DECLINING FESTIVAL
Sir,-I read, with interest, a letter written by "N.Z. Scot" in reference to the Scots’ custom of holding "Hogmanay." He is correct in stating it has no reference to money. I lived in Dunedin for eleven years and we used to celebrate this very old custom every New Year’s Eve from midnight till the early hours of the morning, starting off
with a big fireworks display and every home had its front and back door wide open to welcome anyone who liked to call. Each house provided a marvellous supper, also kegs of draught beer for the younger men, whisky for the older generation, haggis, sandwiches, oat cakes, etc., and the young people would sing and dance and it was really to forget old injuries, imaginary or real, and start afresh the new year which finished up with a big regatta in the harbour. It is. a big regret to me that these Hogmanays are passing into the mists of time as they were wonderful shows, with lavish hospitality. The coming generation will never see the like now.
AULD LANG
SYNE
(Wellington), .
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 651, 21 December 1951, Page 5
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