Spring Time in England

〜イギリスの春(メル講師)〜

長い冬が終わり、イギリスでは暖かい季節の訪れを祝う伝統行事がたくさん行われます。パンケーキの日やイースター、そしてエイプリルフールなど、イギリスの春はexciting(ワクワク)です。

Spring in England is an exciting time.

Winter is long and hard so we like to do many things to celebrate the warmer weather.Here are some English Spring traditions you might find interesting.

イギリスのパンケーキは薄く、カリッとした食感。
レモン汁と砂糖をかけて頂きます。

Pancake day is 47 days before Easter Sunday, this year it was on the 4th of March.

On Pancake day we make a big stack of pancakes and sprinkle them in fresh lemon juice and sugar.As you can see, English pancakes are much thinner than American ones which makes them a little crispy at the edges.

Delicious!

イースターにはチョコレートの卵を隠し、子ども達が探します。

Of course we celebrate Easter. It celebrates the Spring equinox. The name Easter comes from the pagan goddess of spring Eostre, her symbol was the rabbit which is why we also have Easter bunnies! We like to eat chocolate Easter eggs and hide them in the garden for children to find.

メイポールの先にカラフルなリボンを取り付け、子ども達がダンスをすれば、
可愛らしい模様が完成します。

In villages all round England we errect large poles. Brightly coloured ribbons are attached to the top and children dance around it making a very pretty pattern as they wrap the ribbon round the pole.

The children wear very pretty clothes.

４月１日は、ジョークを言い合って楽しみます。

April Fools Day is on April the 1st. On this day people in England play jokes on each other. These jokes are not very dangerous but always funny for example, putting sugar in the salt pot. 

Every year English newspapers will publish one false news article, for example "Drinkable wine found on the Titanic!"