THANKSGIVING DAY

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH - 5^D LINGUISTICO

Here you can explore the Wordsworth Museum which is next door to Dove Cottage  - it was in this little cottage, at times "crammed edge full" with people, in the heart of the remote Lake District, that William Wordsworth wrote some of the greatest poetry in the English language.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE - 2^C LINGUISTICO

REMEMBRANCE DAY

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below

We are the dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.”

Colonel John McRae, "In Flanders Fields"

November 11th - Armistice Day, 1918.

On the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month we remember all those who have fallen.

Remembrance Day is marked annually on 11 November to commemorate the end of the First World War in 1918, followed by Remembrance Sunday.

The day is also observed to remember all those who sacrificed their lives in the war, with a 2 minute silence at 11am.

MOLLY MALONE - 2^C LINGUISTICO

Molly Malone is the enigmatic heroine of the famous song of the same name, widely recognised as Dublin’s unofficial anthem. Immortalised in bronze during the 1988 Dublin Millennium celebrations, the Molly Malone statue stands in the heart of the city’s historic Georgian Quarter.

According to the lyrics of the undeniably catchy tune – also known as Cockles and Mussels – Molly was a young and beautiful fishmonger who sold her yield from a cart on the streets of Dublin. The song’s final verse states that after she died of a fever, she began haunting the city.

Despite her international fame, Molly Malone remains something of a mystery. While a popular figure in Irish folklore, she became an urban legend towards the end of the 20th century when claims that she was a real person who lived in the 17th century became popularised. After a Mary Malone (the name Molly derives from Mary or Margaret) was discovered to have died in Dublin on 13 June 1699, the Dublin Millennium Commission joyously proclaimed 13 June Molly Malone Day, and in 1988, it unveiled her statue.

https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/who-was-molly-malone-what-we-know-from-irish-folklore-and-songs/

NOVEMBER

 

"The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. 

In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully."

Henry Rollins