2020

[holywell farmer]

Hope everyone enjoys tonight and has a good and peaceful plus profitable 2020 regardless of Brexit!

 

[averageguy54]

And the same to you!

 

[holywell farmer]

And the same to you!

Thanks,

 

[essexpete]

Stay safe and keep your health!

 

[holywell farmer]

Stay safe and keep your health!

Definitely

 

[Lincs Lass]

Light the fire ,telly and a drink or three ,,,I was going out but my friend has come down with the winter lurgy

 

[Lincs Lass]

The new year tradition is ready

 

[Lewis821]

All the best to everyone on TFF, even the lurkers ?

 

[Lewis821]

Light the fire ,telly and a drink or three ,,,I was going out but my friend has come down with the winter lurgy

Same here! Fire going a few beverages and Probably asleep by 9

 

[Nithsdale]

Lang may yer lum reek wi' ither folks coal!


All the best in 2020

 

[Charlie Gill]

All the best to everyone on TFF, even the lurkers ?

Thank you, same to you

 

[Derrick Hughes]

We won didnt we

 

[Shavings man]

Same to you best wishes

 

[shumungus]

The new year tradition is ready

Explain please.

 

[Mr Mackay]

Explain please.

Wasnt it customary for a dark haired person to enter your house in the morn with a lump of coal ?? Not sure about the shilling mind

 

[Mr Mackay]

In the past, the gift giving season didn't stop at Christmas! Handing out gilded coins or nuts was an old Roman ritual, according to the The Old Farmer's Almanac, but you could also give eggs for fertility, a Persian practice. Just as in their first-footing tradition, the Scottish apparently also traded shortbread, coal, and silverware, while Egyptians' specialty was earthenware flasks.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Explain please.

Dont no where or how it originated but ,,The wood represents solid structure ,a roof over your head ,,the coal so you won't be cold and the silver coin for your finances to be healthy .,the first thing on new year's morning ,each person in the house brings one piece of each back inside
My grandparents did it ,mum and dad ,,i've carried it on ,,call it tradition or superstition but it seems to work .

 

[shumungus]

Thanks for the explanation and I hope it works.
Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year to all fellow TFF'rs and their families where ever you may be. And if you have one, 'may your god go with you'.

 

[chaffcutter]

Cheers everyone, Happy and Healthy 2020 to you all.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Telly is crap