THE UNITED KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND
United Kingdom
UK
Scotland
England
United Kingdom
Northern
Ireland
Wales
United Kingdom
The thistle legend
The legend says that sleeping Scot warriors were
almost killed by an invading Vikings but one of the
attackers stepped on a wild thistle with his bare
feet. He screamed with pain and woke up Scots
who then defeated the Vikings. In gratitude, the
plant became known as the Guardian Thistle
and was adopted as the symbol of Scotland
It is the stone upon which
the true kings of Scotland
have traditionally been
crowned is Lia Fail, "the
speaking stone", or the
stone which would proclaim
the chosen king.
The Stone of Destiny
Scotch whisky
Whisky is a Scotland’s
national drink
 In the Gaelic it means
“water of life”
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Bagpipes – Scottish national
instrment
Bagpipes and the kilt
Scots word kilt means “to
tuck clothes around one’s
body” and it’s made of
tartan.
Daffodils and leeks are the Welsh national flowers.
The legend says that St. David, the patron saint of Wales, advised the Welsh
soldiers to wear leeks in their caps to distinguish friends from enemies, the
Saxons.
Daffodils and leeks
The triple harp is a national instrument of
Wales. The Welsh are well known for their
music and dance
The triple harp
The ugly house
Neolithic chambered
tomb
St. David’s Cathedral
Castles in Wales
King Arthur’s
labirynth
Conwy Castle
Snowdonia, the national park
English rose
The flower has been adopted as England’s emblem (symbol) since
the time of the Wars of the Roses - civil wars (1455-1485) between
the royal house of Lancaster (whose emblem was a red rose) and the
royal house of York (whose emblem was a white rose).
Both families were in line to the throne after king
Edward III’s death. The York’s won.
The Red Rose of Lancaster and The White Rose of York
Stonehenge…
… The stones are aligned almost perfectly with the sunrise on the summer solstice, and
it is almost certain that Stonehenge was built as a spectacular place of worship.
London
Other cities in England
Dover
Cambridge
Birmingham
Liverpool
Old Traford in
Manchester
York gothic
cathedral
“...they may take our lives, but
they’ll never take our freedom”
Famous words of William Wallace
the Braveheart who managed to
unite Scottish people in a war
against English invaders.
William Wallace “Braveheart”
Giant’s
Causeway
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Legend
It is called the Giant's Causeway because of a
legend about the quarrel between two giants
called Finn and Benandonner. Benandonner built
a causeway from Scotland to fight with Finn Mac
Cool, Finn Mac Cool pretended to be a baby in a
pram and his mother told Benandonner that the
baby was Finn Mac Cool's brother Finn Gal.
 When Benandonner saw how strong the baby
was, he thought that Finn Mac Cool would be
stronger than him and he ran back across the sea
to Scotland, tearing up the causeway as he went.
 He left in such a hurry that he his boot came off
and it is still here today. As well as the boot there
are also shapes of a camel and pipe organs in the
walls of the cliffs.
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Politcs:
Shankill Road and Falls Road
Shankill Road is a loyalist road (they believe that Northern Ireland or
Ulster should remain a part of the UK.
Falls Road is a republican road- they believe that Northern Ireland
should become part of the Republic of Ireland.
Belfast has for many years been a battlefield between the English
protestants and Irish catholics.
The most infamous incident known as “Bloody Sunday” happened in
1972.
The national flower of Northern Ireland is the shamrock, a
three-leaved plant similar to clover. An Irish tale tells of how Patrick
used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the HOLY Trinity
(Sveto
Trojstvo). He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of
the same entity.
St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland –
The Shamrock Legend
St. Patrick, patron saint
of Ireland – The Snakes
Legend
There are no snakes in Ireland.
The legend says that St Patrick put all the snakes of Ireland in a
box which he threw into the Irish Sea.
Titanic was built in Belfast
between 1909 and 1912.
Belfast is the capital city of
Belfast City Hall
Northern Ireland