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    The document discusses various Easter traditions in the UK, including pancake races on Shrove Tuesday, giving flowers to mothers on Mothering Sunday, Good Friday church services that sometimes involve carrying a cross, eating hot cross buns, egg decorating and hunting, and egg rolling competitions.

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    Easter reading

    1. Read the text about Easter traditions in the UK.

    One of the most famous ways of starting the Easter celebrations in the UK is by having pancake races on
    Shrove Tuesday during which you run down the road while tossing and trying not to drop your pancake!
    On Mothering Sunday, which is always the Sunday in the middle of Lent in the UK, flowers such as
    Daffodils and Primroses are often given to mums to say thank you for all the hard work they do! It is also
    traditional that Mums don’t do housework on this day and might even have breakfast in bed!

    A lot of Churches hold special Good Friday services. Sometimes the congregation is lead to the church by a
    person or group of people carrying a large wooden cross. There are also Easter parades where people walk
    through the streets in colourful clothes and decorated hats.

    Hot Cross Buns are eaten at Easter time. These are often eaten in the UK on Good Friday. These are buns
    with currants and raisins in them which were eaten all year round in pagan (pre-Christian) times. It
    represented the moon and the four seasons. Christians took over this tradition and changed the meaning so
    the cross represented the cross that Jesus died on.

    Bunnies, Rabbits, Lambs, Chicks and Eggs are all associated with Easter because most babies of these
    animals are born in spring, around Easter. In Pagan times, Rabbits and Hares were signs of Good Luck and
    New Life and Chicks and Eggs were signs of Fertility. The Early Christians took over the meaning of New
    Life because it helped them remember Jesus being raised from the dead.

    Eggs were also used by the ancient Persians and Egyptians to celebrate New Year, which happened for them
    in spring time. The eggs were coloured and eaten during the celebrations. In Europe, coloured eggs were
    used to celebrate Easter as house decorations. Now it is customary to give chocolate eggs or rabbits to
    children, which often have a little surprise inside.

    On Easter Monday, lots of people take part in egg-rolling competitions. The rules are often different from
    place to place. The general idea is that children roll coloured hard-boiled eggs down the grass slopes in the
    local park. The winner is the person whose egg is the first to the bottom that is unbroken or the egg which
    rolls the furthest.

    Another traditional game is an egg hunt during which decorated eggs, real or artificial ones made of
    chocolate, are hidden for children to find, both indoors and outdoors. When the hunt is over, prizes may be
    given for the most eggs collected, or for the largest egg in size.

    2. Read the questions and answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’. If the answer is ‘no’, write the correct answer. Use the
    text to check your answers.

    1. During a pancake race, must the pancake stay in the frying pan at all times?
    2. Are mothers expected to do as little work as possible around the house on Mothering Sunday?
    3. Do people follow a person, or group of people, carrying a cross to church on Good Friday?
    4. Did the cross on the Hot Cross Bun originally represent the cross that jesus died on?
    5. Did the animals and eggs that are now symbols of Easter originally have nothing to do with religion?
    6. Did people in Europe used to use chocolate eggs to decorate their houses?
    7. Are the eggs that children use in egg-rolling competitions cooked?
    8. Is an egg hunt only played outside?

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