1. COUNTRY AND PEOPLE THE BRITISH ISLES

3. E NGLAND Flag: St George’s Cross

4. P LANT

5. Patron saint : St George Saint’s day: 23 April

6. W ALES Flag Dragon of Cadwallader

7. PLANT

8. Patron saint: St David Saint’s Day: 1 March

9. S COTLAND Flag St Andrew’s Cross

10. A NOTHER FLAG Lion rampant

11. P LANT

12. Patron Saint St Andrew Saint’s Day: 30 November

13. I RELAND Flag St Patrick’s Cross

14. A NOTHER FLAG Republic of Ireland

15. P LANT

16. Patron Saint St Patrick Saint’s Day: 17 March

17. UNION JACK

18. 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’

19. STEREOTYPES Irish = great talkers Scots = careful with money Welsh = singing ability;)

20. 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