England+Culture

  == Britain is full of culture and traditions, which have been around for hundreds of years. British customs and traditions are famous all over the world. When people think of Britain they often think of people drinking tea, eating fish and chips and wearing bowler hats, but there is more to Britain than just those things. We have English and British traditions of sport, music, food and many royal occasions. There are also songs, sayings and superstitions. ==

 British food has traditionally been based on beef, lamb, pork, chicken and fish and generally served with potatoes and one other vegetable. The most common and typical foods eaten in Britain include the sandwich, chips, pies like the Cornish pasty, trifle and roasts dinners. Some of our main dishes have strange names like Bubble & Squeak and Toad-in-the-Hole.   England, unlike Wales and Scotland, has no official national dress. Some people think men in England wear suits and bowler hats, but it is **very **  unusual these days to see anyone wearing a bowler hat. The title of Pearly King is passed down in the family, and there are Pearly Queens, Princes and Princesses too. They now spend their free time collecting for charity. **Royal Guards  Many festivals and holidays in Britain are centuries old. Every town, village and hamlet in Britain has its own traditions, some involving months of careful planning and preparations of costumes and choreography, others requiring simply a worrying desire to make a complete and utter fool of oneself. ** 
 * The Pearly Kings ** were the leaders of the Victorian street sellers. They got their name because they wore 'pearl' buttons on their hats as a sign of authority. Later they began to wear clothes covered all over in buttons.