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    The United Kingdom celebrates several traditions including St. Valentine's Day where people exchange cards and gifts with loved ones, April Fool's Day which is known for playing jokes and tricks, and May Day which was traditionally marked by young girls washing in the morning dew and competitions with bows and arrows. Another tradition is Guy Fawkes Day on November 5th, where an effigy of Guy Fawkes is burned on a bonfire to commemorate his failed Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

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    The United Kingdom celebrates several traditions including St. Valentine's Day where people exchange cards and gifts with loved ones, April Fool's Day which is known for playing jokes and tricks, and May Day which was traditionally marked by young girls washing in the morning dew and competitions with bows and arrows. Another tradition is Guy Fawkes Day on November 5th, where an effigy of Guy Fawkes is burned on a bonfire to commemorate his failed Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

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    The United Kingdom celebrates several traditions including St. Valentine's Day where people exchange cards and gifts with loved ones, April Fool's Day which is known for playing jokes and tricks, and May Day which was traditionally marked by young girls washing in the morning dew and competitions with bows and arrows. Another tradition is Guy Fawkes Day on November 5th, where an effigy of Guy Fawkes is burned on a bonfire to commemorate his failed Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

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    The United Kingdom celebrates several traditions including St. Valentine's Day where people exchange cards and gifts with loved ones, April Fool's Day which is known for playing jokes and tricks, and May Day which was traditionally marked by young girls washing in the morning dew and competitions with bows and arrows. Another tradition is Guy Fawkes Day on November 5th, where an effigy of Guy Fawkes is burned on a bonfire to commemorate his failed Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

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    1.What proves that the United Kingdom is a country of traditions?

    The United Kingdom has different traditions such as: St. Valentine’s Day, April
    Fool’s Day, May 1, Guy Fawkes’s Day.
    2.How is St. Valentine’s Day marked?
    On that day, people send valentine card sand presents to their husbands,
    wives, boyfriends and girlfriends.
    3.What is April Fool’s Day?
    April Fool’s Day is April, 1 and it is a day for jokes and tricks.
    4.What are the old traditions of May Day?
    The old traditions of May Day such as: in the very early morning young girls went
    to fields andwashed their faces with dew. They believed this made them very
    beautiful for a year after that. Also on May Day young men of each village triedto
    win prizeswith their bows and arrows, and peopledanced round the May pole.
    5.Why is the guy put on top of the bonfire on November, 5?
    On November, 5 the guy put on top of the bonfire to burn the figure of Guy
    Fawkes.

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