SEQUENCE: IRELAND

 Test your knowledge about Ireland

- qUIZ  http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/ireland/challenge

  To revise yours lessons:

- http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/ireland

Take a virtual voyage through Ireland's most amazing sites by clicking:

 http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/ireland/sightseeing

                                                               Ireland

National Dishes

 Ireland is famous for its seafood with smoked salmon, smoked fish, oysters, mussels and
crab topping the bill. The country also produces excellent lamb, beef pork, black pudding,
farmhouse cheese, soda bread and, of course, Guinness and maybe a drop of whiskey!

Irish stew, "ballymaloe" or "stobhach gaelach" as it is called in Gaelic,is a traditional dish made from lamb or mutton as well as potatoes,onions, and parsley. It is a filling, flavourful dish made with the cheapest, most readily-available ingredients. The Irish raised primarily
sheep and root crops for subsistence. The sheep provided wool for warm clothing, milk for drinking and making cheese, and eventuallyfood. Potatoes were the main food crop, prior to the potato famine.

 

Colcannon is a traditional Irish food made from mashed potatoes, cabbage (or kale), butter, salt, and pepper. It can contain other ingredients such as milk, cream, leeks, onions, chives or garlic. It is a cheap, year-round staple food. 
An Irish Halloween tradition is to serve colcannon with prizes of small coins concealed in it.

Traditional Irish Breakfast - This is one of the glories of the Irish table and can include grilled bacon, black pudding (= boudin noir)and good quality sausages, tomatoes grilled with butter and chives, flat mushrooms and soda and potato bread. Nowadays, with the more hectic lifestyle, it is confined to weekend treats and holidays - not to be missed, it sets you up for the day!










Special thanks to Rémi for his oral presentation on the Irish group U2!:

 

• The popular Irish group U2 composed the song"Sunday Bloody Sunday " in 1983.It sums up a decade of passion, hatred and violence.

 

CELEBRATIONS : St PATRICK'S DAY!!

17th March

Happy St Patrick's day!!

                 

Don't forget to wear green ! You will be pinched otherwise...be careful!! 

Thanks to Justine and Fanny for their oral presentation about St Patrick's Day!! Good job!

Here is the video:
1st part:

2nd part:

What do you know about St Patrick's Day? Test your knowledge !

Do the following quiz 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4810000/newsid_4816300/4816346.stm
                                                                

 In the United States and in Great Britain , the Irish communities celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day which is on 17 March.

The Irish community in the USA is very big. During the 1800’s thousands of Irish immigrants went to America to escape poverty and have a better life. They settled in all parts of the country and took their traditions with them.

Who is Saint Patrick and why is he important to the Irish ?

 

Saint Patrick is the patron of Ireland. He left several writings about his life and work in Ireland.

Saint Patrick whose father was a landowner and a Christian was born in Britain in 389 AD. When he was sixteen years old he was captured and taken to Ireland where he became a slave. After six years he escaped to France where he became a priest. (un prêtre)

In 432 AD he returned to Ireland as a bishop in order to convert most of the Irish to Christianity. He was a generous man and dedicated man  who also introduced the Roman alphabet to Ireland.

There are legends about Saint Patrick. One legend says that he banished all the serpents from Ireland, which  is probably not true ! Another legend says that he used a shamrock to teach the Irish about the Trinity. (= The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit), St Patrick used a shamrock.
Today the shamrock he used is still a symbol of Ireland and the Irish.

Saint Patrick died in 461 and his tomb which is at Downpatrick is a centre of pilgrimage.

Today on March 17th there are big parades in big American cities in honour of the Irish . Marching bands dressed in green play lively Irish music. The Irish community organises parades and other colourful events 

 


American and British people wear green clothing on Saint Patrick’s Day. 
The Chicago River is even dyed in green

 Most people wear a green shamrock. Many shops and restaurants are decorated with green shamrocks in honour of the Irish.

Not to forget the Leprechaun who is a solitary creature, whose principal occupation is making and mending shoes, and who enjoys practical jokes.He is said to possess a treasure and if you capture him and theaten( menacer) him , he can tell you where he has hidden it...  

 

Here is the video : St Patrick's Day parade 2012 in Dublin. Enjoy!

In New York (2012)

 

 

 

LET'S PLAY the Snake Game!! 

Snakes alive! Saint Patrick is driving the snakes out of Ireland. Can you avoid his traps and become the biggest serpent on the block?

CLick on the following link ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/spring/patricks/game.shtml:h