Show K 2 durw ld aa ro aid sly cloud jj liar V me aw to adymt ar ake kr ap wil let 1 mr av 14 t Z 4 ma 0 al I 1 V 41 I 1 11 ill 4 M L r 1 I 4 lei S dl Y X i prise any syrian early new years day tooling fooling with a costly cosily article he can bo be depended on as knowing better tor for either lie he would have to make maka a gift of at it to the one who first greet ed him or else he branded as a miser wise syrians carry candy to hand baud to tho the children who greet them new years day its m the long ago ag ONG years ago the iho people who lived in a great many man y different places in the world were very much interested in now years day just as aa we are and they did many things in honor of 0 the iha day exactly as we do they reacted feasted and decorated their houses and churches and at 1 12 1 they were very particular to show in some way that they were rejoicing that another year had begun not all of 0 these people celebrated new years yearn on the same day tho the ancient romand used to have their new years day in march then they changed to january and a largo large part of at the rest of the world followed them the jewish people have another day and the chinese and japanese still another but whenever the tha day falls alls according to their special calendar there Is always a very important celebration ot of it tho the druids druies who were the priests of 0 england before the tha christian religion was taken into great britain also celebrated celebrate a new years day they were very interesting Interest lne and very strange people these druids druies and according to what one reads about thorn thom in history one always imagines them as wearing beautiful white most beautifully in ill white would climb the oak tree on which the mistletoe grew find and cut it down with a golden sickle ile he take it la in his hand because they consider that respectful enough to the sacred mistletoe which could do such wonderful things instead he be would catch it in a puro pure white cloth and climb carefully down the treo tree with it after this an altar would be erected t and white while bulli bulla sacrificed and prayers offered then than the community felt that for the following year they would have all thy good luck possible you iseo beo in those days new years celebrations were very serious things and all of the ceremonies attending them were religious ringing in the new year unpleasant sounds rounda tor for tho the old man alan |