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"Does anyone still practice the tradition? My grandad was the first footer for there village. First footing is when a tall dark haired man enters your house on new year carrying a piece of coal, in the front door and out the back door" That counts me out then, i got a shaven head and when i had hair i was blonde.  | |||
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"Not here, he would probably get arrested. But I have heard of the tradition, do they still practise it in your area Karen?" I think they do in some of the villages, my mum and step dad used to go to a friends party in a village and the first footer always came in for a drink | |||
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"never heard of it.. is it supposed to bring good luck or something? " yes, good luck for the year in your house | |||
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"Just found this on Wiki.. In Scottish and Northern English folklore, the first-foot, also known in Manx Gaelic as quaaltagh or qualtagh, is the first person to enter the household of a home on New Year's Day and a bringer of good fortune for the coming year.[1][2] Although it is acceptable in many places for the first-footer to be a resident of the house, they must not be in the house at the stroke of midnight in order to first-foot (thus going out of the house after midnight and then coming back in to the same house is not considered to be first-footing). It is said to be desirable for the first-foot to be a tall, dark-haired male; a female or fair-haired male are in some places regarded as unlucky. In Worcestershire, luck is ensured by stopping the first carol singer who appears and leading him through the house.[citation needed] In Yorkshire it must always be a male who enters the house first, but his fairness is no objection. The first-foot usually brings several gifts, including perhaps a coin (silver is considered good luck), bread, salt, coal, or a drink (usually whisky), which represent financial prosperity, food, flavour, warmth, and good cheer respectively .[2] In Scotland, first-footing has traditionally been more elaborate than in England,[citation needed] and involving subsequent entertainment. In a similar Greek tradition (pothariko), it is believed that the first person to enter the house on New Year's Eve brings either good luck or bad luck. Many households to this day keep this tradition and specially select who enters first into the house. After the first-foot, also called "podariko" (from the root pod-, or foot), the lady of the house serves the guests with Christmas treats or gives them an amount of money to ensure that good luck will come in the New Year."  so it is a northern thing, I wasn't sure about that
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"You northerners are a weird bunch with your funny ways and customs. " says a bloody londoner with his jellied eels and pie and liquer | |||
"You northerners are a weird bunch with your funny ways and customs. says a bloody londoner with his jellied eels and pie and liquer "
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"Does anyone still practice the tradition? My grandad was the first footer for there village. First footing is when a tall dark haired man enters your house on new year carrying a piece of coal, in the front door and out the back door" When I lived in Rutland when I was a kid, my dad bought coal in the front door and out the back. I haven't seen a piece of coal for a long time. | |||
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"Just found this on Wiki.. In Scottish and Northern English folklore, the first-foot, also known in Manx Gaelic as quaaltagh or qualtagh, is the first person to enter the household of a home on New Year's Day and a bringer of good fortune for the coming year.[1][2] Although it is acceptable in many places for the first-footer to be a resident of the house, they must not be in the house at the stroke of midnight in order to first-foot (thus going out of the house after midnight and then coming back in to the same house is not considered to be first-footing). It is said to be desirable for the first-foot to be a tall, dark-haired male; a female or fair-haired male are in some places regarded as unlucky. In Worcestershire, luck is ensured by stopping the first carol singer who appears and leading him through the house.[citation needed] In Yorkshire it must always be a male who enters the house first, but his fairness is no objection. The first-foot usually brings several gifts, including perhaps a coin (silver is considered good luck), bread, salt, coal, or a drink (usually whisky), which represent financial prosperity, food, flavour, warmth, and good cheer respectively .[2] In Scotland, first-footing has traditionally been more elaborate than in England,[citation needed] and involving subsequent entertainment. In a similar Greek tradition (pothariko), it is believed that the first person to enter the house on New Year's Eve brings either good luck or bad luck. Many households to this day keep this tradition and specially select who enters first into the house. After the first-foot, also called "podariko" (from the root pod-, or foot), the lady of the house serves the guests with Christmas treats or gives them an amount of money to ensure that good luck will come in the New Year. so it is a northern thing, I wasn't sure about that
"I have relatives in Scotland and the tradition still holds true. There are those who stay in and those who do the first footing which can go on for two or three days! Everyone drinks lots of good scotch and its a moveable feast which gathers momentum. I'm never quite sure how they organise who does what , all I know is it works!  | |||
"Does anyone still practice the tradition? My grandad was the first footer for there village. First footing is when a tall dark haired man enters your house on new year carrying a piece of coal, in the front door and out the back door" yeah cos if someone tall, dark and handsome walked in through my front door I'd really let him escape  | |||
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"You northerners are a weird bunch with your funny ways and customs. says a bloody londoner with his jellied eels and pie and liquer
"I'll Liquer | |||
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"I need a trip to Specsavers.... I thought the thread title said Fist Fucking,,, "same thing really...honest | |||
"I need a trip to Specsavers.... I thought the thread title said Fist Fucking,,,
same thing really...honest"Where does the lump of coal come into the equation then? | |||
"I need a trip to Specsavers.... I thought the thread title said Fist Fucking,,,
same thing really...honestWhere does the lump of coal come into the equation then? "erm....it's not mine | |||
"Just found this on Wiki.. In Scottish and Northern English folklore, the first-foot, also known in Manx Gaelic as quaaltagh or qualtagh, is the first person to enter the household of a home on New Year's Day and a bringer of good fortune for the coming year.[1][2] Although it is acceptable in many places for the first-footer to be a resident of the house, they must not be in the house at the stroke of midnight in order to first-foot (thus going out of the house after midnight and then coming back in to the same house is not considered to be first-footing). " Ah ha!!! This explains a lot... I'm from Newcastle and when I was young my Granda used to mysteriously "pop outside" at about 11.45 on New Years Eve and then "re-appear" just after midnight. It seems that he obviously knew these rules very well, either that or he was gannin' to the pub for a swift whiskey. He probably still does it now and he's 98. Also one year at my house it had seemingly been arranged that my Nanna was going to be the "first footer" and then it would be good luck for the year. But being 7 at the time I either wasn't told or I was told and I didn't remember, because when the door opened I rushed in and then got called all the holy hosannas under the sun for it. It was an honest mistake from a 7 year old... nevertheless, every time anything went wrong in that year I got the blame for it for being "accidental" first footer. So me no like "first footer" 
It was a bloody accident | |||
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"Just found this on Wiki.. In Scottish and Northern English folklore, the first-foot, also known in Manx Gaelic as quaaltagh or qualtagh, is the first person to enter the household of a home on New Year's Day and a bringer of good fortune for the coming year.[1][2] Although it is acceptable in many places for the first-footer to be a resident of the house, they must not be in the house at the stroke of midnight in order to first-foot (thus going out of the house after midnight and then coming back in to the same house is not considered to be first-footing). Ah ha!!! This explains a lot... I'm from Newcastle and when I was young my Granda used to mysteriously "pop outside" at about 11.45 on New Years Eve and then "re-appear" just after midnight. It seems that he obviously knew these rules very well, either that or he was gannin' to the pub for a swift whiskey. He probably still does it now and he's 98. Also one year at my house it had seemingly been arranged that my Nanna was going to be the "first footer" and then it would be good luck for the year. But being 7 at the time I either wasn't told or I was told and I didn't remember, because when the door opened I rushed in and then got called all the holy hosannas under the sun for it. It was an honest mistake from a 7 year old... nevertheless, every time anything went wrong in that year I got the blame for it for being "accidental" first footer. So me no like "first footer"
It was a bloody accident"Oh bless, funny story though. | |||
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"Just found this on Wiki.. In Scottish and Northern English folklore, the first-foot, also known in Manx Gaelic as quaaltagh or qualtagh, is the first person to enter the household of a home on New Year's Day and a bringer of good fortune for the coming year.[1][2] Although it is acceptable in many places for the first-footer to be a resident of the house, they must not be in the house at the stroke of midnight in order to first-foot (thus going out of the house after midnight and then coming back in to the same house is not considered to be first-footing). Ah ha!!! This explains a lot... I'm from Newcastle and when I was young my Granda used to mysteriously "pop outside" at about 11.45 on New Years Eve and then "re-appear" just after midnight. It seems that he obviously knew these rules very well, either that or he was gannin' to the pub for a swift whiskey. He probably still does it now and he's 98. Also one year at my house it had seemingly been arranged that my Nanna was going to be the "first footer" and then it would be good luck for the year. But being 7 at the time I either wasn't told or I was told and I didn't remember, because when the door opened I rushed in and then got called all the holy hosannas under the sun for it. It was an honest mistake from a 7 year old... nevertheless, every time anything went wrong in that year I got the blame for it for being "accidental" first footer. So me no like "first footer"
It was a bloody accident"that is funny lol | |||
