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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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