The National Symbols of the UK 7 класс

Symbols of the UK

in the first summer month. The English are great lovers

of it. It is considered to be “the queen” of flowers. Have you already guessed what flower it is?
Yes, you are right. It is the rose.

England
The Duke of York
White rose
The Duke of Lancaster
Red rose
Adopted over

a century after the end of the wars

The War of the Roses

emblem.
There is a legend that explains why it became the

Scottish emblem.
Ancient Scandinavians wanted to plunder the land of Scotland and settle there.
The Scots were sleeping and did not expect the enemies.
But one of the Norsemen stepped on a thistle. So the Scots heard this “alarm” and put the Norsemen to fight.
That is how the thistle became the emblem of Scotland.

The emblem of Scotland

the Patron Saint of Wales.
The emblem of Wales

since the middle of the 16th century. Its association with

Wales can in fact be traced back to the battle of Heath-field in 633 AD, when St. David persuaded his countrymen to distinguish themselves from their Saxon foes by wearing a leek in their caps.
It was decided that from 1984, British £1 coins would feature different reverse designs for each of the four parts of the United Kingdom. All £1 coins dated 1985 feature on the reverse the Welsh Leek.
Nowadays, the leek is worn on March 1 (St. David's Day—the Welsh national holiday) and at international rugby matches.

The Leek

Welsh name is translated as a type of leek.
The daffodil

is also associated with St. David’s Day, due to the fact that it breaks into blossom on that day. Interesting to note that one of the many Welsh names for a daffodil is “Cenhinen Bedr” which means “Peter’s leek”.

The Daffodil

also connected to St. Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland.
Saint Patrick

is most famous for bringing Christianity to Ireland.

The emblem of Northern Ireland

British army use the shamrock as their emblem, and wear

a sprig of shamrock on Saint Patrick’s Day.
Queen Victoria decreed over a hundred years ago that soldiers from Ireland should wear a sprig of shamrock in recognition of Irish soldiers who had fought bravely in the Boer War.
During the Russian Civil War a British officer Col. P. S. Woods, of Belfast, established a Karelian Regiment which had a shamrock on an orange field as its regiment badge.
The shamrock has been registered as a trademark by the Government of Ireland. It is also informally used as an emblem for sports teams.

Monreal has a shamrock that is located in the lower

right quadrant. The shamrock represents the Irish population.

attached to them. Four Leaf Clover is a symbol of

good luck, while the trifoliate leaf clover is a symbol of Ireland and Irish people in general and Irish Christianity in particular.

to which country.


Quiz

leek had been recognized as the emblem of Wales since…
the

middle of the 16th century.
18-19th century
yesterday
The daffodil is the national emblem of...
Scotland c) England
Wales

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his poems;
c) bringing Christianity to Ireland.
5. The Shamrock is

the symbol of Northern Ireland. It is also connected to…
a) St. Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland;
b) St. David

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Scotland; 6 - Wales.
b
a
b
c
a








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