COUNTRY AND PEOPLE THE BRITISH ISLES
E NGLAND Flag: St George’s Cross
P LANT
Patron saint : St George Saint’s day: 23 April
W ALES Flag Dragon of Cadwallader
PLANT
Patron saint: St David Saint’s Day: 1 March
S COTLAND Flag St Andrew’s Cross
A NOTHER FLAG Lion rampant
P LANT
Patron Saint St Andrew Saint’s Day: 30 November
I RELAND Flag St Patrick’s Cross
A NOTHER FLAG Republic of Ireland
P LANT
Patron Saint St Patrick Saint’s Day: 17 March
UNION JACK
NAMES The prefix ‘Mac’ or ‘Mc’ in surnames (McCall, MacCarthy, MacDonald) is always either Scottish or Irish. The prefix ‘O’ (O’Brian, O’Hara) is Irish The most common surname in both England and Scotland is ‘Smith’
STEREOTYPES Irish = great talkers Scots = careful with money Welsh = singing ability;)
W HAT IS ‘E RIN ’? A poetic name for Ireland. ‘The Emerald Isle’ is another way of reffering to Ireland, evoking the lush greenery of its countryside. To evoke- przywoływac