St. Andrew's Day
圣安德鲁日
St. Andrew's Day is the feast day of Saint Andrew. It is celebrated on the 30th of November. Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, Greece, Romania, Russia, Poland, Ukraine and so on. St. Andrew's Day is Scotland's official national day.
圣安德鲁日是每年11月30日纪念圣安德鲁的节日。圣安德鲁是苏格兰、希腊、罗马尼亚、俄罗斯、波兰和乌克兰等国家的保护神。圣安德鲁日是苏格兰的国家官方假日。
St. Andrew's Day is marked with a celebration of Scottish culture with traditional Scottish food, music and dance. Schools across Scotland hold special St. Andrew's Day events and activities including art shows, Scottish country dancing, story-telling, reciting and writing poems, cooking traditional Scottish meals and so on. In Scotland the day is also seen as the start of a season of Scottish winter festivals.
圣安德鲁日有一系列带有苏格兰文化特色的庆祝活动，如苏格兰传统的饮食、音乐和舞蹈。苏格兰学校在那天也会举办一系列特别的“圣安德鲁日”活动，有艺术展、苏格兰乡村舞蹈、说故事、背诗写诗和烹饪苏格兰传统食物等。在苏格兰，这一天也被认为是苏格兰冬季节日的开端。
On St. Andrew's Eve, there are also various traditions and celebrations. In Poland, traditionally, the holiday was only observed by young single girls, though today both young men and women join the party to see their futures. Some women put pieces of paper under the pillow and first thing in the morning they take one out, which according to tradition reveals their future husband. In Romania, it is customary for young women to put forty-one grains of wheat beneath their pillow before they go to sleep, and if they dream that someone is coming to steal their grains it means that they are going to get married next year.
圣安德鲁日前夕，也有各种各样的传统和庆祝活动。在波兰，尽管现在年轻的男男女女都会来参加晚会以预见未来，但传统上这一天只是年轻单身女孩庆祝的节日。一些女人把纸条放在枕头下，第二天早上醒来的第一件事就是从中抽出一张。根据传统，抽出那张上面的名字就是她们未来的丈夫。在罗马尼亚，有这样一种习俗，年轻女子在睡觉前把41粒小麦放在枕头下，如果她们梦见有人来偷麦子，就预示着她们来年将会结婚。
