Friday, February 26, 2010

HAPPY ST. DAVID´S DAY!

Monday 1st March is St David's Day, the national day of Wales. To celebrate this day most schools in Wales hold a school concert or eistedfodd with singing, music, poetry and dance. Women, especially young girls, dress up in a Welsh national costume. Welsh people often wear a daffodil or leek, the traditional symbols of Wales.

DID YOU KNOW?
The place with the longest name in the world is in Wales.It´s Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
which means
The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave.

ACTIVITIES
QUIZ: Wales

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