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nt Patrick’s Day
S aint Patrick’s Day is a Catholic Irish beer such as Murphys, Smithwicks,
festival celebrated nowadays all Harp or Guinness, or Irish whiskey, Irish
over the world. However, Saint Coffee or Baileys Irish Cream) and we-
Patrick is a patron saint of Ireland and ar at least one article of green-colored
it is there where the celebration is the clothing. According to the legend, Saint
most vivid and the most famous. It is a Patrick used the shamrock, a three-le-
national holiday in the Republic of Ire- aved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to
land and Northern Ireland. St. Patrick's the pre-Christian Irish people. As well
Day is usually celebrated on March 17, as being a celebration of Irish culture,
but Ireland's bishops have shifted the Saint Patrick's Day is a Christian festival
feast day in 2008, in honor of the natio- celebrated in the Catholic Church, the
nal saint, to Saturday, March 15. On this Church of Ireland and some other de-
day, there are big parades in most of the nominations. The day always falls in the
Irish cities. Saint Patrick's Day parades in season of Lent and sometimes during
Ireland date from the late 19th century, Holy Week.
originating in the growing sense of Irish
nationalism. People usually drink some
alcoholic beverages (lager dyed green,
ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES QUIZ
ENGLAND
England - a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It How much do you know about this be-
shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales autiful country? Check yourself!
to the west. There is the Irish Sea to the north west, the The answers are given at the bottom of
Celtic Sea to the south west, the North Sea to the east and the page.
the English Channel to the south separating it from conti-
nental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and 1. What is the name of the
southern part of the island of Great Britain. The country famous English clock?
also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of
Scilly and the Isle of Wight. a. Big Ben
b. Buckingham Clock
c. Nelson’s Column
2. The famous meeting area
is called Picadilly…:
a. Circus
b. Square
c. Place
EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AT PUT 3
S aint Patrick’s Day is a Catholic Irish beer such as Murphys, Smithwicks,
festival celebrated nowadays all Harp or Guinness, or Irish whiskey, Irish
over the world. However, Saint Coffee or Baileys Irish Cream) and we-
Patrick is a patron saint of Ireland and ar at least one article of green-colored
it is there where the celebration is the clothing. According to the legend, Saint
most vivid and the most famous. It is a Patrick used the shamrock, a three-le-
national holiday in the Republic of Ire- aved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to
land and Northern Ireland. St. Patrick's the pre-Christian Irish people. As well
Day is usually celebrated on March 17, as being a celebration of Irish culture,
but Ireland's bishops have shifted the Saint Patrick's Day is a Christian festival
feast day in 2008, in honor of the natio- celebrated in the Catholic Church, the
nal saint, to Saturday, March 15. On this Church of Ireland and some other de-
day, there are big parades in most of the nominations. The day always falls in the
Irish cities. Saint Patrick's Day parades in season of Lent and sometimes during
Ireland date from the late 19th century, Holy Week.
originating in the growing sense of Irish
nationalism. People usually drink some
alcoholic beverages (lager dyed green,
ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES QUIZ
ENGLAND
England - a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It How much do you know about this be-
shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales autiful country? Check yourself!
to the west. There is the Irish Sea to the north west, the The answers are given at the bottom of
Celtic Sea to the south west, the North Sea to the east and the page.
the English Channel to the south separating it from conti-
nental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and 1. What is the name of the
southern part of the island of Great Britain. The country famous English clock?
also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of
Scilly and the Isle of Wight. a. Big Ben
b. Buckingham Clock
c. Nelson’s Column
2. The famous meeting area
is called Picadilly…:
a. Circus
b. Square
c. Place
EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AT PUT 3
