Britain is full of culture and traditions which have been around for hundreds of years.It is known that the English are stay-at-home people. “There is no place like home”, they say. When they don't work
known that the English are stay-at-home people. “There is no place like home”, they say. When they don't work they like to spend their days off at home with their families.
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English people like domestic animals. Every family
has a pet: a dog, a cat or a
bird.
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Politeness is a characteristic feature of Englishmen. They
often say “Thank you”, “Sorry”, “Beg your pardon”.
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Englishmen's home People all over the world know the
saying: “The Englishmen’s home is his castle”. They like
to live in small houses with a small garden. A typical feature of an English house is a fireplace, that's why many of them prefer the open fire to central heating.
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English meals They say that English people keep
to their traditions even in meals. They eat eggs
and bacon with toasts for breakfast, pudding or apple pie for dessert. Porridge is the dish Englishmen are very fond of. Many of them eat porridge with milk and sugar for breakfast.
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Tea-drinkers The English are tea-drinkers. They have it
many times a day. Some Englishmen have tea for
breakfast, tea in lunch time, tea after dinner, tea at tea-time and tea with supper. Some English families have "high tea" or big tea and no supper. The Englishmen always drink tea out of cups, never out of glasses.
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. They have also English and British traditions
of sport, music and many royal occasions.
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Coronation Day It marks the anniversary of the date
when Elizabeth II became queen
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The queen's telegram The Queen “s telegram is not
a very old custom but it is for very
old people. Every British person gets a telegram from the Queen on their one-hundredth birthday
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Changing of the Guards Changing of the Guards is
a very beautiful tradition. Every morning tourists go to watch
the ceremony at Buckingham Palace. At 11.30 the guard that stands in front of the palace change.
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Pancake Day Pancake Day is celebrated on Shrove
Tuesday in spring at the beginning of Lent. Lent
is a period of 40 days before Easter. Pancake Day is traditionally a day of celebration, the last day that you can eat what you want until Easter.
usually have pancakes for dinner. At schools the children
and teachers have pancakes for school dinner, and in restaurants customers ask for pancakes, too. Pancake Day is a funny custom. It is famous for an unusual race with frying pans and pancakes.