Spring Traditions & Folk Customs
This English folk dance features bells, sticks, and rhythmic stepping.
Morris Dance
This activity involves children searching for hidden chocolate eggs.
What is an Easter egg hunt?
On this day, people shout “April Fool!” after playing a joke.
What is April Fool’s Day?
This February holiday celebrates romantic love and is named after a saint.
What is Valentine’s Day?
This American civil rights leader promoted nonviolent protest and gave the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This celebration involves eating pancakes before the start of Lent.
Pancake Day
Many Easter symbols such as eggs and lambs represent these ideas.
What are new life, rebirth, and renewal?
This phrase refers to children asking for sweets on Halloween night.
What is “trick or treat”?
According to legend, this is why Valentine became associated with love.
What is that he secretly married couples?
This U.S. holiday remembers cooperation between settlers and Native Americans.
What is Thanksgiving?
This day marks the final day before Lent begins in the Christian calendar.
What is Shrove Tuesday?
This unusual British tradition involves chasing a wheel of cheese down a steep hill.
What is cheese rolling?
This ancient Celtic festival influenced modern Halloween.
What is Samhain?
According to tradition, this happened to St. Valentine.
What is that he was executed (beheaded) by the Romans?
These early settlers arrived on the Mayflower, and many died during their first winter.
Who were the Pilgrims?
This spring festival includes dancing around a tall decorated pole.
What is May Day?
This is the main reason cheese rolling is considered dangerous.
What is the steep hill and risk of injury (falling/trampling)?
This man tried to blow up the English Parliament in 1605.
Who is Guy Fawkes?
This country is believed to be the origin of the modern Christmas tree tradition.
What is Germany?
This date celebrates American independence from Britain.
What is July 4th?
This astronomical event is celebrated at Stonehenge when the sun aligns with the stones.
What is the summer solstice?
This spring celebration may have originated in ancient pagan fertility festivals.
What is Easter?
This British celebration includes bonfires and fireworks to remember the Gunpowder Plot.
What is Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes Night)?
This December holiday began as a day to give money or gifts to servants and the poor.
What is Boxing Day?
This major shopping day follows Thanksgiving and is known for huge sales.
What is Black Friday?