New year celebrations in Scotland are an important part of the ... One of the biggest Hogmanay traditions is first footing. It is said that having a tall, dark-haired man as the first visitor ...

Interesting New Year’s Traditions Around The World 1. Eat 12 Grapes In Seconds – Spain. If you manage to eat twelve grapes ...

Some Scottish festive traditions still go back to the Vikings and Yule, like the Hogmanay tradition of First Footing, where the first guest to enter the household on New Year’s Day is a bringer ...

New year, same old traditions? Or will this be the year you ... on New Year’s Eve (known as Hogmanay, in Scotland),” says Hayes. “Translated roughly as “times long past’ it’s sung ...

Fire looms large in Hogmanay celebrations and the fire festivals that take place across Scotland at New Year doubtless have roots in a pagan, Viking past. Hogmanay does take to itself many of the more ...

February 29 only comes around every four years - do you know the Irish history and traditions ... the leap year. I'm sure the women were thrilled. The tradition was then taken to Scotland by ...