Speaking of traditions and customs of a country, primarily we involve the lifestyle of the people, their habits. For the Irish, for example, it is to visit a traditional pub, where they close at the bar talking to each other. The main purpose of visiting the pub is not just to drink alcohol, but moreover to communicate.
Pubs, cuisine
For foreign tourists to visit the pub is just another way to see the sights of Ireland. In the so-called tourist pubs you can always hear Irish folk music and the performances of the Irish folk dances by professional actors, specially hired by the owner of the pub.
But the most interesting presentations are being held from Friday to Sunday, when the pubs have the musicians, none of which is being paid. These amateur musicians in the week work, learn and practice together, and at the weekend with their tools come to the pub to relax. Generally a song for the Irish – it is life itself. As you know, for the first time the concept of bards appeared here in Ireland. Therefore hear the medieval songs in a pub, made a great investment in the history of the country.
Currently, Irish cuisine has its own traditional dishes, which compete with Chinese, Italian and Indian cuisine. Very popular in Ireland are lamb stew with onions and carrots. Potatoes as a side dish are used in many dishes. For example, sausages and bacon braised with onions and potatoes, mashed potatoes mixed with cabbage and butter. As for drinks, the Irish prefer coffee that is prepared in its traditional recipe: a hot cup of coffee is being added to Irish whiskey, sugar and all of this is being cover with thick cream. As for the alcoholic beverages the most popular ones are the liquor of the Irish whiskey and Poi tin (moonshine made from malt, or potatoes).
Green Island, 4-leafed Clover
Ireland is also called the Emerald Isle because of its unusual greens. This is the traditional color of the country: green trees, green ivy, green homes and telegraph poles, green pastures, the workers wear green overalls, even airplanes are painted green. The abundance of bright green vegetation can be attributed to the climate of Ireland. For here the seasons have little or no inherent characteristics in each time separately. In Ireland, it is almost always spring weather, winter does not happen. Summers are cool, often rains, after which necessarily a rainbow appears. Ireland’s mild climate provides warm Gulf Stream. Heat and humidity add meadows of Ireland truly emerald green. Along the roads are oaks, laurel bushes, rhododendrons, and palm trees. In Dublin, even in December, you can see the flowering trees.
But the main traditional green of the island is surely clover. As for the Four-leafed clover there is a particular purpose. The people believe that if you can find four-leaf clover, you can be sure that you will find great success in life. The leaf of this clover needs to be dried and always carried at all times. It will protect you from evil, witchcraft, give no chance to the disease and to draw all the good things. There is still a belief that a piece of Four Leaf Clover saves young people from having to perform military service. Young girls believe that four-leaf clover will help them to get happily married.
It is best to find a Four Leaf Clover at the fool Moon, or the feast of Midsummer, when all the herbs have a special magical power.
Horse-riding
Another passion of Irish are the horses. The Irish are very fond of horses. Ireland has always been an agrarian country. Maybe that’s why in Ireland the people are so fond of horses and horseback riding. Horseback riding, horse races are the foundation of the Irish sports and social life. There are many stables and schools where you can learn to ride a horse for both children and adults.
There are 25 racetracks in the country throughout the year race. From January to May you can see the jumps in the terrain. In June, the county is helding Kildeir Irish Derby. In addition to races for the tourist trips are organized on vehicles in the country. In a large van there is a place for sleeping and cooking.
Golf Resorts
Such trips will allow tourists to enjoy the nature of the country and distract from the rapid pace of modern life. In Ireland, many golf courses are very popular among tourists in Europe and America. 380 golf courses are located in different parts of the country. Since the Irish have a great passion for this game, then not every golf club can take foreign guests.
Аmong the most popular locations we do have the Royal County Down, the K-Club, where the World Cup the Ryder Cup in 2006, Royal Portrush, Ballybunion was held. If you’ve never played golf, Ireland – is the best place where you should start learning it.
Bicycle riding
After the introduction of the Dublin bike rental scheme, there are many willing to use this travel mean among the Irish and tourist. Bicycle hiring is pretty cool even better than car rental. Originally 450 rental bikes been allocated for the desired clients. They were distributed to 40 parking lots in downtown. Rent time was not specific and was different in each case. There were those to make out rent for a year, and who for two or three days. Since then there is a boom in bike (especially if you set quality tires), it was not enough parking spaces, so the city government decided to increase the fleet of bicycles and simultaneously expand the parking lot.
While this will occur at the expense of car parking spaces. Between the parking is usually not more than 500 meters, so that the average time a bicycle – just 16-17 minutes. The first 30 minutes are free of rent for an additional half-hour takes a symbolic sum of 50 cents. The price for the continued use of the vehicle is greatly increased, and therefore more profitable to ride a bicycle up to half an hour to park and change seats on the other.
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