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So apparently the Auld New Year (still celebrated by some traditional Scots) ...
... is this Thursday !!
Excuse for another party?
Time to dig out the old Cam of Arg ??
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Parteeeeeee !!!
... is this Thursday !!
Excuse for another party?
Time to dig out the old Cam of Arg ??
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Parteeeeeee !!!
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Dodgy poems?! You ever read Tam O'Shanter? It's a ged ane!
Here's a translation for you JJ ;) lol!!
http://www.robertburn...Songs/tamoshanter.htm
Here's a translation for you JJ ;) lol!!
http://www.robertburn...Songs/tamoshanter.htm
I just cribbed it from The Giardian
Before the Gregorian calendar came along, the Scots Gaelic year was divided into seasonal quarters, beginning with Ciad Mios an Earraich. The Gregorian calendar took over from the Gaelic calendar, but for traditional Scots, the December / January New Year has not wholly usurped the New Year beginning in January, or "Foailleach" (the Wolf Month) when children in each town visit their neighbours, reciting the poem "Tha mise nochd a' tighinn gur n-ionnsaigh".
Of course, most Scots have now fallen in with the Anglo/Roman timescale of celebrating New Year at the beginning of January.
Before the Gregorian calendar came along, the Scots Gaelic year was divided into seasonal quarters, beginning with Ciad Mios an Earraich. The Gregorian calendar took over from the Gaelic calendar, but for traditional Scots, the December / January New Year has not wholly usurped the New Year beginning in January, or "Foailleach" (the Wolf Month) when children in each town visit their neighbours, reciting the poem "Tha mise nochd a' tighinn gur n-ionnsaigh".
Of course, most Scots have now fallen in with the Anglo/Roman timescale of celebrating New Year at the beginning of January.
Scottishly....JJ wash your mouth out with Chardonnay!
On the ancient pagan calanders Thursday will be New Years Day, odd one I know but there you go. As for another party I'd rather wait till the 25th and celebrate the birth of the true Bard, Robert Burns. Haggis, a bottle of something spectacular from the store and maybe ever dig out the odd bit of poetry.
Tam O'Shanter is the greatest poem ever written, my absolute favourite and a bit of a party piece. Dates back to various Officers Mess' Burns Suppers over the years, (SIX in one week one year, it was all a blur). The night my mate and I dined out of the Mess in Germany (not saying where) we ended up at 4am reciting Tam O'Shanter on my patio finishing a bottle of Lagavuillin totally plastered the pair of us....that was a good night!!
On the ancient pagan calanders Thursday will be New Years Day, odd one I know but there you go. As for another party I'd rather wait till the 25th and celebrate the birth of the true Bard, Robert Burns. Haggis, a bottle of something spectacular from the store and maybe ever dig out the odd bit of poetry.
Tam O'Shanter is the greatest poem ever written, my absolute favourite and a bit of a party piece. Dates back to various Officers Mess' Burns Suppers over the years, (SIX in one week one year, it was all a blur). The night my mate and I dined out of the Mess in Germany (not saying where) we ended up at 4am reciting Tam O'Shanter on my patio finishing a bottle of Lagavuillin totally plastered the pair of us....that was a good night!!
Aah, ye won't find this on Google.
Only we true Scots (the, err ... Sussex faction) still celebrate the auld New Year.
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Well, actually, you might find it on Google. I haven't looked.
But on the Ilse of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, the Auld New Year is still a strong tradition. None of yer new fangled English calendars for them !!
Only we true Scots (the, err ... Sussex faction) still celebrate the auld New Year.
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Well, actually, you might find it on Google. I haven't looked.
But on the Ilse of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, the Auld New Year is still a strong tradition. None of yer new fangled English calendars for them !!
Oh, crikey, I am SO looking forward to Burn's Night.
It is totally our best best Ball of the year.
The BF is coming over for it. I have our "his and hers" Campbell of Argyle kilts ready, and I've booked him a Prince Charlie dinner suit. And he is DEFINITELY not wearing undies, LOL LOL.
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Can we all swap tips before the night ??
It is totally our best best Ball of the year.
The BF is coming over for it. I have our "his and hers" Campbell of Argyle kilts ready, and I've booked him a Prince Charlie dinner suit. And he is DEFINITELY not wearing undies, LOL LOL.
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Can we all swap tips before the night ??
