Cornwall is a county in the South West of England, in the UK. St Piran’s Day is Cornwall’s national day, and it’s celebrated on the 5th March every year. St Piran is the national saint of Cornwall. According to legend, St Piran was born in Ireland in the sixth century. The Kings of Ireland were [...]
It's Halloween on the 31st October, the night when ghosts and witches are said to appear. Here are some suitably ghostly, spooky, evil and mysterious words and phrases… Witches, ghosts and skeletons ♦ witch-hunt – to go on a witch-hunt is to try and find and punish or harrass people with unpopular [...]
St Patrick's Day is on March 17th and it is the national day of Ireland. It is a secular celebration, and an important religious festival. It's a holy day of obligations for Roman Catholics in Ireland, as well as a religious celebration for the Anglican Church of Ireland. St Patrick's Day has been an official [...]
St David's Day is the national day of Wales. It is celebrated on the 1st March by Welsh people all over the world. St David (Dewi Sant in the Welsh language) is the patron saint of Wales. He lived in the sixth century and is thought to have died on 1st March 589. He was [...]
April Fools' Day is celebrated on the 1st April in many countries, including in the UK. It's also known as All Fools' Day. April Fools' Day is traditionally a day to trick people into believing stories that aren't true, and for playing jokes on people in order to make them laugh, or appear foolish. [...]
Burns' Night is celebrated on the 25th January every year and is a celebration of the birth date of Scottish national poet Robert Burns (1759 – 1796). Robert Burns was the son of a farmer. He is said to have had a 'fondness for the ladies', and he was an enthusiastic promoter of human welfare [...]
St. Andrew's Day is on 30th November. It is the official National Day in Scotland, UK, and in 2006 was designated an official public holiday by the Scottish Parliament. St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, and also Greece, Russia and Romania. He was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles and is thought to have [...]
