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PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN ENGLAND,
SCOTLAND, WALES, NORTHERN
IRELAND AND ANOTHER ISLANDS.
THE BRITISH ARE RESERVED IN
MANNERS, DRESS AND SPEECH
1st.- New years superstition
2nd.- Unluckiest day of the year
5th.- Twelfth night
6th.- Epiphany or twelfth day
7th.- St. Distaff’s day
13th.-Coldest month and day of the year
20th.- St. Agnes’s Eve
24th.- Burns Night
1st.- New year tradition
(the night before) Is called New Year's
Eve. In Scotland, people celebrate with a
lively festival called Hogmanay. All over
Britain there are parties, fireworks,
singing and dancing, to ring out the old
year and ring in the new. As the clock - Big
Ben - strikes midnight, people link arms
and sing a song called Auld Lang Syne. It
reminds them of old and new friends.
1st.- New year supertition
It´s a medieval superstition which regarding prosperity, or lack of it, in the year ahead. A flat cake was put on one of the horns of a cow in every farmyard. The farmer and his workers would then sing a song and dance around the cow until the cake was thrown to the ground. If it fell in front of the cow that signified good luck; to fall behind indicated the opposite.
2nd. Unluckiest day of the year
It was an old Saxon belief that 2nd
January was one of the unluckiest days
of the whole year. Those unfortunate
enough to be born on this day could
expect to dies an unpleasant death.
24th.- Burns Night
The people of Scotland honour
their greatest poet, Robert
Burns. He was born on 25th
January approximately 250
years ago (1759) and wrote his
first song when he was sixteen.
A traditional Scottish meal is
neaps (swede), tatties (potato)
and haggis washed down with
whisky.
2nd.- Candlemas
6th.-Queen Elizabeth came to the
throne on 1952
11th.- Thomas Edison was born
12th.- Charles Darwin was born
14th.-St. Valentines day
16th.- Shrove Tuesday
17th.- Ash Wednesday
19th.- Kissing Friday
22nd.- Thinking day
29th.- Leap year day
(occurs once every four years)
1st.- St. David’s day
3rd.- Alexander Bell was born
5th.- St. Piran’s day
14th.- Mothers day
17th.- St. Patrick’s day
25th.- Lady day
28th.- Palm Sunday
31st.- Oranges and lemons
1st.- April fool’s day
2nd.- Good Friday
4th.- Daffodil Sunday and easter day
6th.- Candle auctions
19th.- Primrose day
23rd.- St. Georges day
12th.- Ann Frank was born
13th.- Trooping the colours
15th.- Children’s day
20th.-Feast of St. Alban.
The first British martyr
21 or 22nd.-The longest day
(summer sol)
24th.- Midsummers day
13th-. National Day- Northern Ireland
15th.- St. Swithin’s day
19th.- Honiton fair in devon
(begins on the first
Tuesday after 19 July)
25th.-Grotto day and whitstable oyster
festival
1st.- Lammas day
Last Monday.- Notting Hill carnival
22nd.- The battle of bosworth 1483
27th.- The Glenn Miller Festival
4th.- Horn dance(first Monday after 4th)
7th.- Queen Elizabeth I was born
14th.- Holy rood day
29th.- Michaelmas day
1st.- English pudding season
4th.- St. Francis day
7th.- Lost traveller story
10th.- Old Michaerlmas dat
12th.- Mop fairs day
18th.- St. Luke’s day
21st.- Apple day
Last Thursday in October.- Punky night
1st.- All saints day
2nd.- All souls day
4th.- Mischief night
5th.- Guy fawkes night
11th.- Armistice day
13th.- Remembrance Sunday
18th.-The state opening of parliament
20th.- Stir-up Sunday
30th.- St. Andrew’s day
6th.- St. Nicholas day
13th.- St. Lucia’s Day
17th.- Lord of Misrule
21st.- The winter solstice
24th.- Silent night or holy night
26th.- Boxing day
28th.- Holy innocents day
31st.- New year’s eve
Grand National Horse Race
Cricket
Football
Rugby
Netball
Golf
Tennis
Polo
Table Tennis
Badminton
Boxing Day Hunt
In the past, people got married
and stayed married.
Today Many couples, mostly in their twenties or thirties,
live together (cohabit) without getting married.
In the past, people married before
they had children
But now about 40% of children in Britain
are born to unmarried (cohabiting)
parents.
HAVE A FATHER, MOTHER AND A
SISTER OR BROTHER
LIVE TOGETHER IN A HOUSE
HAS A CAR, A COMPUTER, A COLOUR TELLY (TELEVISON) WITH
A DVD, A WASHING MACHINE, DISHWASHER.
THE DAY STARTS AT ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK
BREAKFAST AT 8 O' CLOCK.
LEAVE THE HOUSE BY 8.30
OUT OF SCHOOL AT 3:15
SOMETIMES GO DOWN TOWN TO THE SHOPS
DAD USUALLY GETS HOME ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK.
EAT TOGETHER AT ABOUT 6.30.
IN THE EVENINGS, CHILDREN DO THEY HOMEWORK
BEFORE WATCHING TELLY.
SATURDAYS ARE REALLY BUSY FOR MANY
FAMILIES,BECAUSE THEY USE TO GO TO
SHOPPING.
POPULAR LEISURE (ocio) ACTIVITIES ON SUNDAY
USUALLY INCLUDES GOING TO THE CHURCH.
SUNDAY USUALLY IS THE ONLY DAY OF THE
WEEK FOR 'WORSHIP (culto) AND REST.
DETACHED (A HOUSE NOT JOINED TO ANOTHER
HOUSE)
SEMI-DETACHED (TWO HOUSES JOINED TOGETHER)
TERRACE (SEVERAL HOUSES JOINED TOGETHER)
FLATS (APARTMENTS)