages. At that time the servants were masters for one day of the year. Now this Day is different. It is a day for jokes and tricks.

 

40-It is celebrated on the 5th of November when people in Britain light fireworks and burn a straw guy on a bonfire. This celebration is often associated with collecting money for charity

50 - What day is “ the Trooping of the colours”?

Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) was born on 21 April, 1926 at 17 Bruton Street, London. Her birthday is officially celebrated in Britain on the second Saturday of June each year. The day is referred to as “the Trooping of the Colour”, the official name is “the Queen’s Birthday Parade”.

SYMBOLS

10- CHRISTMAS

20 - ST. VALENTINE’s DAY

30 - HALLOWEEN

40 - Daffodil is a symbol of Wales

50 - shamrock

The 17th of March is a national holiday in Ireland – St. Patrick’s day. On that day people wear a shamrock. A shamrock is a plant with three leaves. It is the national symbol of Ireland.

St. Patrick was a man who had wonderful power. He cleared Ireland of snakes.

CUSTOMS

10 – Children dress up in funny clothes. They go from house to house and say “Trick or treat”. People give them sweets, fruit, cakes, cookies or money

20 – The Yule Log

The legend says that Joseph, Mary and Jesus were very cold when the shepherds found them on Christmas Night. So the shepherds got some bunches of twigs to burn to keep them warm. Christmas log should be cut down by the head of the family. It should burn in the fire all Twelve Days of Christmas with the last year’s Christmas log.

30 – HOGMANY …

is a holiday in midsummer

is the Scottish name for New Year’s Eve

is a traditional holiday dish

40 – The first guest in New Year is :
a) a main visitor;
b) a first foot;
c) a first guest.

The First Foot comes very early and brings a piece of bread, a piece of coal, a coin. That means that the family will be luck, happy and rich in the coming year. The First Foot also brings a evergreen branch as a promise of continuing life. He has black hair or fair hair, but not red hair. He must be a man (or a boy), not a woman.

50 - It is a funny custom. It is famous for an unusual race with frying pans.

Pancake Day

Pancake Day is celebrated on Shrove Tuesday in spring at the beginning of Lent. Lent is a period of 40 days before Easter. Pancake Day is traditionally a day of celebration, the last day that you can eat what you want until Easter. Well, on this day in England families usually have pancakes for dinner. At schools the children and teachers have pancakes for school dinner, and in restaurants customers ask for pancakes, too. Pancake Day is a funny custom. It is famous for an unusual race with frying pans and pancakes.

TRADITIONS

10 - Every year a New Year’s tree is a present to londoners from

Norway; b) Finland; c) Germany.

20 - Eggnog, roast turkey, pudding is tradition food for

Christmas dinner b) Easter dinner; c) New Year dinner

30 -Coral is

the name for a boy;

a tradition Christmas song;

a traditional Easter food.

40 -People don’t sign their greeting cards – you must guess who sent the cards to you.

a) Is a greeting card from the Queen on one-hundredth birthday
b) Is a greeting card for the Queen on her birthday
c) Christmas card from the Queen for everyone.

50 - The queen's telegram

a) Is a greeting card from the Queen on one-hundredth birthday
b) Is a greeting card for the Queen on her birthday
c) Christmas card from the Queen for everyone.