2. On the evening of 5th november, there are
fireworks ,bonfires and people burn guy
fawk’s images as they celebrate his failure to
blow up the parliament in 1605
3. St George's Day in England
remembers St George, England's
patron saint. April 23, his death
anniversary, is seen as England's
national day.
4. Easter in Britain has its beginnings long before the
arrival of Christianity.
5. First day of the month of
may, warmer weather
begins and trees start to
blossom.. Traditional
English may day
celebration include
dancing
around
a maypole
6. Trick-or-treating
harks back to the
Middle Ages, when
poor people in
Britain would beg
for a sweet-bread
treat, and pray for
dead relatives in
return..
7. Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange
is associated with the Fall harvest and black is
associated with darkness and death.
8. Santa Claus is referred to as Father
Christmas in Britain
9. The first
Christmas
card was
posted
in England
in 1840..
10. On his or her hundredth birthday, a
British person gets a telegram from
the Queen.
11. In the House of Lords, Chancellor sits on the
sack of wool. This tradition comes from the
old times when sheep wool made England
rich and powerful.
12. Windsor castle is the oldest and
largest royal residence in the world
still in use.
13. Maundy Thursday is the day before Good Friday .
On that day the Monarch ceremonially
distributes small silver coins known as “Maundy
money” to a group of old people.
14. Hundreds of years ago, their
soldiers began this custom. They shook hands to
show that they didn’t have a sword.
16. It is split into three large time periods, each
represented by a main author or work: Old
English (Beowulf), Middle English (Geoffrey
Chaucer), and Modern English (William
Shakespeare).