SUMMER IN LITHUANIA

Šilutės r. Katyčių pagrindinė mokykla,,The Seasons”

Comenius Multilateral Project 2013 – 2015

Summer is the stuff of a dream. When adults sit at their desks, and children sit at their schools, they

dream about summer.

Summer is the time of an infinite fun.

Summer months

June - Birželis

July - Liepa

August - Rugpjūtis

The Weather in Summer

The weather is a funny thing,

it changes every day.

Look outside now, can you saywhat the weather is today?

Is there the sunshine?

Is there any rain?

Is the wind blowing down the lane?

Look outside now, can you saywhat the weather is today?

Summer is such a time when even a sparrow is busy in every yard

The plants bloom and thrive in summer.

Birds and animals nest and grow up their young

People work on their farms, fields and gardens.

Summer is also a time of holidays.

Celebrations in summer

• Father’s Day • St. John’s Day or the

Day of Dew• The State Day• The Assumption.

Father’s Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of June

St. John’s Day or the Day of Dew

• It is the summer Solstice Day, when a day is the longest and a night is the shortest.

• Lithuanians believe that dew becomes magical at that night.They also reverence the Sun and burn fires..

• It is known that a fern blooms at that night. Its blossom brings success and luck to everyone who finds it. So, on St. John’s night, young people go to the woods looking for a blossom of a fern.

The State Day

• In Lithuania the State Day is celebrated on 6th of July.

• It commemorates the coronation of the first and only king of Lithuania, Mindaugas.

The Assumption• The Assumption Day is

on 15th of August .• It means the day that

Virgin Mary was taken into the Heaven.

• The Lithuanian name for this day is "Žolinė", the Herbal Holy Day. It means that summer is coming to its end and there are the last days for flowers and herbs to bloom and thrive.

The Storks’ Leaving Day• Lithuanians believe that

storks bring spring, coming back to Lithuania, and call for autumn, leaving our country.

• It is assumed that 24th of August is the day when storks begin to leave Lithuania. It means that autumn is approaching.

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