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Tuesday, 9 March 2021

OLD YEARS NIGHT IN SCOTLAND

 

In Scotland Christmas has been celebrated with considerably less exuberance than elsewhere in the British Isles although that has changed latterly.

The Scots have always reserved their merriment for New Year's Eve, which they call Hogmanay.

The word Hogmanay is believed to derive from a kind of oatcake that was given to children on New Year's Eve as part of the tradition.

The “first footer” is the first person to set foot across the threshold in a house after midnight on New Year’s Eve.

The superstition is thought to profoundly affect the fortunes of the inhabitants it should if possible be a stranger preferably dark-haired but fair-haired is ok if that’s all you can get.

This tradition is generally known as "first footing."