The most popular hobby

of the British is gardening.

Many people who have no gardens of their own have patches of land.

Do you know how people in Britain spend their weekends?

On Friday night people like to go to a bar for the happy hour, or the theatre. Nowadays it is not «in» to go to allnight parties, they get up early on Saturday morning.

Saturday evening is the favourite time for going out: parties, dances or theatre, maybe pictures. Some people like to go to watch a band.

Church bells are a typical feature of an English Sunday morning.

On Sunday morning most people stay in bed till 9 o’clock. Then they have a cup of tea or coffee. They look through the newspapers.

After breakfast most people go for a walk or to the local pub. Usually men go to the pubs alone and their wives and children prepare for brunch.

At one or 1.30 people have brunch. It is a good time for all the family, when grandparents, parents and children go out to some restaurant and spend an hour or two over brunch.

The white dress

Historically, brides used to wear the best clothes they had, and they could be any colour – even black. It wasn’t until Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in an ivory-white gown in 1840 that white became a fashionable wedding dress colour. Old Queen Vic was quite the trendsetter!

Giving away the bride

For many fathers and daughters this tradition is a poignant, beautiful moment during the wedding ceremony. But you might be a little shocked when you hear its true meaning. It dates back to the Middle Ages, when daughters were considered their father’s property and quite literally sold to the groom.

According to Reader's Digest, the rhyme came about in the Victorian era from Lancashire, a county in England. Most of the ingredients in the rhyme are meant to ward off the Evil

Eye, which, according to Reader's Digest, was "a curse passed through a malicious

glare that could make a bride

infertile."

The bouquet toss

The tradition of the bouquet toss as we know it today started in England in the 1800s, but the origin of this tradition is even older.

As legend has it, some single women would even go as far as to try and take home keepsakes of the bride’s wedding dress as she was walking by. To escape, the bride would often toss the bouquet and run.

The warmer weather signals the start of the picnic season! Sooner or later you’re going to be invited to one, so what happens at British picnics?

An average British picnic involves going with friends to a sunny outdoor space, such as a park or beach, to eat, drink and socialise.

And let’s not forget the great British art of

“dunking”: this means dipping sugary biscuits into tea before eating them. In fact, one source of national debate is which brand of biscuit is best for dunking purposes .

How to Make the Perfect Cup of English Tea:

1.     Boil the water.

2.     Warm the teapot.

3.     Add the teabags and water to the pot.

4.     Use a tea cosy, if you have one.

5.     Steep the tea at least 5 minutes.

6.     Pour the tea and add milk and/or sugar if desired

On the stroke of midnight, people open the back door (to let the old year out) and ask the first dark haired man to be seen to come through the front door carrying salt,coal and bread. This means that the following year everyone in the house will have enough to eat (bread), enough money (salt) and be warm enough (coal).