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Celtic Romance 12/31/2005 10:05:29 AM
WARRIOR WOMEN, LONG SWORDS, AND HOT HEROES
FESTIVAL OF THE WEEK:
HOGMANAY
In Scotland, as they sing Robert Burn's Auld Lang Syne and celebrate the new year with Hogmanay. Here are four websites to help you join in the celebration.
1. Scotland Music
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For stars for a web site which explains the importance of Hogmanay to Scotland including the custom of First Footing. The person who enters a house as the midnight bells ring brings good luck. It’s customary to have a piper to play in the New Year, and if you click on traditions on the right hand menu, you can learn more about the bagpipes. As an added treat, click on Downloads for free one minutes sound bytes of Bothy Ballads, Mackintosh at Murthly, Songs of the Western Isles and much more. Also download free Celtic notepaper and sheet music.
http://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Hogmanay.htm
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2. Footnotes
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This great article by Celeste Sinclair describes Hogmanay in Lewis where boys form bands with a leader dressed in sheep skins and move form house to house reciting a Gaelic rhyme. At the end of the article, click on footnotes for a link to the Wheel of the Year for other Celtic celebrations including Imbolg. Also visit the photo gallery for striking pictures of the Lia Fail and the hill of Tara in Ireland, the Clava Cairns in Scotland, and much more.
http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/myth/hogmanay-12-97.html
3. Hogmanay Net
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Five stars for the site with extensive coverage of Hogmanay celebrations in Scotland. On the right hand menu, under vital info, is advise for designated drivers - surviving the night with your sanity intact, hangover cures, and the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne. Click Scotland’s Hogmanay to see what is happening at parties in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and other Scottish towns.
http://www.hogmanay.net/
CAUSE OF THE WEEK:
“Kilt-wearing teen seeks dress code change. Principal sparks debate after telling student to wear pants at school dance” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10570399
ANIMAL OF THE WEEK:
Cows
The article discussed the ancient relationship between the Celtic people and their cattle. Cornelia also includes an interesting discussion on the Celtic Goddesses who are associated with cows. For those of you who have never seen a cow of the Highlands, Cornelia includes photos from a Celtic festival she attended in April 2005.
http://romanceeverafter.com/the_celts_&_their_cattle.htm
MY ARTICLE OF THE WEEK:
Herding & Hurling in the Austin Highlands
Cornelia attended the Austin Celtic Festival at Fiesta Gardens held November 5-6, 2005. She shares interesting and entertaining details about the event including the caber toss and history of an ancient Celtic ball and stick game called Hurling. (It's the national pastime of Ireland!) Cornelia confesses her favorite event was a mock battle of the Bronze Age, Celtic Coritani tribe and the Roman soldiers who conquered Britannia. http://romanceeverafter.com/herding_&_hurling_in_the_austin_highlands.htm
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