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About this book
From Celtic druids and Viking Yule to the outright banning of Christmas for 400 years, The Broons, first footing and the Loony Dook, this is a joyous miscellany that showcases the creative, elaborate and sometimes downright bizarre aspects of Scottish Christmas and New Year, from the ancient past to the more recent present. It includes different local traditions, from those practised in the Borders all the way to the islands of Orkney and Shetland, as well as the nationwide pastimes enjoyed by everyone.
The book is packed with tradition, lore and legend, as well as poems, stories, carols, recipes, history, jokes and fun facts. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and black and white photographs.
Best enjoyed in front of an open fire with a glass of whisky and a black bun.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Scottish Festive Timeline
- Introduction
- Yule
- Trows
- Sowans
- Bringing Greenery into the Home
- Burning a Rowan Twig
- āWinter-timeā by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Christmas Fact #1: Reindeer
- Crom Dubh na Nollaig
- Playing Tricks
- The Christmas Tree on the Mound
- āThe Thirteen Days of Yuleā
- Yule Bread
- Working
- Celebrating Christmas in January
- No Christmas Tree
- The First Christmas Card
- Irn Bru Christmas Adverts
- Whipkull
- Christmas Fact #2: Department store Santas
- The First Selfie Christmas Card
- Artificial Christmas Trees
- The Yule Beggar
- Christmas Fact #3: Robert Louis Stevenson gave away his birthday
- Fortune Telling
- The Broons and Oor Wullie Annuals
- āHow Iāll Decorate My Treeā by Liz Lochhead
- Yule Log
- Christmas Fact #4: Sir Alex Ferguson Christmas trees
- āChild in the Mangerā
- Football
- A White Christmas
- Christmas Fact #5: Kingās Christmas speech
- Cock-A-Leekie Soup
- Christmas Fact #6: Brussels sprouts
- Words for Snow
- The Kirkwall Baā Game
- āO Come All Ye Faithfulā
- Sweetie Scone Day
- Christmas Fact #7: Flannan Isles Lighthouse
- Cloutie Dumpling
- Rugby
- Robbie Anderson and the Trows
- Redding the House
- Hogmanay
- āWinterā by Alexander McCall Smith
- Hogmanay Santa Claus
- Petticoat Tails Shortbread
- Burning the Cailleach
- Guising
- āRise Up Guid Wifeā
- The Stromness Log Pull
- Stonehaven Fireballs
- āDeck the Hallsā
- The Biggar Bonfire
- The Comrie Flambeaux
- Black Bun
- Christmas Fact #8: Edinburghās Hogmanay fireworks
- Street Parties
- The Paraffin Lamp
- First-Footing
- Dressed Herring
- āOpen the Doorā by William Soutar
- New Yearās Day Steak Pie
- New Yearās Day Shinty
- Loony Dook
- Saining
- Burning the Clavie
- Stovies
- Up Helly Aa
- Handsel Monday
- Tipsy Laird Trifle
- Mary, Queen of Scots had the worst Christmas luck
- Christmas Fact #9: Burke and Hare
- Nettle Burning
- āMontrose John and the Christmas Treeā
- Fordyce Mortar Stane
- Drinking Alcohol
- The Man Who Kicked the Bone at Hogmanay
- Christmas Fact #10: Whale meat
- āAuld Lang Syneā by Robert Burns
- Acknowledgements