Culture

English National Cloth

Taken From:http://www.englandandenglishhistory.com/traditional-english-national-dress

Male English National Dress

Female English National Dress

The 'male' English National Dress alludes to the colours of St George. The ‘female’ English National Dress design employs the light Blue of St Edmund the Old English King. Both orders of dress are practical, stylish, yet modest and easy to make. They use wool, leather, steel, linen and simple dyes. Solid silver jewellery is worn. For those who wish, man-made materials can be used. Simple hand making with square and rectangular cloth cutting is core to this to cut down cost. The knife in the custom made leather sheath hanging on the front is called a Seax. It was worn by the Old English as a sign of being free born English.

Both designs are shown with the models (one from the north of England, and one from the south) wearing their own footwear. There are no hard and fast rules to the footwear. Here they wear ground boots as they are safe, practical, unisex, and well made. But imagine a wedding version of this English National Dress.

Embroidery and cutting pattens can be found if you read on. It is down to you. Imagine wedding versions of this. Perhaps replacing the light Blue with White. Nothing is hard and fast. But stick to the basic design.

British Folk Dance

I and my friends tried to cover this dance at BCLC Opening:) 

 

British National Anthem

God Save The Queen

God save our gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen
God save the Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen
O Lord our God arise
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall
Confound their politics
Frustrate their knavish tricks
On Thee our hopes we fix
God save us all
Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour
Long may she reign
May she defend our laws
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the Queen
Not in this land alone
But be God's mercies known
From shore to shore
Lord make the nations see
That men should brothers be
And form one family
The wide world over
From every latent foe
From the assassins blow
God save the Queen
O'er her thine arm extend
For Britain's sake defend
Our mother, prince, and friend
God save the Queen