British festivals and traditions in July
презентация к уроку по английскому языку на тему

Swan Upping
19 - 23 July 2010
The census of swans takes place annually during July on the River Thames in a ceremony known as Swan Upping. Swans are counted and marked on a 70 mile, five day journey up the River Thames.
The grottoes were placed outside the homes and the children would sit by them and say:
Please remember the Grotto.
It's only once a year.
Father's gone to sea.
Mother's gone to bring him back,
So please remember me
Henley Royal Regatta
1-5 July
Takes place during the first week of July on a stretch of the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. The Regatta began in 1839 with a single afternoon of rowing races and now lasts for five days.
Whitstable Bay, on the north Kent coast, is famous for its oysters. It has been associated with oysters for hundreds of years. An old Kentish tradition says that Julius Caesar was drawn to Britain by the Whitstable oysters. On St. James's Day the locals hold an annual oyster festival, an event dating back to at least the early 19th century when it was the custom for fishers and dredgers to celebrate with an annual ceremony of thanksgiving
.
In 1690, William III of England defeated the exiled Catholic king James II at the Battle of the Boyne. James, who had been in France, had invaded Ireland with French troops.
Men wear orange sashes and black suits and bowler hats. Orange Day marches also take place in Birmingham and Liverpool, and in some parts of Canada, for example.“ This day is known as "Orangemen's Day", "Orange Day", "the Glorious Twelfth" or just "the Twelfth". The day falls on July 12. However, if July 12 is a Saturday or Sunday, the bank holiday falls on Monday, July 13 or 14.
St Swithin's Day
15 July
St Swithin's Day is 15 July, a day on which people watch the weather for tradition says that whatever the weather is like on St. Swithin's Day, it will continue so for the next forty days.
St Swithin's Day, if thou dost (does)rain,
For forty days it will remain.
St Swithin's Day. if thou (you) be fair,
For forty days 'twill rain nae mair‘(no more)
Grotto Day
or

St James' Day


Children used to make grottoes and caves and decorate them with sea shells because the scallop shell is supposed to be the emblem of St. James.
25 July

Festivals
and Traditions

in July
Клеменчук Д. С.
After this ceremony, hot pennies are thrown to the onlookers from the windows of various pubs and scrambles for by local children. The custom dates back many years to the days long gone when the wealthy of the town would 'aid' the poor.
Whitstable Oyster Festival
25 July
The English Oyster season officially begins on St James' Day.

Orange Men's Day
(Northern Ireland)

12 July
Protestant Irish march with drums and pipes to commemorate the Battle of Boyne, which occurred on Ireland’s east coast in 1690. In Northern Ireland, it is a bank holiday.
Interesting Fact

The Queen only claims ownership of swans on certain parts of the River Thames and the rivers which run into it. Her special title is "Her Majesty The Queen, Seigneur of the Swans".

Tynwald Day

5 July
Tynwald Day is the national holiday of the Isle of Man
(Isle of Man: One of the British Isles in the Irish Sea).
Honiton Fair in Devon
23-25 JULY
This three day fair begins on the first Tuesday after 19 July. The town crier officially opens the fair by parading down the High Street with a golden glove at the end of a long pole decorated with garlands of flowers and announcing:
'Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!
The glove is up!
The fair has begun!
No man shall be arrested until the glove is down.
God save the Queen!'

Swan Upping 2010

Henley Royal Regatta
Did you know? ...
At one time any
unauthorized person
found guilty of
killing a swan
could be sentenced
to transportation for seven years and even up to 1895 could receive seven years hard labour.
Who was St. Swithin?

St. Swithin (or more properly, Swithun) was a Saxon Bishop of Winchester. He was born in the kingdom of Wessex and
educated in its capital,
Winchester. He was
famous for charitable
gifts and building
churches