People always call the Britain is 'England', but this is not right. And it can make some local people angry, because England is just one of the four nations of the UK. It have four nations in the UK, there are England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Now, I will talk about the differences between the four nations of the UK. Firstly, these four nations have different flag (Picture one), plant (Picture two), patron saint (Picture three) and saint's day. The Flag of England is the St George's Cross and plant is rose, St George is patron saint for England and 23 April is saint's day. The flag of the Wales is the Red Dragon, consisting of a red dragon passant on a green and white field and plant is daffodil, St David is patron saint for Wales and 1 March is saint's day . The Flag of Scotland is a white saltire, a crux decussate (X-shaped cross) representing the cross of the Christian martyr Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, on a blue field. It is named the Saltire or the Saint Andrew's Cross.And plant is thistle, 30 November is saint's day for Scotland.
The flag of Ireland is a vertical tricolour of green, white, and orange. It is also known as the Irish tricolour and plant is shamrock, St Patrick is patron saint for Ireland and 17 March is saint's day.
(Picture One: Flag of four nations)
(Picture Two: Plant of four nations)
(Picture Three: Patron saint of four nations)
In addition to these different, these four nations also have other signs of national identity. About name, if prefix 'Mac' or 'Mc' in last name is either Scottish or Irish. And most common family name in both England and Scotland is actually 'Smith'. A lot of surnames suggest Welsh origin, such as: David, Evans, Rees, Williams. About clothes, the most representative is kilt(Picture four). It is worn by men that a tartan pattern skirt. About instruments, the harp(Picture five) is a symbol of Wales and Ireland and bagpipes(Picture six) are regarded as distinctively Scottish.
(Picture four: Kilt)
(Picture five: Harp)
(Picture six: Bagpipes)
This is information about the four nations of UK. Are you interested in it?
Blog Source:
http://www.flags-and-anthems.com/state/flag-england.html
http://en.islcollective.com/worksheets/worksheet_page?id=810
http://digger-news.blogspot.com/2010/08/sean-connery-man-in-kilt.html
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f11/bagpipes-2752/
http://www.welsh-harps.com/
(Picture One: Flag of four nations)
(Picture Two: Plant of four nations)
(Picture Three: Patron saint of four nations)
(Picture four: Kilt)
(Picture six: Bagpipes)
This an interesting blog with lots of information about the four nations. You just need to include your reference sources.
ReplyDeleteThanks,Jeanette!I already was added sources for my blog.
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