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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