Molly's Little Pie and a Family's Hard Heart
A rural tale unfolds as Ma defies her harsh husband Joby Davis to bake Molly's pie before New Year. He suffers rheumatism while clinging to pride, but a snowfall crisis, Molly, Richard Burns, and young Jimmy bring a fragile reconciliation. Pa survives a near death, learns mercy, and the family reunites with renewed bonds.
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Molly
Jimmy
Joby Davis
Andrad
Peter Andrews
Richard Burns
Richard
Alwys
Wichard
Flo
Mit
Winard
John Davis
Little Jimmy
Ulypa
Smith
Timmy
Mamma
Owen
New Year in Japan Tokyo Festivities Through New Year
Clarence Marshall Phillips describes Tokyo at New Year with porch ropes pine branches flowers and lobsters forming symbolic displays along the Ginza. Street fairs feature booths dances and fakirs while flower stands display exceptional craft and beauty. The old year fades at midnight as celebrations continue into January and business resumes later in the month.
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Tokyo
Clarence Marshall Phillips
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
First Footing in Scotland A New Year Tradition
The Scots mark New Year with first footing the house by the first visitor after midnight. Edinburgh crowds fill streets from midnight to morning during Hogmanay as hopes rise or fall by the visitor’s character. A 1811 attack led to hangings and transports, dampening the custom temporarily.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
New York
A Worldwide Holiday and New Year Traditions
A global look at New Year customs from prehistoric sun worship to evolving rites. The text surveys how US celebrations remain simple while Scotland, Bavaria, Germany, France, Russia, Spain, Persia, China and Japan add varied traditions, reflecting rich myth and folklore.
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United States
Germany
France
Russia
Spain
Persia
China
Japan
Enston
The Wassail Bow Feast At New Year Promotes Friendship
A historic New Year custom known as the Wassail Bow mixed spiced ale oats sugar toast roast apples and sometimes roast crabs and wax. Its crowning achievement was uniting friends and laying aside resentment as the night closed.
France and Spain New Year customs mirrored in poverty and street dance
Describes how in France and Spain New Year celebrations resemble Christmas customs in this country, with excessive mendicancy in streets. Notes Spanish practice of dancing in thoroughfares hoping to receive “geninaldas” or small gifts from households, while others perform for money or treats amid street predation.
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France
Spain
New Year's Dinner With Cannibals at Vancouver Port
An HA captain recounts a New Year tale from 1886 about sharing plum pudding with an ex Fiji cannibal after navigating reefs near Fiji and docking at Lathala bay. He recalls visiting a village with Presbyterian worship and a chief described as a brutal figure marked by severed fingers and toes taken in ritual feuds.
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Vancouver
B.C
Fiji
Lathala Bay
Unclear ancient hospitality tale with royal dinner Buna
Fragmentary narrative recounts an arduous voyage and a royal banquet aboard a vessel. The host’s hospitality ends in tension as gifts and whisky spark controversy and potential punishment, with references to slaves and tribal customs amid a stormy reception.
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Wiyer
New Year Eve in Frankfort Described by Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylor recalls New Year’s Eve in Frankfort as midnight approaches the city erupts with voices from streets and homes. Crowds sing in chorus as bells toll and rockets light the sky while 30 000 to 40 000 residents shout Proit Neu Jahr and exchange wishes under flickering lamps.
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Bayard Taylor
Frankfort
Canins
Thhem
Zeil
Zell
Paris
The Christian Era Its Origins and Spread Across Nations
The article traces the Christian era's invention by Dionysius in 525, its adoption by Charlemagne, and varied adoption timelines in Spain Russia Germany France Scotland and England. It notes New Year customs across Wales rural Russia and peasant gift exchanges with nobles, as described by the Brooklyn Eagle.
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Christ
Europe
America
Lord
Rome
Jesus
Clurch
Spain
Russia
Peter the Great
France
Scotland
England
Parsimony In Philadelphia Opens Its Parsé Strijss
Philadelphia begins a new year with a broad spending spree and a grand plan to reconstruct downtown. A costly project lured in vast funds, while a key figure prepared a two year horizon to secure a secret customer and extensive services for the grand edition. The tale recounts a dramatic buildup leading to a pivotal launch.
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Philadelphia
Philadelpha
The Lord of the Page and a Year of Hope
A reflective verse from the Buffalo News ponders a youthful lord of the page guiding age and spirit through pleasures and trials. It asks if the usher will bless labor and reveal true worth, urging continued effort as the year of birth and aging unfold.
A Customs Worth GCopying A New Year Ceremony
Chinese New Year customs require everyone to settle debts with creditors. Debtors failing to pay face disgrace and potential coercion from the crowd. Coarser classes may vandalize a debtor’s home, with little magistrate protection due to unpaid debts. Source: Chienza Tribune.
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China
Chienza Tribune
Persia's New Year in Marsh Celebrated Customs
Persias New Year's is marked in March with ancient rites still observed. The winds are honored, people bathe on New Year's Eve, dye balls and fingers, and on the new year’s fret day visit tombs as crowds gather for prayers.
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Persia
Marsh
Persis
Montid
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