For auld lang syne (for the old, good times)

       April 27th. is my last day at school and the next day I´ll be a retired teacher.

       In my heart I´ll keep the good times I have lived here and I´ll always remember you all, specially, the children I have taught during so many years,even those ones who, one day, hurt me, because despite what could happen, they made me stronger and they helped me to realize that being a teacher is one of the nicest things in the world.

       The biggest kisses and the strongest hugs for my pupils in this school year (the 3 years old and the 3rd. level Primary children), I love you very much.

        A special memory to my last year pupils, you were fantastic and I had a great time with you.

        And thanks, Javier, for your daily kisses, I´ll never forget you.

        So, I want to dedicate this song to all I have loved and to those ones who have loved me.

        It´s a Scottish song . It´s commonly used in special events such as when a person says "goodbye" or starts a long journey in time (this is my case). They also sing it on "New Year´s Eve" and hand in hand, they shout "goodbye" to the year that ends.

        This is the complete lyrics of the song in English and in Spanish:

                                                                                    

Should auld acquaintance be forgot              ¿Deberían olvidarse las viejas amistades

and never brought to mind?                          y nunca recordarlas?    

Should auld acquaintance be forgot              ¿Deberían olvidarse las viejas amistades

and auld lang syne?                                    y los viejos tiempos? 

CHORUS                                                      ESTRIBILLO

For auld lang syne, my dear,                       Por los viejos tiempos, amigo mío     

for auld lang syne,                                      por los viejos tiempos.   

we'll take a cup of kindness yet,                  tomaremos una copa de cordialidad       

for auld lang syne.                                      por los viejos tiempos.     

We two have run about the slopes,               Los dos hemos correteado por las laderas              

and picked the daisies fine                          y recogido las hermosas margaritas

But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,        hemos errado mucho con los pies doloridos

since auld lang syne                                   desde los viejos tiempos.

CHORUS                                                      ESTRIBILLO

We two have paddled in the stream,            Los dos hemos vadeado la corriente

from morning sun till dine                            desde la mañana hasta la cena                               

But seas between us broad have roared       pero anchos mares han rugido entre nosotros 

since auld lang syne.                                 desde los viejos tiempos

CHORUS                                                      ESTRIBILLO

And there’s a hand my trusty friend!             Y he aquí una mano, mi fiel amigo

And give us a hand of yours                         y danos una de tus manos

And we’ll take a right good-will draught         y echemos un trago de buena voluntad

for auld lang syne.                                      por los viejos tiempos.

CHORUS                                                     ESTRIBILLO

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The legend of St. George

St. Patrick´s day

St Patrick

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IRISH BLESSING

May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you and all your heart might desire.

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Molly Malone (Cockles and Mussels)

This is a very popular song in Ireland and specially in Dublin where it has become an anthem for Dubliners. Some sports teams have adopted the song and they sing it during their sports events.

Here we can see the statue dedicated to Molly Malone and erected to conmemorate the city´s first millenium in 1988. It is placed in Grafton street in Dublin, the capital city of Ireland. It is a place the tourists visit when they go to Dublin.
This statue is known colloquially as "The tart with the cart" "The dish with the fish" or "The dolly with the trolley"







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Pancake day

In the United Kingdom, they have the tradition of making and eating pancakes on Pancke Day, Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday.
This day always falls between 2 February and 9 March depending on the date for Easter.
It is a traditional feast before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
Lent is the period of 40 days before Easter begins, on Palm Sunday and Christian people remember the forty days Jesus spent in the desert without food.
After this, the Holy Week begins, finishing on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday.
This time always was, in the past, a period of fasting. The Christians went to confession and they were "shriven" (absolved from their sins). The name Shrove Tuesday comes from that word.
Pancake day is the last chance to eat all the foods that are forbidden in Lent.

PANCAKE RECIPE:

Ingredients:
-100 g plain flour
-300 ml milk
-2 eggs
-50 g melted butter
-pinch of salt

Recipe:
1. Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl.
2. Make a well in the center and add the eggs.
3. Whisk everything.
4. Gradually, add the milk and keep whisking
5. Melt the butter.
6. Add 2 tablespoons of melted butter to the mix.
7. Heat a non stick frying pan until it is very hot and add a little butter.
8. Pour a ladle of batter in the frying pan and wait until you see bubbles on the surface, 1or 2 minutes.
9. Flip carefully with a spatula and cook until browned, 1 or 2 minutes more.
10. Serve immediatly with your favourite topping (sugar and lemon or orange juice, chopped fruits with low fat yoghurt, mashed banana and honey, ice cream and chocolate sauce...)

Adults and children participate in "Pancake races", where each participant carries a frying pan with a pancake. All runners must toss their pancakes as they run and catch them in the frying pan again.

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Love is in the air...

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Valentine´s day poem

This is a short nice poem you can dedicate to people you love.

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Valentine´s day song

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Gelert (a Welsh legend)

Once, there was a prince named Llywellyng. He had a dog called Gelert. He trusted him with his life.Gelter was a brilliant hunting dog and a faithful companion to the prince.
One day, Llywellyng´s wife had a baby boy.
Llywellyn liked hunting very much so, one
afternoon he arranged a meet.
The prince had to leave his baby son but, instead of a person to care for the child, he chose his faithful dog to look after the baby.
When they were alone, the dog and the baby had an unpleasant visit. A wolf from the woods went into the house and into the room where the baby was lying. Gelert, very quickly, took the baby with his mouth and put him on the floor covered with a blanket and so, he could fight with the wolf.
When Llywellyng returned, his son was missing and his dog was covered in blood. Immediately, he thought that Gelert had killed the baby. Full of fury, he thrusted his sword into Gelert, and he killed him.

But while Gelert fell on to ground, Llywellyng heard his son cry. He lifted the blanket and he found the baby safe and well with no wounds on his body.





Llywellyng, then realised his mistake when he saw the wolf´s dead body by the cot.
He regretted what he had done and promised that Gelert would have a grave stone with his name and achievements carved upon it.
The grave stone is still in a small village in Wales called “Bedd Gelert” which in English means “Gelert´s grave”.



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"Nessie", the Loch Ness Monster (a Scottish legend)

Loch Ness is in Scotland, near the city of Inverness. Loch Ness is a lake of fresh water, with warm waters in the surface and very cold waters in the depths. It has got 56.4 square km.
In some points the depth reaches 200 m. and there are numerous underwater canals that flow to the sea.
It´s a lake surrounded by mountains, what makes it very shady.
People say that the Loch Ness Monster, also known as Nessie lives there.
The legend about the existence of a huge creature living in the Loch Ness is not modern. The first reference to the monster is in the year 565 AC when a missionary called Saint Columba encountered a strange creature.

Following the descriptions made by people who saw the monster it must be a kind of Plesiosaur, a marine dinosaur from the Mesozoic Era.
It is described as an enormous animal, with a round body, a long neck, a small head and fins.
It has got dark red skin similar to anphibians´skin.
It is about 8 or 9 m. long and it looks like a giant eel.
In 1938, a person took some photos of the monster, but later they confessed they were a fraud.
In 1936, 50 people said that they had seen Nessie near the castle of Urquhart during 15 minutes.
In 1960, T. Dinsdale recorded a short video in which a strange shape emerges from the lake.
Scientists don´t believe in the existence of Nessie, because they say the sightings would have been much more usual and they would have found bones from other Nessie´s relatives.
Scientists explain these sightings like simple mirages, light distorsions, confusion with a wood in the water, seals, water effects or even bubbles produced by volcanic activity.



This is the video recorded by Tim Dinsdale about "Nessie" swimming along the lake, but a lot of people think that it is only a motor boat going at high speed.
At this time, nobody can say if "Nessie" exists or not.
So the mistery continues...
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The ravens in the Tower of London (an English legend)

The legend of the ravens in the Tower of London comes from the Medieval times, when a king called Bran (in Welsh, bran means raven) was killed in a battle and his head was buried in the place where the Tower of London stands now. From that day, the ravens are important and necessary occupants of the Tower.
The legend says that if the ravens leave the Tower of London, the great White Tower will fall and a terrible disaster will befall England.
So, at least six ravens live at the Tower and one of the guards (called Yeomen Warders or Beefeaters) has the job of “Ravenmaster”and he takes care of their feeding and well beeing.
In a few weeks the birds only respond to the Ravenmaster.
To prevent the ravens from fliying away one of their wings is clipped. This doesn´t hurt the birds but unbalances their flight and so they can´t go too far from the Tower.
The British government pays the Raven´s lodgings and feeding.
Nowadays there are a total of seven ravens in the Tower and each one has got its own name. To distinguish them, they wear a band or ring around the leg with different colours:
-Pearl (female, gold ring, 2011)
-Porsha (female, light blue ring, 2009)
-Rocky (male, brown ring, 2009)
-Hugine (female, red ring, 2008)
-Erin (female, white ring, 2006)
-Merlin (female, pink ring, 2005)
-Munin (female, dark green ring, 1995)
The youngest one is Pearl (7 months old) and the oldest one is Munin (17 years old).

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We wish you a Merry Christmas

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Christmas in Britain

Christmas

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Santa´s Christmas

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Jingle bells

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Santa Claus is coming to town

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Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer

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Christmas and toys

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