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British Popular Customs, Present and Past

Jan. 12.]

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SCOTLAND.

Jan. 12.]

SCOTLAND.

This day is observed by the people of Halkirk, as New Year’s Day, a time when servants are too apt to spend their hard-earned penny in drink and other equally useless purposes.—Stat. Acc. of Scotland, 1845, vol. xv. p. 75.

Illustration from British Popular Customs, Present and Past Illustrating the Social and Domestic Manners of the People. Arranged According to the Calendar of the Year.
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