hogmanay*

[bluegreen17]

from solarfields' email sig:

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.
Help someone's soul heal...
Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

~Rumi

happy new year everybody!
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*possible origins of the word,referring to the scottish celebration of new year's,which starts on new year's eve:

-from the Gaelic oge maidne ("new morning")
-A Flemish combo of hoog ("high" or "great"), min ("love" or "affection") and dag ("day")
-Anglo-Saxon Haleg Monath ("Holy Month")
-Norman French word hoguinane("gift at New Year")