IRELAND

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IRELAND

• FESTIVALS
• Inma Cercadillo
• Charo Laiz

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IRISH FESTIVALS

• AUTUMN
• WINTER
• SPRING
• SUMMER

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AUTUMN FESTIVALS

• AUTUMN HARVEST FESTIVALS
• Harvests to town
• Poteen
• SAMHAIN OR HALLOWEEN
• Celtic New Year (October 31st)
• Saman (Sham-an) or the Lord of the Dead
• Animal skins / Cats

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AUTUMN FESTIVALS

• NOVEMBER EVE
• Sad Fairies dancing with ghost
• SAINT MARTINS DAY
• Celtic tradition was to kill animals as food
• Farmers put religious medals in fields

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WINTER FESTIVALS

• CHRISTMAS
• Santa Claus
• Christmas Dinner (25th December) Goose or
  turkey with stuffing, ham, roasted and boiled
  potatoes, vegetables, Christmas cake or Christmas
  pudding
• Mincepie
• Irish Decoration Xmas Tree, stocking, wreath,
  mistletoe, holly, Xmas lights, crackers
• Midnight mass on Christmas Eve

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WINTER FESTIVALS

• SAINT STEPHENS DAY (26th December)
• National holiday in Ireland
• The day for Hunting the Wren
• Boys wearing straw masks and dressing in old
  clothes. Wren Boys song Wren Boys song
• SAINT BRIGIDS DAY (1st February)
• Considered the first day of Spring
• Brigid Crosses to honour her
• Pageants take place at schools and churches with
  young women carrying green rushes

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SPRING FESTIVALS

• CHALK SUNDAY
• First Sunday of Lent
• Unmarried people are marked with a chalk
• SAINT PATRICKS DAY
• March 17th. The symbol is a shamrock
• Colour parades, brass and pipe bands
• Special dinner of corned beef and cabbage
• People wear green clothing, badges, buttons or
  ribbons, this is the colour associated with the
  Emerald isle and the shamrock
• It is also traditional to have a drink of
  Patricks Pot

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SPRING FESTIVALS

• EASTER
• Begin with cleansings and new clothes.
• Good Friday is a day of remembrance. After a
  visit to church, visit graveyards.
• Easter Sunday The Big Day Jesus rose from the
  dead. After the sunrise is a ceremony. It is time
  for worship in church and then the festivities
• MAY DAY
• A folk festival that was celebrated before
  Christianity. Bushes are decorated with flowers
  or eggshell, symbols of life
• May Day in Ireland was called belltaine.

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SUMMER FESTIVALS

• BONFIRE NIGHT
• Eternal flame of St.. Patrick on the shortest
  nigh of the year
• Dancing and storytelling around the fire
• MIDSUMMERS EVE
• Watch out for fairies
• Your soul leaves your body and visits the place
  you eventually pass away

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SUMMER FESTIVALS

• MIDSUMMERS DAY
• Celtic fire festival, presenting the middle of
  summer.
• 24th of June
• ORANGE DAY PARADE
• On July 12 people gather to listen to religious
  and political speeches
• Is the anniversary of the Battle of Boyne

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SAINT PATRICKS FESTIVAL, 17th March

• BACKGROUND
• FIRST CYCLE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION, (8 YEARS OLD)
• IRISH FESTIVALS COVERED IN OUR SCHOOL DURING THE
  SCHOOL YEAR
• IRISH TEACHER VISITS OUR SCHOOL
• LESSON AIMS
• TO SHOW INTEREST IN USING WORDS RELATED TO SAINT
  PATRICKS FESTIVAL
• TO KNOW THE TRADITIONS AND CHARACTERS ABOUT SAINT
  PATRICKS DAY

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SAINT PATRICKS FESTIVAL, 17th March

• CONTENTS
• CONCEPTS
• FUNCTIONS AND USES OF LANGUAGE
• TO IDENTIFY WORDS RELATED TO SAINT PATRICKS DAY
• VOCABULARY
• SAINT, SHAMROCK, SNAKE, SHEEP, PIG
• REVISION COLOURS, NUMBER AND DATES
• GRAMMAR
• WH QUESTIONS.
• e.g. WHAT COLOUR IS IT?
• WHAT DAY IS SAINT PATRICKS
  FESTIVAL?
• PHONETICS
• DISTINGUISH BETWEEN / S/ AND /?/
• e.g. SAINT, SNAKE -- SHAMROCK, SHEEP

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SAINT PATRICKS FESTIVAL, 17th March

• CONTENTS
• PROCEDURES
• REPEATING A RHYME
• LISTENING TO IRISH MUSIC AND A STORY ABOUT SAINT
  PATRICK
• PLAYING GAMES
• CREATING A CRATF ITEM
• ATTITUDES
• TO PROMOTE A RESPECTFUL ATTITUDE TOWARDS OTHER
  CULTURES, TRADITION OR RELIGION
• ASSESMENT CRITERIA
• TO GET THE GIST OF SAINT PATRICKS FESTIVAL

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