Hello Margo My maternal grandparents came from Glasgow and I remember as a child listening in amazment to my grandmother telling my sister and me how they had to attend school on Christmas day.However they did not have school on New Years day. From what I gather it was just an ordinary working day in the 1890's. Douglas. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Firefly1954" <firefly1954@bellsouth.net> To: <PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:36 AM Subject: [PERTH] christmas traditions > I am working on a book of Scottish holiday traditions for my family, > especially my 80 year old mother and 85 year old father. Both of them seem > to dwell on their lives in Scotland, which we left in the early 1960's. I > know you are all probably tired of writing about things you do for > Christmas, but I'm wondering if you could share with me some unusual > traditions you might have. For instance, I took pictures of my ancestors and > cut them out. I then cut balls from card stock (stiff paper) and glued the > picture to the cardstock, which was red or green. On the back I wrote a > little something about each family member, such as where they were born etc > and then punched a hole in the top and strung ribbon through it. I then hung > them on our Xmas tree. Do any of you have any ideas or unique things you've > done. I hope all of you are staying healthy and enjoying the holiday season. > Margo - Atlanta > > > > ==== PERTHSHIRE Mailing List ==== > -------------------------------------------------- > ENJOY the list. Ask questions and share information. > If you have an issue, contact the list administrator, > Pamela.Paddock.Arnold PERTHSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/PERTHSHIRE.html > -------------------------------------------------- > >

Douglas wrote > I remember as a child listening in amazment to my grandmother telling my sister and me how they had to attend school on Christmas day.However they did not have school on New Years day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Indeed Christmas was not really celebrated in Scotland until the 50's and, even so, I recall working Christmas in the 60's - no double time for working it either. On the other hand New Year was a different matter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our "Christmas special" - we don't have a Christmas cake - we have a clooty dumpling - my youngest daughter inherited the unwritten recipe from her Grandmother. ** 'clooty dumpling' - a steamed fruit pudding made in a cloth and, once cooked, dried in front of an open fire - it doesn't taste right otherwise ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best Wishes Les --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have a nice recipe for Clootie Dumpling which I will send (off list) if anyone is interested. Someone on one of the lists sent it to me a few years ago. I also have one for Skirlie. Iris Reily ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les HORN" <Leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk> To: <PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, 24 December, 2004 15:38 PM Subject: Re: [PERTH] christmas traditions Douglas wrote > I remember as a child listening in amazment to my grandmother telling my sister and me how they had to attend school on Christmas day.However they did not have school on New Years day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Indeed Christmas was not really celebrated in Scotland until the 50's and, even so, I recall working Christmas in the 60's - no double time for working it either. On the other hand New Year was a different matter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our "Christmas special" - we don't have a Christmas cake - we have a clooty dumpling - my youngest daughter inherited the unwritten recipe from her Grandmother. ** 'clooty dumpling' - a steamed fruit pudding made in a cloth and, once cooked, dried in front of an open fire - it doesn't taste right otherwise ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best Wishes Les -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==== PERTHSHIRE Mailing List ==== -------------------------------------------------- Archiver search http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/perthshire/ http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/PERTHSHIRE.html -------------------------------------