[Fwd: Hogmanay ..... Word of the Day]

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 8465

I just got this from a friend, with no HP connection whatsoever, and
since it had to do with Scotland and started with "Hog" I thought I'd
pass it on for miscellaneous and limited interest...

--Amanda

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Subject: Hogmanay ..... Word of the Day
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 10:31:05 -0500

For use in the SCA, to impress people...
---------------------- Forwarded by Greg B. Jones/USA/BAC on 01/02/2001
10:25 AM
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BETH L. DAVIS
01/02/2001 09:29 AM

To:   Greg B. Jones/USA/BAC at BankofAmerica
cc:
Subject:  Hogmanay ..... Word of the Day

another piece of useless info for you to file away - like "calving"...

---------------------- Forwarded by BETH L. DAVIS/USA/BAC on 01/02/2001
09:27 AM
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George Dowling <gdowling at metlife.com> on 01/02/2001 09:25:19 AM

To:
cc:    (bcc: BETH L. DAVIS/USA/BAC)
Subject:  Hogmanay ..... Word of the Day



Interesting word....


   Hogmanay \hog-muh-NAY; HOG-muh-nay\, noun:
   The name, in Scotland, for New Year's Eve, on which children
   go about singing and asking for gifts; also, a gift, cake, or
   treat given on New Year's Eve.

     This is Hogmanay, the gifting of another year, the coming
     of midnight, the darkest hour, before the turn towards
     dawn.
     --John F. Deane, "The music of what happens," [1]Irish
     Times, December 28, 2000

     The biggest celebration in Britain was in Edinburgh, where
     Hogmanay drew about 200,000 people to a free street party
     in the city centre.
     --"Archbishop of Canterbury calls for greater generosity,"
     [2]Irish Times, Saturday, January 2, 1999
     _________________________________________________________

   The origin of the word Hogmanay is unknown.

References

   1. http://www.ireland.com/
   2. http://www.ireland.com/

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