St George is the patron saint of England. St George's Day is on 23rd April and it is the national day of England. St George died on 23rd April 303 AD. In 1222, the 23rd of April was declared a feast day or public holiday by the Synod of Oxford in honour of St George. [...]
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 [...]
Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Christian festival of Lent. Lent is traditionally a time for fasting, and Pancake Day is a good way to use up foods that were given up for Lent e.g. eggs and butter. Today people are more likely to give [...]
February 6th is the Diamond Jubilee anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne. Sixty years ago, on the 6th February 1952, King George VI died and his daughter Elizabeth became Queen at the age of 25. To celebrate the anniversary, a 41-gun salute will be held in Hyde Park in London today, followed [...]
An important part of the Christmas Day celebrations in the UK is the Christmas pudding. Christmas pudding is a round, rich and heavy pudding made from fruit, eggs, sugar, breadcrumbs, suet, spices, and alcohol such as brandy or rum. Many families have their favourite pudding recipe, which is often passed down through generations of family [...]
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 [...]
