| Show THE CANNY SCOTS NEW YEAR 11 0 0 0 tf t A highland sketch by thoma thomas Mack stilt EW V lii Is more in til t h wile sties d I 1 y tl e fanny canny biot in ha nil it j tire fire lau I 1 if nn an lu in any ny oth tr cout try it 14 1 a ily day ou given up to to t tring dome ette harmony and nl releasing rel eating the glori lor out goat of p p ace see oil earth anil slid good will touted men no other period of at the year in m as a this alth uh the scot seat lu in lii all in the ot of frieu dabill ami and in lit narro lug the hart hearts of 0 his counti j n a taw folkard aril his la in the bonu ILS of tl it a 0 poorer clas blaim a the befit ot of good chet chair r in ninna rf ad his hl I 1 or r eat at friends are invited end nil whatever else eli nir may grace hl lit talle UM tha pudding surrounded with alth mountain heather and nil 11 0 0 1 I I mable bass are there an n I 1 if it small keg of ml real mountain lew in I 1 placed con IB in the center ot of the table ma A bunth of 0 it to not far r off and no guests are permitted to lea leave ve their seats fait until the keg bam been emptied ot at us customs strongly trong lf ta inting of at paganism with out doubt aal ani handed down from ancestors who were never thrle in lit mir own ume time anil and wy way rood good men and a ad true to the cook nothing li Is III anor are mysterious lous than flint a scotch catch plum pud ding which 11 all II loyl loyal Scotch men insist on in on new w year a day after the bare been given out too often when made by a novice the plodding pl pudding idding bui has come to table in the form of a thick aup soup it I 1 is a custon ii OB on kew new i baes mr day mong among a dumber number ct of the country quint squirt a ram and oil wealthy farmer farmers in the lie north of fi scotland to organism bunting part lis on ucb such outings the ali plum pudding lit 1 included la in the bill of tire fire instead however fit of twins buying tho the pudding I 1 ajl in Is before starting out outs it to 1 custo customary wary til to tat the long along nix item anit boll in a io lot wet x g coytr a tog log fir fire it at ile campins camp lii ground round the writer participated in to on one of tuc these hunting excursions ei curlon where ber a big burly killed who bad neer never made to N v plum pudding wai was del gated to act ft as cook deform starting out hi he had can car eisely put the precious pre clou fruit lour dour slid all ugar la I 1 what we wi cited 11 d the th at atron C box this like likewise wiss contained ont luel stores of powder slob to cp mp mil and various other ft et cetera ce ter on our arrival at a suitable camping ground wan lift ift behind to let get fill wt net ready after lip nILS the tb trong strong box and dd elf in trial li it C 11 all II torell orto bodies 46 j caret a possible tAl bIe the tn wai was duly izett tied up la in the ali cloth after the tf manner bd placed lu in the th pot a time wi was it taken out and nd if as state tat m ineil by ills tb point of the tb fork be agro li it N ts at ift last after boiling all dy day 1 cooked on tin tie return of vit h party dinner r was w rea re ly ty vw h ot of S atch kail kall a lp apt of at rout toast beai pot potato atoll sadists and two and nd tie tt 0 yo o ens n lio 0 rids ad not lot ixta entirely nt ar u OIK as wl of foul for fot long as time ran can r f rin a any ps 13 I 1 ira lea ot of our crushing dosal poll fluent n tuni nir that pu pul I 1 a 0 UKI on oil ditchie a knife li it to the heart of it we w discovered that it consisted of rai ai a buckshot an ii I 1 lumi a of it suet uit to poll a I 1 allum lum pudding on oil new ew teal year a day in scotland li Is next beat door to committing ft a crime ua on this occa wes toil longer the flask arre produs ed and arid the rook cook vt A as so k a forgotten tl is rong long A aiumu it alln proult drop t a MX 4 pl pi A an milr curmi T i in sot 0 o D abre puiman A 4 it III th illila the fm pt auld rr por far 1 thy day 1 I rr test an A amr r dy a r i 4 ah m but bt ki not t wrest th tin lr th tin 0 r b lr II 11 el 0 dalein rollo weil by the th chorus aa ir be 1 end hm tor n anik M diff W M k hn amt A custom aich Is I 1 generally tene rally jbf tr r kl ed by the working class i a Is 1 vi I 1 at is called first footing at til all lioun hour ot at the iary morning of tl if a first day of at the new year an effort li 14 mad made to be cut first to call ou on if air it at their ickles I 1 tb the one who in 14 lucky to a be first to cutch catch his friend lu in is 1 1 u aed to partake ot at ai aloit oat bread cake an aal I 1 it dip DID 0 whisky atter after the file u daml u 1 1 I 1 at and dij a bran brait new lel eu a r by the tb time be b has ha milde all the calli calls be he call remember the lint tire t day FIRST it alie new aar and Scotty rail call bo be becal majestically ito borne fard ard his I 1 liner iner luaa man oiled filled new ew year years hospitalities I 1 ilose lone living la in the c loii 0 antry will balk alit many miles I 1 a bid a 4 braw ew year to their friend la lit I 1 tb b city it Is 1 no uncommon tiling thing to see ce a mully family of 0 ave alv or sit leave their borne home about 10 0 clock at night and walk or four miles la in a now snow i storm lu in order to arst toot their rel rela ties or ft leads living la in the city very cry often are disappointed in their surprise visits la to finding ilia the object of their journey a nai as dot not at borne home ob on returning homeward however it they will sometimes meet thier friend whom they tic intended first footing footle antl nil to learn that they bad fone gone to lint first toot them and vice aci versa tb the birth of the new year li to an B bounced la in the town and cities by the striking of the local town ball hall clock nil the hour of 12 and followed by the ringing of the tb church bell belh it Is I 1 noon amu after tb that first footing begin bebe that long before r 9 the approach of 12 great grest at crowd crowds of people surround ur roond the city ball hall aad ad eagerly it aceb the big band of the tb flock clock aa to it approaches the lait last hour of the old year every one in the big bt crowd has a bottle of tonne some description la in bli big possession powe immediately the lit big band hand ot at the clock marka marks the first stroke of 12 every bottle la to thrown at against the walla walls of the th ball followed by a tremendous craib crash this la Is an ancient custom but la Is now rapidly dylag out it la Is still practiced how ho err ever mry every lew hew year a eye T against the old walla walls of the trou brou church la in edinburgh the capital in the highlands the new year la Is ushered in by the tolling of the auld suld kirk bell and the playing of bagpipe bagpipes lu in a clear frosty night to 10 bear beer this much maligned instrument played by a thoroughbred highlander among the th bills gad and from a distance 0 of a nill mile the ati note notes ire are tripped stripped of their harshness i A d 1 pem seem to be wafted wafred crow across to you by the clear in one barmo diane it Is I 1 really beautiful an I 1 inapt ing new fe te ir it a day if Is observed as a A fen gen cral eral holiday throughout the tb country the es are open in the morning only ard aid in the larre large cities the tb day would eem seem like alk a sunday wre were it not BO clr if blat at element the ia as laou keeli r wl alo a RI waki s it a li ulm point to keep at op in scot land on all public holl hollday daa much to the annoyance anno jauco of law s g elt laeal |
