tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post4758474239185374473..comments2024-01-29T05:17:19.787-07:00Comments on Kari Lynn Dell - Western Author: And We're BACK!Kari Lynn Dellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864636462802149247noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post-42607049203976758942011-01-07T12:32:18.548-07:002011-01-07T12:32:18.548-07:00Thoroughly enjoyed your post, AND the story over a...Thoroughly enjoyed your post, AND the story over at the other blog! :) Thank you for sharing both!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360868475218497152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post-1032226471164407342010-12-31T10:27:09.834-07:002010-12-31T10:27:09.834-07:00Oh, shortbread. Sigh. Used to love the tins of Wal...Oh, shortbread. Sigh. Used to love the tins of Walker's we got in Canada. Then my mother found a recipe that's just as good and we don't have to buy it anymore. <br /><br />So us short women have to hang around in the background because nobody wants us to be the first foot? Well. One more reason to run on Indian time.Kari Lynn Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864636462802149247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post-57978028988762107642010-12-31T06:50:45.749-07:002010-12-31T06:50:45.749-07:00You should never have thrown that tea overboard in...You should never have thrown that tea overboard in Boston. Anyway, Hogmanay is what the Scots call New Year's Eve. It's from the French 'Au gui menez' (Literal translation - Lead me to the mistletoe). <br /><br />And first footing is the practice of being the first foot across a friend's or neighbour's threshold. If your first foot is a tall dark man, you've more chance of your year being lucky. (I used to be in demand until I went grey.) The gifts you give are supposed to be silver, something to eat and something to warm you. The silver can just be a coin, the warming thing a lump of coal (and the obligatory dram of whisky) and the food - well, anything, but the traditional thing is shortbread.<br /><br />So Happy Hogmanay.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post-16893524789071321162010-12-31T05:50:12.297-07:002010-12-31T05:50:12.297-07:00Wait, Bill, come back here! Hogmanay? First foot? ...Wait, Bill, come back here! Hogmanay? First foot? I need translation.Kari Lynn Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864636462802149247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951407630062872642.post-7373973582405803922010-12-31T03:11:59.465-07:002010-12-31T03:11:59.465-07:00The Christmas holidays in Scotland are simply rehe...The Christmas holidays in Scotland are simply rehearsals for Hogmanay. It's not just the parties, which everybody does everywhere nowadays anyhow, it's the fact that it stretches over several days. You see people trudging around well into January carrying their wee bags of presents to first-foot friends and neighbours. On the whole it's a happy, positive time, with no religions or politics getting in the way. On the other hand, you sort of wonder why we can't be as nice to one another the rest of the year, too. Happy 2011, Kari Lynn (and a special greeting to your husband's knees).Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.com