TASK

Read the article about the customs in Britain then name the festival and write in the customs from this list in the right place on the calendar:

• people place money and bread outside the door
• girls put nuts in the fire
• girls wash their faces in the dew
• children visit houses with garlands of flowers
• children tell people things that aren't true
• girls brush their hair in front of the mirror
• children play 'duck apple'
• people make and throw pancakes
• children ask for gifts
• everyone goes skipping
• boys can kiss any girl they like
• a bell is rung
• children play tricks on grown-ups
• girls throw apple peel over their shoulder
• householders welcome a tall dark man with wood, coal and silver coins