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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Douglas, Hugh. Hogmanay Companion : Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About New Year's Eve. Glasgow : Neil Wilson Publishing, ©2011 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Hugh Douglas; Keith Horrox |
| ISBN: | 9781906476267 1906476268 |
| OCLC Number: | 782860914 |
| Notes: | Footnote. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (188 pages) |
| Contents: | The Hogmanay Companion; Introduction and Acknowledgements; Part One; Why Hogmanay?; The Daft Days; The Kirk's Alarm; Rite and Day; The Lowland New Year -- Hogmanay; The Lowland New Year -- New Year's Day; Highlands and Islands New Year; Frumity Night and Luckybirds; Handselling the New Year; Resolutions -- to Keep and to Break; New Years Ahead; Part Two; A Guid New Year Party; Flour of Scotland -- Food for the Party; Plenty of Bottle -- Drinks for the Party; Toasts; The Songs; The Morning After; Part Three; Party Round The World!; Traditional Recipes; Coping With Spills; And Now It's Back To Work. |
Abstract:
This volume reveals the origins of New Year's Eve, or Hogmanay as the Scots term has it. Hugh Douglas takes the reader from the remotest beginnings of the festival through 18th- and 19th-century
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