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

1st.- Garland Day and labor day

29th.- Oak apple day

Last Sunday in may.- Arbor tree 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

TOAD-IN-THE-HOLE

ROAST MEATS

PLOUGHMAN'S LUNCH

SHEPHERDS' PIE

GAMMON STEAK

WITH EGG

CUMBERLAND SAUSAGE

BACON ROLY-POLY

ENGLISH BREAKFAST

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)

DETACHED HOUSE SEMI-DETACHED

TERRACE HOUSE FLATS

•TELEVISION

•RADIO

•DIGITAL SERVICES

•ENTERTAINING

•CINEMA

•EATING OUT

•ACTIVITIES OUT THE HOME

Traditionally a Christian state

and most people living in Britain

are Anglicans.

HOW TO GREET SOMEONE

VISITING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUSES

EATING

DOS AND DON'TS (TABOOS) IN ENGLAND

INDUSTRIES IN BRITAIN

FARMING (AGRICULTURE)

INDUSTRIES IN BRITAIN

ENERGY

SERVICES

CARS MOTORCYCLES

BUSES AND COACHES

SIGHTSEEING

BUSES

TRAMS TAXIS

TRAINS THE TUBE

AIRPORTS SHIPS