Lol from early age warned not to try on hats in a store…lice & all
One of those silly warnings that ridiculously took deep root with me. All hats ordered online here still
your NYE celebration sounded lovely & chill
need the background on that, sounds interesting.
Ruth - the homes that don’t serve pork & kraut in my neck of the woods are in the minority here. Most of us have Eastern European in our heinz variety of heritage. I’m of first generation in family not to have a crock of Kraut fermenting in the basement.
Funny enough, the Mr, who is of mixed German stock but, southern mother; wasn’t fed pork or kraut as a kid and never developed a taste for it, other than occasional piece of ham & lots of bacon.
lol......I never think about that when I try hats on!! I might now though.....
Hogmany is simply the Scottish name for New Years Eve, harks back to the French word for Gala Day...."Hoginane". A lot of our words are based in France due to the Auld Alliance we have with them, the French and the Scottish get on just fine apparently, we never had any issues when we used to go to France regularly and said we were Scottish.
We also have First footing, that`s a tradition when you visit friends or family immediately after midnight in order to become the first person to visit them and go into their house in the new year. In years gone past they would carry a piece of coal so your house would never be cold and black bun which is fruit cake or dark rye bread so you`ll never be hungry.
Your very first foot - the first person to visit you in the new year - should traditionally be a tall, dark-haired man. Said to go way back to the Viking invasions, as Vikings were typically fairer haired, so the arrival of a blonde man could have meant trouble and danger! Although Kyle was our first footer this year and is neither blonde nor dark.....so who knows!! I don`t know anyone who still practices these traditions today.
Short story is we all yell Happy Hogmany on NYE at each other
I have German heritage and although I`m sure they cooked it, I never once tried it, I know we`ve chatted about my disdain for kraut before, but they do some nice sausages.....although not a fan of the plain boiled ones...not for me!! But, I do have nice memories of a lot of strangely spiced food when we went there, strange because so many folks say older style food is very bland, we didn`t find that.
Hope you`re doing better today too, so many of us are dragging something around with us!!!
It really has been a nice day today, as I said several friends popped in, we had some company for dinner, we always have plenty so no worries there and it was nice having a little one around for dinner too, she eats well and isn`t fussy thankfully.
Tonight we are snuggling (there`s that word again) up with a bottle of wine and watching I think maybe a scary movie on the big screen.
Tomorrow we try to get back to normal although not going to be easy with a houseful of goodies and treats still to enjoy!!!! We`ll donate some to the hospice and some to the playgroup in our village, but even at that.....boy there is a lot to get through!!!
Hope you all have enjoyed some lovely treats over the holidays and find it easier than we will getting back to normality!!!!