uk traditions

TRADITIONS OF THE UK

ENGLAND

TEA

• Tea drinking nation

• 144 tons of tea are imported

• Would you like a cuppa’?

• Shall I be mother?

May Day

• First day of the month of May

• Morris dancing

• May queen

• Maypole dancing

BONFIRE NIGHT

• Queen Elizabeth I.

• King James I.

• Robert Catesby

• Guy Fawkes

• 5th November 1605

• Guy Fawkes, Guy  Stick him up on high,  Hang him on a lamp post  And there let him die.  Guy,Guy,Guy,  Poke Him in the eye,  Put him on the fire  And there let him die  Burn his body from his head  Then you'll say  Guy Fawkes is dead  Hip, Hip, Hooray!

The queen

• Elizabeth II• 59 years on the throne• The Trooping of the Colour

SCOTLAND

HOGMANAY

• The redding

• New Year Bells

• First footing

NORTHERN IRELAND

Irish wedding

• Hand fasting

• Tying the knot

• Garland of wild flowers

• Claddagh ring

St. Patrick’s Day

• March 17th

• Beer

• Green colour

• Leprechauns

• Corned beef and cabbage

WALES

NOSON LAWEN

• Merry evening

• Tym path

• Sad songs

EISTEDDFOD

• Gathering, sitting together

• Largest popular festival

• 800 years of tradition

QUESTION

• How many tons of tea are imported to England yearly?

1. 244

2. 154

3. 144

QUESTION

• On which date do we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?

1. May 7th

2. March 17th

3. October 27th

FOOD IN THE UK

ENGLAND

• The traditional English Breakfast

• Packed lunch

• ‘’Meat and two veg’’

• Fish and chips

SCOTLAND

• Haggis

• Colcannon

• Black bun

NORTHERN IRELAND

• Traditional butcher’s sausages

• Boxty

• Champ

WALES

• Bara brith

• Welsh rarebit

• Griddle Scones

• Cawl

QUESTION

• Haggis is a traditional meal in..?

1. Wales

2. Scotland

3. France

QUESTION

• Which of this foodstuff is not served in the traditional English Breakfast?

1. Sausages

2. Eggs

3. Beans

WRONG!

BRAVO!

TRY AGAIN!

GOOD JOB!

INCORRECT!

THAT’S RIGHT!

OOPS!

GREAT!

by Monika

IX. gimnazija, Zagreb, Croatia

November 2011