Autumn beauty the rowan Интерактивная викторина для учащихся 7-9 классов Автор: Ольга Михайловна Степанова, учитель английского языка МБОУ «Цивильская СОШ №1 имени Героя Советского Союза М.В. Силантьева» города Цивильск Чувашской Республики 2018

family Rowan is deciduous tree that belongs to the ____________ of roses. It grows natively in the northern and western parts of Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor...

mountain Rowan is also known as “___________ ash" due to similarities in the leaf morpholog y with ash and habit to grow high in the mountains.

Rowan is small tree that can reach 33 to 50 feet in height Rowan is small tree that can reach 33 to 50 feet in height. It has slender trunk and roundish__ _________. crown

Fruit __________ of rowan is red, berry-like pome with 8 seed. Dense clusters (40 or more "berries") can be seen on the tree from the middle of the summer until the late autumn.

Blackbirds __________, thrushes, redwings, fieldfares and waxwings like to eat juicy fruit of rowan. 

Rowan is rich source of vitamin C Rowan is rich source of vitamin C. It has sour ________ and it is usually consumed in the form of jellies, jams and preserves. taste

Wood of rowan was used to prevent curdling of ________ and for the manufacture of divining rods in the past. milk

Rowan can survive more than 100 years in the ________. wild

Rowan was cultivated near the houses in the Ireland and in the churchyards in the Wales in the past due to widespread belief that its red berries provide ______________ against devil and evil spirits. protection

The ___________ feast is not made with mushrooms only. wedding The ___________ feast is not made with mushrooms only.

The common name Rowan refers to the old Scandinavian word meaning red. dung

once The Harry Potter series borrowed ancient Celtic views towards the European Mountain Ash also called the Rowan Tree. The Celts and other people of early British Isles thought the tree had magical properties.

Compliments As one might think, animals also know the mountain ashes as food. It is a favored browse of moose and white-tailed deer.

time Bears, fishers and martens like it as well as snowshoe hares, squirrels, small woodland rodents, the ruffed grouse, ptarmigans, sharp-tailed grouse, blue grouse, American robins, thrushes, waxwings, and jays.

love Rowan is the tree of power, causing life and magic to flower

bread Sorbus Aucuparia The Lady of the Mountains Second month of the Celtic Tree calendar, January 21st - February 17th bread

wolves The berries contain a high concentration of Vitamin C, a good preventative and treatment for scurvy.

wood The Rowan also brings protection, as it has always been used to make amulets to guard against evil and ills."

The end To be continued…

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