Decide with a partner if these statements about May Day are True or False.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\na\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May Day is synonymous with International Workers Day or Labour Day in a number of countries.<\/p>\n
b\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the UK some dancers wear bells and carry handkerchiefs.<\/p>\n
c\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 English celebrations of May Day date back to the 18th Century.<\/p>\n
d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Scotland, the outside of most houses are decorated with flowers.<\/p>\n
e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Germany, people light bonfires.<\/p>\n
f\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In many English villages, boys run through the streets with cows.<\/p>\n
g\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In French history, King Charles was given the flower lily of the valley as a lucky charm. Now loved ones may be given small bouquets of this flower.<\/p>\n
h\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Rumania, a number of students wear their student caps.<\/p>\n
i\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Ireland, May Day is celebrated as the feast of Bealtaine or Mary\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n
j\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Scotland, late on the evening of 30 April, people run into the North Sea, sometimes naked.<\/p>\n
k\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From a seaside village in Cornwall, a ship is covered with flowers and sent into the sea.<\/p>\n
l\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the UK, dancers carrying ribbons sometimes dance around a \u2018maypole\u2019 in a circle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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