Simnel Cake is a traditional cake eaten at Easter time. Originally is was made for Mothering Sunday, but today it is more likely to be eaten on Easter day.
We have created a pictorial Simnel cake recipe page on the Woodlands Junior website.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/simnelrecipe.html
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Why the name ‘Good Friday’ ?
Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Day.
The name is derived from ‘God’s Friday’ in the same way as good bye is derived from ‘God be with ye’
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/goodfriday.htm
The name is derived from ‘God’s Friday’ in the same way as good bye is derived from ‘God be with ye’
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/goodfriday.htm
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday was the day on which Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples, sharing a meal with them which we call the Last Supper.
In those days it was usual for a servant to wash the guests feet on arrival. Jesus got up and washed his disciples feet, giving them an object lesson in humility and service.
In the UK, the custom of washing feet by the Monarch was carried out until 1689. Up until then the King or Queen would wash the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday in Westminster Abbey.
Today, the Queen follows a very traditional role of giving Maundy Money to a group of pensioners.
You can read more about Maundy Thursday on our website
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/maundythursday.htm
Do you have a similar custom in your country?
In those days it was usual for a servant to wash the guests feet on arrival. Jesus got up and washed his disciples feet, giving them an object lesson in humility and service.
In the UK, the custom of washing feet by the Monarch was carried out until 1689. Up until then the King or Queen would wash the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday in Westminster Abbey.
Today, the Queen follows a very traditional role of giving Maundy Money to a group of pensioners.
You can read more about Maundy Thursday on our website
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/maundythursday.htm
Do you have a similar custom in your country?
Palm Sunday
Today is Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week.
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/palmsunday.htm
This is the day when Christians around the world remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It was a parade with excited people lining the roadsides, waving palm branches and shouting “Hosannah!” a word that sounds a bit to us like “Hooray.” We wave our UK flags at parades. They waved palm branches.
We call it Palm Sunday because of what happened during his entry into Jerusalem.
How do you celebrate Palm Sunday in your country?
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/palmsunday.htm
This is the day when Christians around the world remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It was a parade with excited people lining the roadsides, waving palm branches and shouting “Hosannah!” a word that sounds a bit to us like “Hooray.” We wave our UK flags at parades. They waved palm branches.
We call it Palm Sunday because of what happened during his entry into Jerusalem.
How do you celebrate Palm Sunday in your country?
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
British Manners
Email from one of our visitors. We were surprised by her experiences in London and wonder whether you have experienced the same?
“I had the great pleasure of recently visiting your country and am dumbfounded by a curious custom I noticed while there. I always said ‘please’, ‘thank you’ and I waited my turn. I tried to be very careful when browsing in shops. However, I found that service staff would be quite blunt and I got yelled at on one occasion for looking in a restricted area that was not posted as restricted. This bluntess was quite common. While in England, I was ignored when asking a question, insulted, waws cut in front of while in queues, and otherwise treated in a manner that seemed quite hurtful for me. This is a vast difference than the Southwest US where I am from. People where I am from are very unlikely to yell at a customer even if s/he makes a mistake. Service ‘with a smile’, even when the customer is wrong, is the norm. “
“I think my worst experiences were in Camden and in the Train Stations. ”
“I had the great pleasure of recently visiting your country and am dumbfounded by a curious custom I noticed while there. I always said ‘please’, ‘thank you’ and I waited my turn. I tried to be very careful when browsing in shops. However, I found that service staff would be quite blunt and I got yelled at on one occasion for looking in a restricted area that was not posted as restricted. This bluntess was quite common. While in England, I was ignored when asking a question, insulted, waws cut in front of while in queues, and otherwise treated in a manner that seemed quite hurtful for me. This is a vast difference than the Southwest US where I am from. People where I am from are very unlikely to yell at a customer even if s/he makes a mistake. Service ‘with a smile’, even when the customer is wrong, is the norm. “
“I think my worst experiences were in Camden and in the Train Stations. ”
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