Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th where people express love through cards, flowers, and confectionery. Shrovetide occurs in the last days before Lent where traditions included using up fats and cream on Pancake Day. In November 1605 the Gunpowder Plot took place, where Catholics planned to blow up the English Parliament. This plot is remembered on Bonfire Night every November 5th in the UK, where people light bonfires, set off fireworks, and burn effigies of Guy Fawkes.

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2. Valentine's Day
• Valentine's Day is an occasion celebrated on
February 14
• people express their love for each other by
sending Valentine's cards, presenting
flowers, or offering confectionery.
• Here you will find a video about this tradition.

3. Shrovetide
• Shrovetide covers the last three or four days
before the beginning of Lent. The old names for
these days were:
• Quinquagesima Sunday - Shrove Sunday The
fiftieth day before Easter
• Collop Monday - Shrove Monday
• Pancake Day - Shrove Tuesday
The day on which all fats and cream had to be
used up.
• here you will find a video about this tradition.

4. NOVEMBER

5. NOVEMBER
• In November 1605, the infamous Gunpowder
Plot took place in which some Catholics
plotted to blow up the English Parliament and
King James l, on the day set for the king to
open Parliament

6. Bonfire Night in England
• Bonfire Night is celebrated all over the UK.
• Every year on 5th November, the anniversary
of the Gunpowder plot, Guy Fawkes is
remembered.
• Throughout England, towns and villages....
People light huge bonfires let off magnificent
fireworks, burn an effigy (a homemade model
of a man, like a scarecrow) and celebrate the
fact the Parliament and James I were not
blown sky high by Guy Fawkes.