Spring Holidays
This Christian holiday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and often involves egg hunts.
What is Easter?
These yellow flowers are often among the first to bloom in spring and signal its arrival.
What are daffodils?
This season is commonly associated with renewal and new beginnings.
What is spring?
This national poet wrote "Ode to Youth" and depicted nature vividly in works like Pan Tadeusz, often linking it with Polish identity and rebirth.
Who is Adam Mickiewicz?
Japan celebrates the blooming of these trees in spring with picnics and festivals.
What are cherry blossoms?
his Irish holiday in March is associated with shamrocks and wearing green.
What is St. Patrick's Day?
In spring, many animals come out of this long winter rest.
What is hibernation?
The idiom “a spring in your step” refers to someone being in this mood.
What is cheerful or energetic?
This famous British poet's poem ‘Spring’ contrasts vibrant spring beauty with the cuckoo’s dark omen of mistrust in marriage, blending nature with human fears.
Who is William Shakespeare?
In the Netherlands, this flower blooms in vast colorful fields and is celebrated with a festival.
What is the tulip?
A Muslim holy month of fasting, typically observed in the spring.
What is Ramadan?
These insects, known for pollination, become more active in spring.
What are bees?
The phrase “spring cleaning” refers to doing this thoroughly.
What is cleaning one’s home?
This Nobel Prize-winning poet wrote “Coming Spring” (Nadchodząca wiosna), blending metaphysical wonder with observations of nature.
Who is Wisława Szymborska?
In Polish villages, a decorated tree called the Palm is carried on this Sunday before Easter.
What is Palm Sunday?
This Indian festival of colors is celebrated in spring to mark love, new life, and the arrival of warmer weather.
What is Holi?
This phenomenon occurs when trees release large amounts of pollen, often triggering allergies.
What is a pollen bloom/pollination?
This creature, often associated with Easter, is a symbol of fertility and new life.
hat is the rabbit (or Easter Bunny)?
Julian Tuwim’s children’s poems, such as Wiosna – ach to ty!, often personify spring. This literary device is used to give seasons human traits.
What is personification?
In Poland, the first day of spring is often marked by throwing a straw doll called Marzanna into water. What does Marzanna represent?
What is winter?
This Jewish holiday, usually in March or April, commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.
What is Passover (pascha)?
Birds are busy making it during the spring. It can be a symbol of tidying up the home or your life.
What are nests?
This Greek goddess is associated with the return of spring after spending winter in the underworld.
Who is Persephone?
In Pan Tadeusz, the opening lines describe the Lithuanian spring countryside with the famous phrase “Litwo! Ojczyzno moja!” This genre best describes the poem.
What is an epic? (epos)
In Kenya, spring is part of the rainy season, which helps farmers grow this common crop.
What is maize (or corn)?