GO THROUGH THIS LINK AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE COMMENTARIES SECTION
Suscribirse a:
Enviar comentarios (Atom)
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Hi Everybody. This is our class' blog. Here we are going to improve our English writing and many other things. Go ahead!!
INTERESTING LINKS
WORDREFERENCE DICTIONARY
Datos personales
Seguidores
Con la tecnología de Blogger.
13 comentarios:
Jack O'Lantern
1.Who started the custom of putting Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens?
The started Jack O'Lanterns is Stingy Jack.
2.Which vegetables were originally used for Jack O'Lanterns?
3.Why are the vegetable lanterns called Jack O'Lanterns?
The pumpkin .
4.Why did people place Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens on October 31?
Trick or Treat
1.What is "Trick or Treat?"
"Truco o trato"-Over time the custom changed and now children dress up in scary costumes, go from house to house and frighten neighbours shouting: " Trick or treat!"
2.How did "Trick or Treat" begin?
3.Why did people wear costumes at Halloween?
When people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits
Halloween Today
1.Where do they play games called "snap'apple" and "knock-a-dolly"? Describe the games.
Snap apple: The head immerses in water for take the apple
Knock-a-dolly:To call to the doorbell and to throw to run.
2.What do children in Scotland have to do to get a treat?
To call to the doorbell and to say: Trick or Treat.
3.Where do they have horse races on All Saints' Day? Describe another Halloween custom typical of that country.
Anna Cajaraville i Marta Pàmies.
JACK ‘O LANTERN
1.Comes from a Celtic legend of a farmer who cheated and lied to neighbors and friends. This behavior got him all kinds of enemies but also a reputation of someone so evil that would rival Satan himself.
2.Pumkin.
3.Why taking its name from the natural phenomenon known as foxfire
4. Put the plants in the windows and gardens to illuminate the paths of the dead, which comes from the legend of the Devil and Jack the miser and now in his honor do this.
TRICK OR TREAT
1. Trick-or-treating is not a trick itself but rather a fright or a joke, so a more accurate translation would be for example "sweet or fright ”
2. Some sources say the history of "Trick'O'Treating" goes back to the celebrations of All Soul's Day in Britain.
3. They believed there were ghosts and evil spirits outside. When people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits.
HALLOWEEN TODAY
1.Snap apple: The head immerses in water for take the apple
Knock-a-dolly:To call to the doorbell and to throw to run.
2.To call to the doorbell and to say: Trick or Treat.
Caterina Gomis & Anna Gascón
1. Who started the custom of putting Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens?
It all started 2000 years ago in Celtic Ireland with Stingy Jack
2. Which vegetables were originally used for Jack O'Lanterns?
They hollowed out turnips, potatoes or beets, carved faces into them and put glowing coals inside.
3. Why are the vegetable lanterns called Jack O'Lanterns?
Because Stingy Jack was the first person that put the O’Lanterns in his garden
4. Why did people place Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens on October 31?
Trick or Treat
1. What is "Trick or Treat?"
It’s a typical cotum of the childrens use for request sweets.
2. How did "Trick or Treat" begin?
In former times the poor went begging on that day and the housewives gave them special treats called "soulcakes". In return the beggars promised to say a prayer for the dead
3. Why did people wear costumes at Halloween?
Over time the custom changed and now children dress up in scary costumes, go from house to house and frighten neighbours shouting: " Trick or treat!" The people offer apples, sweets and money to the costumed visitors.
1. Where do they play games called "snap'apple" and "knock-a-dolly"? Describe the games.
In Britain. Snap apple is a game where an apple is dangled from a string . The arms are tied behind the back and people bite at the apple
To knock on somebodies door and run away in hope of getting a chase from the occupiers.a common pastime among younger kids.
What do children in Scotland have to do to get a treat?
In Scotland, the children are only supposed to receive treats if they perform tricks for the households they go to
2. Where do they have horse races on All Saints' Day? Describe another Halloween custom typical of that country.
In Guatemala. is to dress our dogs in Halloween costumes .
~ Stingy Jack.
~ Turnips, potatoes or beets.
~ Cos Jack is the name of the inventor.
~ To ward off these evil spirits.
~Over time the custom changed and now children dress up in scary costumes, go from house to house and frighten neighbours shouting: " Trick or treat!" The people offer apples, sweets and money to the costumed visitors.
~ One is that people in earlier times felt uneasy in autumn and winter. They believed there were ghosts and evil spirits outside. When people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits.
Some sources say the history of "Trick'O'Treating" goes back to the celebrations of All Soul's Day in Britain. In former times the poor went begging on that day and the housewives gave them special treats called "soulcakes". In return the beggars promised to say a prayer for the dead so that their souls would rest in heaven and not come back to trouble the living.
~ For not to be recognized by the spirits.
Jack O'Lantern
1. Who started the custom of putting Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens?
The Irish
2. Which vegetables were originally used for Jack O'Lanterns?
Tubips, potatoes or beeps.
3. Why are the vegetable lanterns called Jack O'Lanterns?
For the story about Stingy Jack
4. Why did people place Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens on October 31?
Because the next day the spirit return at this world.
* Jack-O'Lantern
Trick or Treat
1. What is "Trick or Treat?"
It's a typical costume of the children. They request some sweets.
2. How did "Trick or Treat" begin?
In former times the poor went begging on that day and the housewives gave them special treats called "soulcakes". In return the beggars promised to say a prayer for the dead
3. Why did people wear costumes at Halloween?
Over time the custom changed and now children dress up in scary costumes, go from house to house and frighten neighbours shouting: " Trick or treat!" The people offer apples, sweets and money to the costumed visitors.
* Customs of Halloween
1. Where do they play games called "snap'apple" and "knock-a-dolly"? Describe the games.
At Britain.
Snap apple is a game where an apple is dangled from a string . The arms are tied behind the back and people bite at the apple. The first person who bites into the coin inside the apple wins.
its where you knock on someones door and run and get a follew off them.
2. What do children in Scotland have to do to get a treat?
In Scotland, the children are only supposed to receive treats if they perform tricks for the households they go to. This normally takes the form of singing a song or reciting a joke or a funny poem which the child has memorized before setting out.
3. Where do they have horse races on All Saints' Day? Describe another Halloween custom typical of that country.
In guatemala.
Dress our dogs in halloween.
1. Who started the custom of putting Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens?The irish persons.
2. Which vegetables were originally used for Jack O'Lanterns?Potatoes or beets
3. Why are the vegetable lanterns called Jack O'Lanterns?Becose the legend told Jack was the "creator" of this.
4. Why did people place Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens on October 31? For ward off the bad spirits.
1. What is "Trick or Treat?" "Truco o trato" The code child has to tell that to carry off sweets and candies.
2. How did "Trick or Treat" begin?There are a lot of histories of that. The persons belive the spirits in this night were oupside, and they thing if they were with a spirit custom, their don't recognise they. And the spirit couldn't play tricks on them if they do a treat whith the spirits. Another story say the souls visited the houses of their family to ate some cakes, and if they do this treat, they don't do some tricks to them becdose their souls are in peace.
3. Why did people wear costumes at Halloween?Becose they thing if they put a costume of spirit, they couldn't recognise them.
1. Where do they play games called "snap'apple" and "knock-a-dolly"? Describe the games. In ireland. Snap' apple is a play in which an apple on a string is tied to a doorframe or tree, and players attempt to take a bite out of the suspended apple. And Knock-a-dolly is another play in which children knock on the doors of their neighbors but then run away before the door is opened.
2. What do children in Scotland have to do to get a treat? They pull toilet paper and eggs to the house.
3. Where do they have horse races on All Saints' Day? Describe another Halloween custom typical of that country. In Guatemala. They put offerings (sweets, candies...) to the dad family
Ines
Jack O'Lantern
1. Irish people started to put Jack O'Lantern in their gardens and windows.
2. Turnips were vegetables before pumpinks.
3. Because the legend talks about a man called Stingy Jack who did a promise with devil.
4. Because it is All Hallow's Eve.
Trick or Treat
1. Trick or Treat is a costum for children on Halloween. They go house to house and the say "Trick or Treat" and people gives them some sweets or money.
2. One is that people in earlier times felt uneasy in autumn and winter. They believed there were ghosts and evil spirits outside. When people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits. They also hoped the demons would not play tricks on them if they gave them a treat. They set out food and drink.
3. Because history says that if you dress up, you can't be recognized by the spirits.
Halloween Today
1. Knock-a-dolly is a game about knock in houses and run away.
1. Who started the custom of putting Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens?
-El historiador David J. Skal
2. Which vegetables were originally used for Jack O'Lanterns?
-nabos and remolachas.
3. Why are the vegetable lanterns called Jack O'Lanterns?
-Pumpkins
4. Why did people place Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens on October 31?
-because The devil threw a glowing piece of coal from the flames of hell at him. Jack placed the coal in a hollowed-out turnip, one of his favourite foods which he always carried around with him.
5. What is "Trick or Treat?"
-Over time the custom changed and now children dress up in scary costumes, go from house to house and frighten neighbours shouting: " Trick or treat!"
6. How did "Trick or Treat" begin?
7. Why did people wear costumes at Halloween?
8.Where do they play games called "snap'apple" and "knock-a-dolly"? Describe the games.
9.What do children in Scotland have to do to get a treat?
-When people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits
10.Where do they have horse races on All Saints' Day? Describe another Halloween custom typical of that country
-In Guatemala. is to dress our dogs in Halloween costumes .
Write for: Omar El Ouahabi and Andres Aguirre
Jack O'Lantern
1. Who started the custom of putting Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens?
The Irish began the custom to pWhich vegetables were originally used for Jack O'Lanterns?
2. Which vegetables were originally used for Jack O'Lanterns?
Turnips, potatoes or beets.
3. Why are the vegetable lanterns called Jack O'Lanterns?
Because as one legend goes, it all started 2000 years ago in Celtic Ireland with Stingy Jack.
4. Why did people place Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens on October 31?
because the ghosts of the dead and evil spirits returned to earth to cause trouble and damage crops.
Trick or Treat
1. What is "Trick or Treat?"
Children dress up in scary costumes, go from house to house and frighten neighbours shouting: " Trick or treat!" The people offer apples, sweets and money to the costumed visitors.
2. How did "Trick or Treat" begin?
There were ghosts and evil spirits outside. When people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits. They also hoped the demons would not play tricks on them if they gave them a treat. They set out food and drink.
3. Why did people wear costumes at Halloween?
They often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits.
Halloween Today
1. Where do they play games called "snap'apple" and "knock-a-dolly"? Describe the games.
To knock on somebodies door and run away in hope of getting a chase from the occupiers.a common pastime among younger kids.
Helena Nualart
1-the started Jack O'Lantern Stingy Jack.
2-Which vegetables were originally used for Jack O'Lanterns?
3-the pumkin.
4-because was day celebratd christmas and the people liked place on the windows.
1-In former times the poor went begging on that day and the housewives gave them special treats called "soulcakes"
2-
3-When people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits.
1-snap apple: The head immerses in water for take the apple
Knock-a-dolly:To call to the doorbell and to throw to run.
2-To call to the doorbell and to say: Trick or Treat.
3-Where do they have horse races on All Saints' Day? Describe another Halloween custom typical of that country.
Ferran, firstly thanks for your advice it helped me a lot and we reconciled and I spent 2 years since I had many children together and we are happy thank you thank you.
Now I also want to give you some advice
Ask your hand for sure and now women.
Do not be stupid and it takes two days to his life that have not already
Albert
Publicar un comentario