British Culture and Tradition

Britain is full of culture and traditions which have been around for hundreds of years. British customs and traditions are famous all over the world.Do you know about

1. British Traditional Food?

2. British Traditional Drink?

3. British Traditional Sport?

4. British Traditional Clothes?

5. British Traditional Legend?

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Fish and ChipsFish and chips is a popular food in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. It consists of fish which is and served with .

Fish and chips became a stock meal among the in Great Britain as a consequence of the rapid development of in the , and development of railways connecting ports to cities during the second half of the 19th century. In 1860, the first fish and chip shop was opened in London by Joseph Malin.

An English AfternoonTea is a very special treat to prepare for your family and friends. This very English tradition is said to have been started around 1840 by Duchess Anna Maria, wife of the 7th Duke of Bedford, who entertained her friends in the Blue Drawing Room at Woburn Abbey.Tea is usual taken between 3 and 5 o' clock. This tradition is still kept up in all the fine Hotels in Britain and in little Tearooms all around the country, especially in Devon where the scones are a specialty.

Cricket

Sports play an important part in the life in Britain and is a popular leisure activity.

England's national sport is cricket. It is played on village greens and in towns/cities on Sundays from April to August.

How to play Cricket Teams are made up of 11 players each. They play with a ball slightly smaller than a baseball and a bat shaped like a paddle. Two batters stand in front of wickets, set about 20 metres apart. Each wicket consists of three wooden rods (stumps) pushed into the ground, with two small pieces of wood (bails) balanced on top. A member of the opposing team (the bowler) throws the ball towards one of the batters, who must hit the ball so that it does not knock a bail off the wicket. If the ball travels far enough, the two batters run back and forth between the wickets while the fielders on the opposing team try to catch the ball. The game is scored according to the number of runs, which is the number of times the batters exchange places.

Clothes

England, unlike Wales and Scotland, has no official national dress. However, some people think that men in England wear suits and bowler hats, but it is very unusual these days to see anyone wearing a bowler hat.The bowler hat is a hard with a rounded crown originally created in 1849 for the soldier and politician , the younger brother of the . The bowler hat was popular with the during the though it came to form the official work uniform of bankers. Later in the United Kingdom, it would come to be worn as work dress by the officers of the Queen's Guards.

Authors LegendArthur was the first born son of King Uther Pendragon and heir to the throne. However these were very troubled times and Merlin, a wise magician, advised that the baby Arthur should be raised in a secret place and that none should know his true identity. As Merlin feared, when King Uther died there was great conflict over who should be the next king. Merlin used his magic to set a sword in a stone. Written on the sword, in letters of gold, were these words: "Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone is the rightwise born king of all England." Of course all the contenders for the throne took their turn at trying to draw the sword, but none could succeed. Arthur, quite by chance, withdrew the sword for another to use in a tournament. Following this he became King.