Show tile scottish Scott isit nogi nany A satisfactory explanation of the term hoggany hog many marty used by the scots to designate the last day of the old year has never yet been given but there ther 0 are two suppositions which tire aro quite plausible one is that the file term logman is derived from hugenot ho genot or hogg he night the scandinavian mian name naine for the night prece preceding diu the feast of if anle when animals were sacrificed the word hogg meaning to kill the other derivation derivation is from the french an all gue 9 to the mistletoe go ref referring eiting to the druids druies custon custom on 02 new kew years eve of collecting the mistletoe from the oaks and after consecrating it distributing it among the people of the bauls by whom it was prized because of the many virtues ascribed to it exchange |