Declan Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 If yours does I suggest that you get yourself an agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Carter Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Did anyone see the BBC prog. when they went to Scotland to see the merriment, this Scotch chap gave the uk presenter a peice of coal, a gift of shortbread....and in his grasp was a hip flask of whiskey...he made a half-hearted gesture to hand the 'flagon of fun' over but could not bring himself to do so. Natasha Kapliniski...do you think she's gone to her hotel room alone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Was she the presenter of the show tonight Carter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Was she the presenter of the show tonight Carter? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Aye she was indeed. She did mention absent friends Mission and Carter on one or two occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 That's good to know, I'm glad she hasn't forgotten us Carter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 That's good to know, I'm glad she hasn't forgotten us Carter. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> She's such a tease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Laxey Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Oh dear ! First through my door was my big yellow cat....whoops ! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well according to the Manx Radio chap the other Sunday morning (Brian Stowell) it is traditional for a dark haired person to be first through the door down south, but in the North it is preferable for a fair haired person. So you might be alright with your yellow cat Topaz, if you're in Ramsey, or thereabouts. It was suggested that maybe this tradition was because of the 'spaniards' from south, when they started migrating a bit, weren't made so welcome in the north as they were in the south where the local folk rescued them and took them in. Hence Spanish Head. But all this is, I admit, just supposition. Oh, and Carter, you should have put sacking over your footings in this weather. They could well be ruined if the frost has got to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Had to find a decent sack these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Hard <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mission!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxie Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 We always used to do first footing when I was a child too. It had to be a dark haired man carrying a bit of coal and a piece of bread, although I'm sure the original tradition has other stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Never heard of this until last night. I was describing to some friends how a relation of mine would leave the house before the stroke of midnight, have a brief walk about and then come back in afterwards, to "come in with the new year" rather than mark the exact point of 12AM. My friend said "You mean like first footing?" - which was not really what I meant, but then I got to know what first footing was about. Perhaps my relation was just having a private moment, which is perfectly alright I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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