Hogmanay Traditions and New Year Customs in Scotland
A detailed survey of Scottish Hogmanay and New Year practices. It covers Christmas observance, Daft Days, guisers or guizards, first foot rituals, Handsel Monday, Yettlins, and regional customs from Edinburgh to Elgin, Carlisle to Wemyss. It notes social attitudes, hospitality, and protections against witchcraft linked to old year and new year celebrations.
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HS Stern
Scotland
Carlisle
Elginshire
Forth
England
Bessia
Tron Kirk
Edinburgh
Dundee
Furmerly
Women’s Social and Political Union
Women’s League of Freedom
Wemyss
Fifeshire
Firth of Forth
Skelleys
Guidman
France
Jameson
Aber Agenshire
Scottish Yard Games And New Year Fire Tradition
The article describes the yettlin game played on a rocky stretch with two goals marked by large boulders and iron balls called yettlins. It also details Burghead’s clavie, a tar barrel carried through the town on New Year Eve, with a bearer running the route amid cheers and peril to ward off misfortune for the year.
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Skelleys
Burghead
Englishman in London Hotel Demands Fast Shirt Laundering
An English traveler in a New York hotel impressed staff with his refined appearance. He asked for a shirt laundered by five o'clock, received it, then returned Thursday for another by two in the afternoon. When told the time was tight, he became angry and pressed the proprietor, while the bellboy suggested buying a third shirt.
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Brown
Bessie
Scotland
New. York Sun
Not Complimentary Court Confession in Drink Fueled Plea
The magistrate notes the accused kissed a woman and requests his defense. The prisoner, sober or intoxicated, offers no plea beyond admitting drunkenness and accepting punishment.
Doctor praises Cuticura remedies for skin cures
Dr B In Whitehead of Boston describes two recent dermatitis cures using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He notes a painter’s severe dermatitis improved after treatment, and his wife’s finger and arm symptoms cleared with warm baths and ointment. The letter dates to July 22, 1910, with a free sample offer from Cuticura Dept. 7 L, Boston.
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Whitehead
M. D
Dartmouth St
Boston
Course in Kindness Demands Public School Teaching
The piece argues for a universal public school course on kindness to all creatures. It notes bird reserves and urban Robins nesting near streets, while condemning widespread cruelty at home and urging faster societal progress alongside Brazil’s irrigation focus.
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Cincinnati Post
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Carlin
Hfe
R. A. Lea
Bullboy
Government of
Brazil
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