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On this day bells are rung by order of Parliament to mark the deliverance of theKing and his government at the exposure of the Gunpowder Plot. It is customary to give theringers money and drinks.One of the largest events in the UK is the Bridgwater Carnival in Bridgwater, Somersetdating back to the 1605 gunpowder plot.
The procession is held each year on the Thursdaynearest to November 5. It is an illuminated procession that takes about two hours to pass withover 130 entries made by various local carnival clubs. After the carnival, an annual squibbingdisplay is held along the Bridgwater High Street when over 100 squibs (small fireworks) are setoff simultaneously.Many people hold bonfire parties and BBQs (even though it is usually really cold) andinvite their friends to gather around the fire with them. However, because of the rising number ofaccidents that occur every year many communities hold professionally organised public displays.Some of the venues for these public bonfires are in parks, fields, and on hills.Some of the traditional food eaten at this time of year includes:Sausages (called bangers), a good hearty soup, baked potatoes, bonfire toffee and parkin - asweet, sticky cake.New laws were introduced to control the use of fireworks in 2004 with an £80 on-the-spotfine for anyone caught breaking them.
They include:-It is an offence for any person under theage of 18 to possess adult fireworks in a public place (all fireworks except sparklers and partypoppers). It is an offence to possess category 4 fireworks (professional display fireworks) unlessyou are a licenced pyrotechnics professional. It is an offence to supply fireworks to anyoneunder the age of 18.Christmas Eve - December 24thIn England less emphasis is placed on Christmas Eve than in other countries, much more ismade of Christmas Day. Carol singing, midnight church services and going out to the pub aresome of the activities that many families enjoy (sometimes all three activities can be combinedinto one fun night out!).Night time on Christmas Eve though is a very exciting time for young children. It is thetime when Santa or Father Christmas comes. They hang up their stockings and go to sleep. Santaand his elves make all the toys for Christmas in his home in Greenland.
On Christmas Eve hepiles all of the toys onto his sleigh and rides across the sky with his 9 reindeer (Dasher, Dancer,Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner (or it may be Donder), Blitzen and of course ... Rudolf!).The most famous one is Rudolf the who is always the one at the front, to lead the way with hisred nose. In the morning when the children wake up they open their stocking presents.Traditionally on Christmas Eve mince pies and sherry (or milk) are left out for Santa andnowadays carrots are left for his reindeer.
Most children are in bed way before midnight waitingfor Santa to visit.The origins of the now traditional Christmas Celebration, distinct from earlier paganwinter holidays, date to sixth century England. By the middle ages, it was a well establishedimportant holiday, with traditional pageantry, customs, music and feasting all its own. Customsfrom pre Christian days were incorporated into the Celebrations, and many still remain.However in 1647, the English parliament passed a law that made Christmas illegal, allfestivities were banned by the Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell, who considered feasting andrevelry on what was supposed to be a holy day to be immoral.
The ban was lifted only whenCromwell lost power in 1660.In Britain, the Holy Days and Fasting Days Act of 1551 (which has not yet beenrepealed) states that every citizen must attend a Christian church service on Christmas Day, andmust not use any kind of vehicle to get to the service There are a large number of Britons whobreak this law every year. The law may have been intended to encourage humility by forcingeven the wealthy to attend the church on foot, or perhaps it was simply to avoid the traffic andparking crush that universal attendance would otherwise have brought about.Later, during Queen Victoria's reign, Christmas became a time for gift giving, and aspecial season for children.St Patrick's Day - March 17 th. .
St Patrick (c.389-c.461) is the patron saint of Ireland (andPPstrangely enough Nigeria). He was an ancient Briton living during the time when Britain was acolony of the Roman Empire. He was reared in a Christian home and the family lived in what wenow know of as Wales. When he was sixteen he was captured by pirates from across the IrishSea and taken to Ireland.
While working as a shepherd, he had a great spiritual experience anddecided that he must serve God in some special way. He returned to his native land and trainedas a priest, travelling to Gaul (now France) for some of his studies. Eventually, he returned toIreland as a missionary.St. Patrick's work in Ireland transformed the country. Legend has it that he drove all thesnakes out of Ireland and they all went into the sea and drowned. The snake was a revered pagansymbol, and perhaps this is a metaphor for the fact that he drove paganism out of Ireland.Whatever the truth of the matter, there are to this day no venemous snakes in Ireland.
He is saidto have converted the country's druids by calling down heavenly fire to show the power of theOne True God. And he taught people about the mystery of the Trinity by using a shamrock leafand made the shamrock the symbol of Ireland.In Ireland, March 17th is a public holiday in celebration of his life and death. It is also aday when most people attend church.
Shamrocks are sold on the preceding days and sent alongwith greeting cards to friends and family abroad. The day is usually regarded in Ireland asannouncing the coming of spring. Dances and parties are held. The traditional dish is boiledbacon and cabbage, but you might prefer to try the Soda Bread recipe on the recipes page.The feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is celebrated all over the worldwherever Irish exiles gather.
Many wear a shamrock or a little favour showing a golden harp ona bit of green ribbon.St Georges Day - April 23 rdPPSt David's Day - March 1stSt. David (c.520-588), or Dewi as he is called in Welsh, is thepatron saint of Wales. He was the son of a cheftain from Cardigan, Wales. He founded twelvemonasteries across the country from Croyland to Pembrokeshire and went on pilgrimage toJerusalem. Once there he was consecrated a bishop. His life and work made a lasting impressionon Wales.It is believed that St. David was born in the 6th Century in Henfynw in Cardigan.
Hisprincipal monastery were he was the founder and first abbot-bishop of Menevia, is now called St.David's in Dyfed, South Wales.St David's day isn't as wild as St Patrick's day in Ireland, however it is commemorated bypatriotic Welsh people by wearing a daffodil or, believe it or not, a leek. Both plants aretraditionally regarded as the national emblems of Wales and the traditional dish to eat on St.David's Day is leeks. Leek and potato soup is nice.Edinburgh FestivalThere is no 'one' Edinburgh Festival. It all began in 1947, with the aim of providing 'a platformfor the flowering of the human spirit'. Right from the start people were inspired to put on showsof their own, and these soon grew into the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Since then half a dozen orso festivals have grown up around it in August and early September, and collectively these areoften know as 'the Edinburgh Festival'.The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is often called the Edinburgh Fringe and sometimes just "theFringe".The Highland games are events held throughout the year in Scotland and other countriesas a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the ScottishHighlands.
t is reported in numerous books and Highland games programs, that King MalcolmIII of Scotland, in the 11th century, summoned contestants to a foot race to the summit of CraigChoinnich . King Malcolm created this foot race in order to find the fastest runner in the land tobe his royal messenger. Some have seen in this apocryphal event the origin of today's modernHighland games.During various times of English occupation, from before the Wars of Independence to thesuppression after the Jacobite wars, the men of Scotland were forbidden to bear or train witharms, in an attempt to prevent another popular Scottish uprising.
Scots continued to train for war;they simply did so with the implements of war replaced with the implements of the Highlandgames. Certain aspects of the games are so well known as to have become emblematic ofScotland, such as the bagpipes, the kilt, and the heavy events, especially the caber toss. Whilecentred on competitions in piping and drumming, dancing, and Scottish heavy athletics, thegames also include entertainment and exhibits related to other aspects of Scottish and Gaelicculture.
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