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Watch the video and write True or False. Correct the false statements
2) Pubs and bars fostered that music and dance tradition, especially when it was in _____________
3) In times of ______________ in Irish history, people found ________________ in literature, music or dance.
6) Its really ___________ that something they have worked on all their lives is appreciated by other people.
7) Weve got leg problems, and _________ splints, which are caused by wearing, tearing on the muscles.
8) Despite the unconventional choreography , tradition is the _____________ that supports Riverdance.
10) There seems to be a ____________ out there for music that has a connection to a cultural base that is ancient.
11) Its amazing getting ___________________ ovation after a performance because youve put everything into it.
My idea was to write a piece that would _______ on the life of the river. (Extract from/base on/ expand on)
She is delighted that I am doing Irish dancing bacause it _________ back memories. (remind sb of)
Some Irish words are commonly used in English culture. Can you match them with their meanings?
1_From port, a form of lively Folk dance, as well as the accompanying tune.
It developed in 16th-century England, and spread into the continent.
reel
2_Any dance danced to music in reel or Irish step-dance, the reel is danced in soft shoes
and is one of the first dances taught to students. boycott
3_ A traditional arts and culture festival. The term is commonly used referring to Irish dance
competitions. Feis
4_Abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of
slogan
protest.
5_From the Irish family name hUallachin, anglicised as O'Houlihan) one who takes part in aggressive Hooligan
behaviour and vandalism.
6_A light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of five lines with the rhyme scheme aabba, whiskey
7_From sluagh-ghairm meaning "a battle-cry used by Gaelic clans", a word or phrase used by a specific group
Jig ( port)
8_From uisce beatha meaning "water of life
Limerick