Red Line 3, Coursebook

seventy-nine 79 St David’s Day St David’s Day is the national day in Wales. David lived 1,500 years ago and did important work for the church in Wales. Today he is a symbol of Wales and Welsh traditions. Every year on St David’s Day (1st March) people wear daffodils or leeks (two more Welsh symbols). Lots of people put the Welsh flag in their windows, with its red dragon. Some children wear special clothes: a black hat with a white cap under it, and a long dress (girls). Hogmanay Hogmanay is an important festival in Scotland. (It’s the Scottish name for New Year’s Eve or 31st December.) Some people have a party where there is music and people dance. At 12 o’clock, when the new year begins, they hold hands and sing ‘For auld lang syne’. Many people believe in the tradition of ‘first-footing’. If the first person who comes to your house after 12 o’clock is tall and has dark hair, this is very lucky for you. Pancake Day Pancake Day is usually in February. It’s a Tuesday, six weeks before Easter. A lot of British people make and eat pancakes on this day. Many people also have races with pancakes. They try to be the fastest while they run through the streets with the pancakes, throw them up in the air, and catch them again. If you want to run with them, you only need a hat, a frying pan and a pancake. The fastest person wins a prize! ➝ WB 51, 1; 52, 2 Workshop 4 S Different ways of reading Nur z Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv