Презентация на тему по английскому языку на тему Halloween (8 класс)

traditions of the ancient Celts of Ireland and Scotland,

whose history began in what is now Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Day. Halloween is traditionally celebrated in English-speaking countries, though

the official day off is not.

with close cultural ties with the United States or

the United Kingdom, for example, in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, in a number of island countries in Oceania, more recently - in Russia and other countries.

go from house to house, begging for sweets, there

was still in the Middle Ages and was originally associated with Christmas. In England and Ireland, the poor of old went from house to house begging for so-called "spiritual cakes" All Saints' Day (November 1), promising in return to pray for the souls of the dead relatives of the owners. Although this practice is considered to be the native British, the researchers also found a mention of it in the south of Italy.

variety of costumes, Halloween celebration is also associated with

some specific games and fortune telling. For example, you can find mention of divination by means of peel: Scottish girl cut the peel from apples, trying to make it as long as possible, and threw over his shoulder. It was believed that the fallen skin assumes the appearance of the first letter of the name intended.

the famous Bloody Mary, which today has become a

popular urban legend. This divination consisted in the fact that young girls were in the dark house up the stairs backwards and hold a candle in front of a mirror. After that, the mirror was ostensibly seem face of her future husband, but she could see in the mirror and skull - it meant that she would die, and not married.

time, most sweets based on apples. Specially prepared for

the celebration apple caramel apples in syrup (sometimes with the addition of nuts), toffee apple. First, there was a tradition to hand out candy to children apples, but she quickly came to naught because of the urban legend that said that these candies evil people put pins and needles. Although such cases have been reported several times, they never resulted in serious injury.