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One of the most common rhymes was the following brief couplet. Sometimes it was tacked on to one or other of thoBe already given: "Oor feet's cauld, oor shoon's thin, Gie's a piece an' let's rin." Another version has it: "Gie's oor cakes, and let's rin." Still another old greeting is: "Hogmanay, Trolloday, Gie's o* your white bread, an* nane o' your gray." There are many'others: the children In some places singing a long ditty. A Hogmanay custom of a very curious kind Is peculiar to certain parts of the highlands. Toung and old in the district gather at the house of some substantial farmer, and one of the stoutest of the company drags the dried hide of a cow round the house behind him, three timeB. The rest follow, beating the hide with sticks and singing the following extraor dinary rhyme: Wemyss, a Curious New.Year Game, Knoyvn as Yettlins, Has Been Played Since Time lm memorial." ji pleting the third roand the company halt at ^he door and each person proceeds in a rough rhyme, more or less extemporized, to extol the i>An?itniirir rtf Ha AmnaF nf tVtQ hnnoa unnn mas "Hogmanay, yeuow oag, Beat the skin. Carlln in neuk, carlin in kirk, Carlin ben at the Are, Spit in her two eyes, spit in her stomach, Hogmanay." This is supposed to have something to do with warding off fairy spells, the evil eye and tire effect of witchcraft generally. After com )lisk errors of la spirit to x |irit, a spirit,, jboffplt^Oty. r trifle belat^ sees the unl^ | the timerwhj VI vuo V n uvi V4 if* iiUB^/ivaavj which all are regaled with bread and butter, cheese and whisky. But the strange perform ance has an equally curious sequel Before leaving the house one of the visitors, having solemnly burned the breast part of the akin of a sheep, puts It to the nose1 of everyone that he or she may smell it There is no difficulty In doing^so! It may not be nice, but as a pro tection against witchcraft it is,infallible. It is also sfid to protect from infection. In Carlisle?yes, I know Carlisle Is not In Scotland, but it Is so close to the border that ! am not traveling very wide of my subject In mentioning a custom there. In Carlisle for Weeks before the New Year householders are erenaded by boys who seek to entertain them with an odd mixture of the comic and the re ligious, generally winding up with a refrain after this fashion: fona forth' to Ye'l c]d home and An' ids are healed; red . It is a splrl-jj gener f draws to a lead3 *5V>x In thei kebbuck toread, c?1tftnbun and W, v'fS i . J >. , Tp 1 - f ! i- ~ 1 ,fi i 12 tvcrybody tie of hi? H you caiiuui awaits a pcuuj, You can spare a halfpenny; And If you haven't a halfpenny, God bless you." The poetry haltB badly, but the concluding sentiment Is excellent. / In Elginshire and some other parts In the north there was a curious ditty ealled 'The Thlggare' Chant," which was sung by a band of young persons who visited a number of houses on New Year's Day. It begins: "The guld New Year is nco begun, Besouthen, besouthen. An' a' the beggars begin to run, , An' awa* by southern toon." Tile guidwife is appealed to "be nae swelr" to deal her "fardels to the pulr," and she Is also warned that If she has plenty and will not give anything "the deil will get ye when ye dee." Even were she disinclined to be generous such a the rat would, of course, compel hospitality. The party is Invited to enter: "Come In, come ben, you're welcome here, Besouthen, besouthen; Ye'll get a share o* oor New Year cheer, An' away' by southern toon." i or hoowuuj Lugreatest ny. Lexlcograpm ?n<| many S^ea have .and origin. It ^ Intivian poggu-^ ^oge s, perhaps the ajcrlty, inch. Tie open, ^ords nay, Trolloday,^re aut>, ' |pt ae Trol^Qi8 ]jL 3 wartved froi^ ^ id girls in 8om?arta of tl|e last day of 8 year the Scots langut lves w V Twelve fitrlk* For the dy With Its fallv The old ye; Hark! the be (if diem ?<1 ? ww?. "'quotes U*Vlb? rc,r may lide" the xt prQb, 'land, and it|u ln to visit th)0U8t8 the year for Fee" The"* and cheeae. ! moTe en gs shortbrea. jg or recipients aadole Rnluon of >the n ildren, out these i Is still in use *. tlarid runs thus: your feathers, re beggars; pot to play; lay." f . . . he place upon their neat skirts ant ? A ^ .ouses. But they are also v 0r gir's in the office build .ng. w < mussje8t thing they ? l, apparently, is a type Ar . rh of filing cards. Maybe ,e/. sen the cue from their factory building, for all ? l? .?t aprons of the fetch ^ i ome of these cute mS merest square of ^8Van<l lace. Some are ^ucfcfo ?j^)0n gome have lit P*Pr*? q me clasp the small est of waists witt ton; others are ti None of them is waistband?all fit belt in a manner There is sometl that suggests hoi coquetry. The ps an apron in an ol measured. It is solely who is aff The most grouchj be propitiated in ary-raislng ng JM A peal for Hope, with 1 Softly whis May the New On all men Peace, and ] In the dawi "Give the n Pray that 1 Helping othe In life's ba Hogmanay was the chief night for the per pormances of the guisers of gysards, 'or gui zards, although they did not confine themselves to that evening, their "season" continuing right through the Daft Days. In places in which ' mi ?ni>o /in fVio nerfnrmanpps Vinw gUiOlUg dtill gwo V** VUV frw. ?v. .. ever, are nearly always on the evening of Hog manay. The guisefs are masquers, and their drama bears some resemblance to the old Twelfth Night mumming In England, and, like it, Is bjelieved to be a relic of the mystery plays. The versions found In different parts of the country are not identical, but they bear a cer tain family resemblance to each other. The dressing was not by rule, but was entirely dependent on the available "wardrobe." Sometimes the boy performers dpnneW ahirts which had belonged to their fathers, adorned I their heads with pfcper caps, and had <.rtiliant sashes round their waists in which were hung ' swords of lath, or metal if they coulA be ob tained. The most simple form of gulcUg was that in which two ^oys sang while a UU;*d, who was dressed as a girl, and known a* Bessie, engaged in a number of antics. But a more amoitious form was th.'.t of the GalashanB, or Oalatlans, or GalosLens?the name varies. The Galashans wore hideous "Not Because He Objected to Mirth and Joviality In Themselves." they were able to get bold of. One of them announced himself thus: , "Galashan, Galasban, Galashan Is my name, teword and buckler, by my side, I hope to win the game." . To which another promptly' and fiercely re torted: "The game, sir, th? game, sir, lo Tint within vnnr nnwsr: I'll cut you down In Inches v ' In less than half an hour." A terrific battle ensued, and at last one of tbe performers was "cut down." A doctor was called for, and there entered a boy clad In a. dark suit and a battered tail bat, carrying a bag supposed to contain the Implements of bis profession. He announced himself as: "Dr. Brown, The very best doctor In all the town." After a number of antics, including the comic administration of pills from a buge box, tbe "dead man" was restored to life. Then "Bes sie" went round with a money-box. It Is customary in Scotland to "sit out" the old year, in the towns the custom dates from time Immemorial, but In the country It waB long considered unlucky to be out of bed when the new year was ushered in. Early In the evening the children were washed and put to bed. An oat cake, known as a bannock, was baked for each, and great care had to be taken In the process of baking, for a child whose bannock was broken while being fired would not survive the following year. At half-past eleven the seniors went to bed, but before retiring they povered the fire and carefully swept up the hearth, carrying out of the house every particle of ash. An anxious eye was kept on the flre, however, for to have allowed it to expire before the new year began would have '?been unlucky. But it was different in the towns. Then, as now, the streets were, crowded at twelve o'clock at night on Hogmanay. It has been said that a generation ago the streets were I 'or'< i'Uv. " is, and the bells are ing year is dead. ires and successes, ar has swiftly sped. ills are chiming, chiming the dawning year. . bright wi&gg, rainbow tinted, pers in our ear: ew-born year a greeting, we may act aright; rs, and for others ttle let ub fight." Year bring a blessing i, afar and near; Love, and Hope be with Qing, glad New Year. ?R. A. Lea. " o ? Moreovei of the fi ing the i a businesslike but* ed in iluttery bows, gathered onto the snugly around the to adorn. 3ing about an apron neyness, as jvell as ychological effect of [flee can scarcely be not the young man ected by the apron. ' senior partner can to all sorts of sal of a batiste ruffle being nervousl and unrolled by a thumb an while a pair of eyes are down a timid mouth makes bold to an extra three a week. "We find them very useful,' a cute thing with the fingen hand tucked into her apron answering the visitor's quer why they wore them. "I thi just a coincidence that so ma in the office happen to be en But the visitor didn't think knew it was those aprons. 3 fiot'&rtsoiv 1 1 ' busier at midnight on "Hogmanay than at mid day. A vast crowd still gathers every year at the Tron Kirk in Edinburgh, waiting till twelve o'clock strikes. A similar gathering Is found b?- thp town house or nrincinal church in many other towns. In some places the bells are rung. In Dundee the advent of the new year Is announced by the boom., of the time gun. Immediately the clock strikes twelve the crowds melt as by magic. Everybody rushes off to be "first-foot" to some of his friends. Formerly the first-footers carried a spiced bowl of wassail, a mixture composed of hot spiced ale, with a dash of whisky in it,, and sometimes sugar and other ingredients, f The concoction was known \n Scotland as the "hot pint." In these dayfc. a bottle of whisky is carried. No "first-foot" must enter a house "empty handed." Of course thei whisky bottle pre vents any calamity happening on this score. The personality of the "first-foot," however, counts for much. It is of .vital importance to have a lucky "first-foot," and fortunately there are many marks to distinguish the lucky from the unlucky. There are still persons to be found who would as soon admit his Satanic majesty as their first visitor for the year as an unlucky "first-foot." In. some places the "first-foot" must be, a bachelor, but this Is not a common restriction. Among those who are to be reckoned lucky as a "first-foot" are cler gymen, persons who spread out their feet, per Eons who were born feet first, persons noted for kindness, a sweetheart, etc. A horse is ^ lucky "first foot." So is a hen. Among those who are unlucky In the role of "first-foot" we find associated persons with fiat feet, thieves, persons who walk with their toes turned in. deformed persons, persons whose eyebrows meet, the hangman, the grave digger and (tell It not araotag members of the Women's Social and Political union, whisper It not In the ears of members of the Women's League of Free* dom) women generally. A pig is an unlucky "first-foot;" and so iB a hare. Perhaps this may be useful Information to BOme readers. On New Year's day, and still more frequent* ly on Handsel Monday, there used to be popu lar shooting matches or Waplnschaws. But difficulties with regard to the gun tax have ruined these. Handsel Monday, as I have already men tioned, Is the first Monday after New Year's day. It was so called because on tblB day servants, children and friends were presented with their handsel?a generic term for gifts In money or kind. In the towns Christmas boxes are supplanting handsel Of course the thing is t^e same?the only difference being In the name. -i| At Wemyss, on the Flfesbire shore of the Firth of Forth, a curious New Year game, known as Yettllns, has been played since tlmft Immemorial. It appears to locality. The play takeH of the shore called the "A Child Whose Bannock Was Eiroken Whifa It Was Being Fired Would Not Survive the Following Year." i ' ' .1 V ' v .. << ' S;. dicates the nature of the place, for Skelleys It Oonta mnrd neoH tn HpHrHho n ntrp>tr?h (IU V1U WVWW ? V*U M0VU ?? ?ww .w of flat rocks of a shelving formation. The course, if such it can be called, is about a mile h, and is over the rbcks all the way. At each goal marked by a huge boulder. The yettlins, ve their name to the game, are balls of cast iron, 'o and one-h&Jf inches in diameter and weighing pound and a half. Each player had a ball, and ct of the gaiae is by repeated throws to cover ince between the goals. The one who reaches in fewest throws scores a "hail," and a certain of hails constitute a game. The yettlin goes dec speed when it Is thrown, and the delivery Is Igh. :her vary remarkable local custom connected New Year is the burning of the clavle. It takes the little village of fcurghead, on the southern the Moray Firth, a few miles north of Elgin, lite unique. The ceremony is held invariably on ir's eve old style. The clavie, which is built ac to regulations rigidly fixed by ancient castom, of half an archangf.1 tar barrel supported on >ole. It is packed *ith wood, which is piled up. bove the brim, aft?.r which tar is poured over isly. Into a space which has been left in the piece of turf is put, it being imperative that no lould be employed' While the flame is gather igth the crowd ghes three cheers for the king, jst, the town, the aarbor and the railway. Then rt fisherman seizes the blazing clavie and car ff. As soon as Le reaches the Junction of two e is relieved, and in this way the clavie Is car id the town. At every street corner the bearer >d. There is keen competition for the honor of the clavie, but it is no light task. Nbt'only is ry burden, but the bearer runs some risk of be led by the belling tar which bubbles and drops, r, it is Imperative on the bearer to run, in spite ict that a stumble implies his own death dur year and misfortune to the town. . U#e of Time. "I saved ten minutes a day at lunch for twenty years." "What of it?" 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