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Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year
Barbara:
MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY and SAFE NEW YEAR TO ALL!
Barbara
Mary:
Barbara........I think you're an over-achiever!!! :D Christmas colors and all!
Barbara:
Well.....seems I forgot the green. ::) ;D
Barbara
Jim Reed, PA Commish:
Happy Hogmanay
'Lang may yer lum reek' - ('Long may your chimney smoke')
If you're "First Footing" don't forget your gifts -
The first-foot is expected to bring suitable gifts to ensure good luck throughout the year. These may include:
• A lump of coal - for warmth.
• Cake or biscuits - to ensure the household never goes hungry. The cake is often a very rich and moist fruit cake known as Black Bun.
• Salt - to bring wealth.
in exchange your host might give you a wee glass of scotch whiskey
John ThomsonHollingsworth:
--- Quote from: Jim R on December 23, 2008, 04:50:12 AM ---Happy Hogmanay
'Lang may yer lum reek' - ('Long may your chimney smoke')
If you're "First Footing" don't forget your gifts -
The first-foot is expected to bring suitable gifts to ensure good luck throughout the year. These may include:
• A lump of coal - for warmth.
• Cake or biscuits - to ensure the household never goes hungry. The cake is often a very rich and moist fruit cake known as Black Bun.
• Salt - to bring wealth.
in exchange your host might give you a wee glass of scotch whiskey
--- End quote ---
Its been many years since I heard :lum reek" and "first foot"
My mother was born in Scotland in 1902 her mother in 1879 her family moved to NJ in 1911
I was born in 1940 , my grandmother until the day she died in 1974 sounded like she never left Scotland
Of course they were Thomson's
Happy Hogmanay to all
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