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О книге
От составителей
Введение
Chapter I. Britain Round the Calendar
Public Holidays and Celebrations
New Year in England
Hogmanay Celebrations
First-Footing
The Night of Hogmanay
Tar-Barrel Burning
"Первая нога"
St. Valentine's Day - February 14
A Valentine's Fiasco: Her Heart Was Full - His Stomach Empty
Pancake Day
Что такое Student Rags?
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Races
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Greaze
Shrovetide Football
Ashbourne's Shrovetide Football
Mothering Sunday (Mothers'day)
Easter
Easter Peace Marches
Easter Peace Marches 1958-1968
The H-Bomb's Thunder
Why We Are Marching
Go On and Make Them Hear!
Thousands Step Out for Peace
Do's and Dont's for Marchers
В меняющемся мире
Ancient Traditions
London's Easter Parade
April Fools' Day
A Practical Joke
May 1 - Day of Solidarity
Many May Day Milestones
May Day in Great Britain
May, 1968. May Day Marches in the Cities
May, 1969. May Day - Rehearsal for 24-hour Stoppage
May 1970. Now Let Unions Go On to the Attack
May Day 1971
May Day Calls for United Action
May Spring Festival
Merry England and London May Queen Festival
Whitsun
Cheese-Rolling
Morris Dancing
Late Summer Bank Holiday
Happy Hampstead
Бэнк-холидей
A Young Man in a Sea Town on a Warm Bank Holiday
Guy Fawkes Night (Bonfire Night) - November 5
Famous Gunpowder Plot - or Infamous Plot
Guy Fawkes Night
Trafalgar Square on Bonfire Night
Not for the Bonfire
Do's and Dont's
Remembrance Day (Poppy Day)
Christmas Celebrations
Opinions Differ
Christmas Eve
It Woudn't Surprise Charles Dickens
The Christmas Robin
A Giant Christmas Tree
Christmas Humour
Not Santa Claus
Christmas at Aunt Ada's
Boxing Day
Что это за английская традиция, которая называется Boxing Day?
The Christmas Pantomime
Когда Санта-Клаус снимает наряд
Sporting Events
The Oxford - Cambridge Boat-Race
The "Blues"
The Boat Race
Cambridge Sinks but Race Goes On
Bumping Races
Eights Week at Oxford
One Over the Eight
Cup Final
Cup Final Glory
Horse-Racing
The Grand National
The Derby
Royal Ascot (Mid June)
Soames Goes Racing
The Henley Royal Regatta
The London to Brighton Car Rally
From London to Brighton
Chapter II. Festivals and Fairs
Festivals of Music and Drama
Burns Night
The Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations
Шекспир и советский флаг
Glyndebourne
The Chichester Theatre Festival
Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
The Welsh Eisteddfodau
The Eisteddfod
Edinburgh International Festival
That Tattoo Pounds Across Our Bedroom Floor
The Edinburgh Festival
Fairs
Nottingham Goose Fair
Chapter III. Traditional Ceremonies in London
Changing the Guard
Mounting the Guard
The Ceremony of the Keys
Trooping the Colour
The Sovereign's Entry into the City of London
Swan-Upping
Вверх по Темзе за лебедями
Electing Lonoon's Lord Mayor
The Lord Mayor's Show
Chapter IV. Engagements, Weddings, Births and Funerals
Getting Engaged
Weddings
The Forms of Marriage
Times of Weddings
Marriage in Scotland
The Preparation
Division of Responsibilities
The Ceremony
The Reception
Planning a "Quiet" Wedding
A White Wedding
Births and cristenings
Twenty-First Birthdays
Victor's 21 st Birthday
Funerals
Chapter V. Leisure. Everyday Leisure Pursuits
Sports
Cricket
Крикет
Football
A Pools Maniac
Fair Odds
Pools Win: Pocket-Money for Nottingham Couple
Horse Racing
Greyhound Races
How I Parted Company with Greyhounds for Ever
Политика наизнанку
Bowls
Heavenly Bowls
Playing "Bingo" ("Lotto")
Грабеж, освященный законом
Evening classes
Dancing
Pubs and Clubs
Джон Буль в цилиндре и в кепке
Pubs - Town and Country
Two Peculiarities about Pubs
The Game of Darts
The "Museum Pubs" of London
"Паблик Хаус"
Clubland
Liberty and Licence
Clubs
Приоткрыв двери клуба...
Великосветские клубы
В одном из клубов на улице Пэл-Мэл
Clubs
Moving with the Times - but Still a Union Club
Never a Dull Moment for Young People
Gardening
Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, Ha, Ha
Keeping Pet Animals
The New Cat
Candidas and the Pets
Selection from the This England Column of The New Statesman
Любовь к трем скорпионам
The Weekend
"Private. No Trespassing"
Sunday in England
Brighter Breezes Blowing at Taboos
Hyde Park on a Sunday Morning
Несколько слов о словах
Гайд-парк
Annual Holidays
Simple Steps before You Go on Holiday
Кое-что о приморских городах
Holiday Camps and Youth Hostels
Thinking of Trying a Holiday Camp?
Some Happy Holiday Scenes Have an Unhappy Background
Caravanning
Not Like the Savoy - but It's Cheap and Good Fun
A Caravan Site
Camping Holidays
We Pitched Our Tents in the Purple Hills
Hitch-Hiking
On the Move
The Englishman's Love of the Countryside
The English Abroad
Источник:
Химунина Т.Н., Конон Н.В., Уолш И.А. 'В Великобритании принято так (об английских обычаях)' - Ленинград: