Festivals and important calendar dates

Ireland celebrates its national day on

• the fourth of July

• the thirteenth of July

• the seventeeth of March

roast turkey, green bean casserole, sweet potato, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie belong to....

• British Christmas table

• Thanksgiving dinner

• Irish Christmas table

• USA Independence Day celebration

The fourth of July is an important day for ...

• Ireland

• England

• The USA

Valentine's day falls in

• May

• February

• March

Jack- o'- lantern is

• a man who invented candles

• a nickname for a pumpkin pie

• an Irish poet

• a carved pumpkin

Boxing Day

• the day for the national boxing tournament in England

• you could give small gift boxes to servants or people who work in service professions

• the 26th of December

• shopping day

• football!

The British celebrate Guy Fawkes Day on

• October the 30th

• the 5th November

• the fourth Thursday in November

On Guy Fawkes Day people

• use dynamite to blow up old houses

• celebrate with fireworks

• lit bonfires

• carry the "guys" through the streets

All Hallows' Eve

• Kaikkien pyhien aatto

• Halloween

• talven alkamisen juhla, samhain

• sadonkorjuujuhla

Thanksgiving is celebrated

• on the fourth Thursday in November

• with family

• to remember the time when colonists and Indians shared an autumn harvest feast