holidays and notable special days

8/3/2019 Holidays and Notable Special Days

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Stan Ioana

Sabau Adriana


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This ancient festival marks the

midpoint of winter, halfway

between the shortest day and the

spring equinox.Candlemas is a traditional

Christian festival thatcommemorates the ritual

purification of Mary forty days

after the birth of her son Jesus.

On this day, Christians remember

the presentation of Jesus Christ in

the Temple. Forty days after thebirth of a Jewish boy, it was the

custom to take him to the temple

in Jerusalem to be presented to

God by his thankful parents.


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"Remember, remember,

the fifth of November,

Gunpowder, treason and plot.We see no reason why

Gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot!"

Words to Guy Fawkes Rhyme


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In November 1605, the

infamous Gunpowder Plot

tookplace in which someCatholics plotted to blow up

the English Parliament and

King James l, on the day set

for the king to open

Parliament. The men were

angry because the king had

treated them badly and they

didn't like it.

The story is remembered

each 5th November when

'Guys' are burned in a

celebration known as

"Bonfire Night".


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Bonta Dragos


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Marymas - 15th August

A bannock (cake) was toasted on a fire

in honour of the Virgin Mary.


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Tailie Day - 2nd April

The day following All Fool's Day when papertails were attached to the backs of

unsuspecting people as a joke.

Whuppity Scoorie - 1st March

It is a relic of the days when making a lot of

noise was believed to frighten away the evil

spirits. Pennies supplied by money from the

Common Good Fund was thrown and thechildren scrambled to pick it up. Balls of

paper tied with string were used by the

participants to strike one another.


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Sowans Nicht -Christmas Eve

-Christmas Eve insome parts of

Scotland is called

"Sowans Nicht" from

"sowans" - a dish made

from oat husks and

fine meal steeped in

water. And branches

of a rowan tree were

burnt on ChristmasEve to signify that any

bad feeling between

friends or relatives

had been put aside.


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Boxing Day - 26th December

-Yet another day on w

hich

gifts (in boxes) wereexchanged.


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Twelfth Night is an

annual seasonal

celebration held

on the Bankside by

Shakespeare'sGlobe, in London.

It is a celebration

of the New Year,

mixing ancient

Midwinter seasonal

customs with

contemporary

festivity

Paul Valcan


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At Whittlesey, on theweekend followingPlough Monday the firstMonday after Twelfth

Night, a straw bear isparaded around the

town attended by a hostof dancers and musicianfrom all over thecountry. The bear is a

man covered from headto foot in a strawcostume which weighs30 kg!


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In November 1605, the infamous

Gunpowder Plot took place in which

some Catholics plotted to blow up the

English Parliament and King James l, onthe day set for the king to open

Parliament. The men were angry

because the king had treated them

badly and they didn't like it.The story is remembered each 5th

November when 'Guys' are burned in a

celebration known as "Bonfire Night".

Moldovan Daniel


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"Remember, remember,

the fifth of November,

Gunpowder, treason and plot.

We see no reason why

Gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot!"


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Rebel cheese rollers defiedthe weather today to takepart in a traditional racedown a steep hill to catch a8lb Double Gloucester.

Hardcore thrill seekers

staged their own unofficialevent after the world-

famous Cheese Rolling wascancelled for a second yearrunning.

The race had been

advertised on socialnetworking sites, with apage set up on Facebookand people posting messageson Twitter.


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There was a large police

presence at entrances to

Cooper's Hill, at Brockworth,

near Gloucester, but theevent went ahead.

The bizarre annual event

attracts participants,

spectators and media from

across the world.

Several hundred spectators

braved the fog and rain to

watch around a dozen

daredevils pursue the DoubleGloucester 200 yards down

the steep - 1:2 gradient -

slope.

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