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Piatok, 22. novembra 2024
British customs and traditions
Dátum pridania: 30.11.2002 Oznámkuj: 12345
Autor referátu: neuvedeny
 
Jazyk: Angličtina Počet slov: 1 217
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Carrying bascets or bags they go to their friends'and neighbours' houses adn they knock at the door or ring the bell. When people come to the door, children say " Trick or treat" which means "Give us a treat or we will play a trick on you." Then people treat the children with sweets, fruit or money. Rememberance day commemorates the coutry's war death, on that day in l9l8 World War I came to an end.Guy Fawkes Night on 5 November children celebrate with fireworks. On that day, in l605, the British parliament was saved from destruction when a plot to blow up the building was discovered in time. Christmas are well-known, so only in short. There are some differences between Slovak and English one. In our country ,the main emphasis is on Christmas Eve, and the festive meal is served in the evening. In England is Christmas more of a social event, the important day is Christmas day and the dinner is usually a midday meal. The meal in Britain is roast turkey and Christmas pudding, rather than fried carp, potato salad and various pastries. Slovak children hang up their stocking on 5 December while in Britain they do so on Christmas Eve. In the morning of the next day children enjoy unwrapping presents. New Year's Eve is a big festival in Scotland, where it is called Hogmanay. It begins with the arrival of the guests who have been invated to join the family to see in the New Year. They sit down to dinner which begins with haggins - Scotland's national food that consists of minced hearth, lungs and liver of a sheep, boiled in a sheep's stomach with oatmeal. Before midnight many townsfolk gather in the square, they sing and dance in the Scottish style. At midnight there is a great cheer, people cross arms, links hands for a traditional song "AULD LANG SYNE" Scottish people also considere lucky if a dark-haired man is the first to set foot in the house after midnight, bringing a coin,a piece of bread, and a coal as a symbol of plenty in the comming year.
 
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