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It was believed that the first person to visit one’s house on New Year’s Day could bring good or bad luck. Therefore, people tried to arrange for the person of their own choice to be standing outside their houses ready to be let in the moment midnight had come. Usually a dark-complexioned man was chosen, and never a woman, for she would bring bad luck. The first footer was required to carry three articles: a piece of coal to wish warmth, a piece of bread to wish food, and a silver coin to wish wealth. In parts of northern England this pleasing custom is still observed.
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1. bad
2. dark-complexioned
3. pleasing
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Easter comes on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25. Just before Easter, schools and colleges usually close. The students have a week or ten days of spring vacation.
Easter is a church holiday and many churches have an outdoor sunrise service.
Easter marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
There is a popular belief that wearing three new things on Easter will bring good luck throughout the year. A custom generally observed at Easter time is decoration of eggs and preparing baskets of eggs and candy eggs for the children. Eggs are the symbol of new life.
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1. spring
2. church
3. popular
4. candy

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Many modern Easter symbols come from pagan times. The egg, for instance, was a fertility symbol long before the Christian era. The ancient Persians, Greeks and Chinese exchanged eggs at their spring festivals. In Christian times the egg took on a new meaning symbolizing the tomb from which Christ rose. The ancient custom of dying eggs at Easter time is still very popular.
The Easter bunny also originated in pre-Christian fertility lore. The rabbit was the most fertile animal our ancestors knew, so they selected it as a symbol of new life. Today, children enjoy candy bunnies and listening to stories about the Easter bunny, who supposedly brings Easter eggs in a fancy basket.
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1. Easter
2. Christian
3. spring
4. fertile

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In the matter of holidays the British is less well-off than other Europeans. Most people have only three weeks paid holiday per year, and the bank holidays put Britain at the bottom of the list of Common Market countries as far as public holidays are concerned. British “bank holidays” are New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday, Summer Bank Holiday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Only when the UK joined the EEC did New Year’s Day become a public holiday.
The patron saints days are not celebrated with a holiday. They are St. David’s Day (March 1st) in Wales, St. George’s Day (April 23rd) in England and St. Andrew’s Day (November 30th) in Scotland. Only Ireland, both North and South, has a holiday on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th).
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1. bank
2. Easter
3. Boxing
4. three

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Hallowe’en means “holy evening”, and takes place on 31st October. Although it is a much more important festival in the United States than Britain, it is celebrated by many people in the UK. It is particular connected with witches and ghosts. At parties people dress up in strange costumes and pretend they are witches.
If you try to catch a train on 24th of December, you may have difficulty in finding a seat. This is the day when many people are travelling home to be with their families on Christmas Day, 25th December. For most British families, this is the most important festival of the year, it combines the Christmas celebration of the birth of Christ with the traditional festivities of winter.
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1. holy
2. important
3. strange
4. British

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At midnight on 31st December throughout Great Britain people celebrate the coming of the new year, by holding hands in a large circle and singing the song: “For auld lang syne”. “For auld lang syne” means “in memory of past times” and the words were written by Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert Burns. New Year’s Eve is more important festival in Scotland than it is in England, and it even has a special name. It is not clear where the word “Hogmanay” comes from, but it is connected with provision of food and drink for all visitors to your home on 31st December.
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1. large
2. famous
3. important
4. special