Perhaps you don`t know that April gemstone is the diamond and its flower is the Sweet Pea. Its name may have come from the Latin word 'aperire' which means 'to open'.
Eastremonath was the Anglo-Saxon name for the month. Various April dates are called 'Cuckoo Day ' and some places hold 'Cuckoo Fairs' to celebrate the arrival of spring, when we begin to see this kind of birds; the swallow makes its reappearance during April too.
Traditions and Festivals: Easter usually comes in the month of April. April Fool's Day begins on the first of April and it´s a day of fun and jokes kept for hundred of years. The 1st Sunday in April is called Daffodil Sunday: In Victorian times families picked daffodils from their gardens and took them to local hospitals to give to the sick. 19 April was celebrated as Primrose Day in memory of British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, who died on this day in 1881. The 23rd April is St. George’s Day . St. George is the Patron Saint of England, also of Scouting and it´s England National Day MORE ▼
St George was a brave Roman soldier who protested against the Romans' torture of Christians . His emblem, a red cross on a white background, is the flag of England, and part of the British flag. St George's emblem was adopted by Richard The Lion Heart and brought to England in the 12th century. The king's soldiers wore it on their tunics to avoid confusion in battle. St George is patron saint not only of England but also of Aragon, Catalonia,Cáceres...
Anniversaries:During the month of April some events took place through different years: Shakespeare was born in this month as well as Charlie Chaplin, Queen Elizabeth II or Samuel Morse (have you ever heard Morse Code?). In 1606 Union Flag became the official flag of the United Kingdom, in 1912 R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, in 1969 Concorde's maiden flight and finally in 1973 VAT (Value Added Tax) was introduced in Britain.
Abril está representado por el diamante como piedra preciosa y la flor del guisante. Su origen es romano pues viene del verbo "abrir" y en efecto se abría una nueva estación, la primavera. Los ingleses también conocen a esta época como "Easter"-Pascua- muy parecida a su nombre anglosajón. Durante este período empezamos a ver golondrinas y a oir el canto del cuco, típico de la primavera. Las fiestas más conocidas son el día de los inocentes (April Fool´s Day) o el día de San Jorge, patrón de Inglaterra y fiesta nacional. Respecto a aniversarios que tengan lugar en abril encontramos el nacimiento y muerte de Shakespeare,- el escritor inglés más conocido -, el nacimiento de Isabel II que reina actualmente en Inglaterra o el hundimiento del Titanic tras chocar con un iceberg.
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