Happy New Year from Scotland

[Indigo1991 1,612]

We are about to Celebrate the New Year - Hogmanay - here in a few minutes. To each of you I wish you everything you would wish for yourself in 2014 - and a little bit more...

Happy New Year to you all, here's to ongoing success and friendships across the miles.

Jacqui x

[vsggirl 33]

Happy New Year Indigo1991.....best to you

[Miss Mac 6,262]

I have never told anyone this before, but Happy Hogmanay to you, too!

[Madam Reverie 2,958]

Gah, you beat me to it, Indigo! x

Lots of love, peace and prosperity for all this 2014.

Revs

-x-

[RJ'S/beginning 5,358]

Have you seen Gerard yet??????????

Tomorrow is a new beginning to a new year that will make our ties stronger and our lives longer.....Watch the alcoholic intakes everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ribearty 544]

Happy new year to you Indigo and all the other members. Let's make it the best year yet.

[Bandista 7,466]

Happy new year!

[Butterthebean 8,146]

Scotland? Is that where you are? I never knew that. Now I'm gonna have to start reading all your threads with a Scottish accent.

[Indigo1991 1,612]

Yup, in Edinburgh.... think it'd be fun to hear you do that, lol. As long as you don't give me a bad Mike Myers version of Scottish

[Fluffnomore 1,235]

My grandfather was from Glasgow. We still do imitations of him when we're all together. Though they probably sound more like a caricature...

I don't think we had anyone come by on Hogmanay. How does it work? Does it extend if no one shows up here for another few days?

[DaddyMarie 291]

Happy New Year!! I am half Scottish! Clan MacGregor!!

[Indigo1991 1,612]

My grandfather was from Glasgow. We still do imitations of him when we're all together. Though they probably sound more like a caricature...

I don't think we had anyone come by on Hogmanay. How does it work? Does it extend if no one shows up here for another few days?

Fluff, usually on the night, the first person who visits brings you a gift (used to be a lump of coal!) and is know as your "first foot" - the first person who crosses the threshold and who brings with them luck for the coming year.... and they should also be tall and dark

With a Scottish grandfather, you are definitely one of us lol!

[Indigo1991 1,612]

Happy New Year!! I am half Scottish! Clan MacGregor!!

Happy New Year to you too! A MacGregor, one of Rob Roy MacGregor's lot... You are also one of us :-))))

[Fluffnomore 1,235]

I will commence singing the line he always did, which was the last line of a verse of a song that I have not been able to find...

"An' a wee drap in the bo''le far the maaaaaarnin'!"

That is bottle, but he never pronounced the ts in the song.

For those of you who don't speak Scottish it is "And a small drop in the bottle for the morning." Which is of course to presume that you drink almost everything but leave yourself some hair of the dog. /overexplainer

[Indigo1991 1,612]

Lol, love it... And so you can show off when asked about the dropping of "t" in words by Scots, it's called a glottal stop. Ye ken noo!!!!!

Edited January 2, 2014 by Indigo1991