What is the origin of the word holiday?

Кратко и понятно ответить на вопросы на английском языке:

1. What is the origin of the word holiday?
Каково происхождение слова праздник?
2. How many public holidays are there in Great Britain?
Сколько праздничные дни там, в Великобритании?
3. Most British public holidays are movable, they do not fall on the same date each year. Name the holidays which have the same date each year.
Большинство британских государственных праздников подвижны, они не попадают в тот же день каждый год. Название праздники, которые имеют тот же день каждый год.
4. What is a Scottish name for the New Year’s Eve?
Что такое шотландский имя канун Нового Года?
5. On what holiday morning do the British prefer to see a man as a visitor, not a woman?
На какой праздник утром сделать британской предпочитают видеть человека в качестве посетителя, а не женщина?
6. Everybody knows the tradition of the First Foot, how is it called in the Yorkshire?
Всем известно, традиции первой стопе, как это называется в Йоркшире?
7. It is believed that to do one’s customary work on this day will somehow bring misfortune. Name this day.
Считается, что делать свою работу обычного в этот день будет как-то принести несчастье. Назовите этот день.
8. What foods, eaten on Easter, symbolize resurrection?

9. There is a day on which any person, young or old, important or otherwise, may fall into somebody’s well-laid traps. What is the name of the day?

10. Name the festival of human motherhood in Britain.

11. What is the popular name for Shrove Tuesday in Britain?

12. What unusual “kind of sport” do the British have on Shrove Tuesday?

13. How do the British call the central figure in most celebrations on May Day?

14. When do they have witchy dances and ghosts parties?

15. Once a year British burn a dummy, made of straw and old clothes, on a bonfire and let off fireworks. How is this day called?

16. How are the traditional Christmas songs called in Britain?

17. Where do the British can see the highest Christmas Tree in London?

18. Every year the people of Norway give the city of London a present. What is it?

19. How do the British call the day when all Christmas decorations should be removed?

20. What is the traditional Christmas bird for the British?