Margaret Kipp has wisely suggested that I put my question to the entire list. I had asked her what The "Wee Frees" were, as I had never heard the term. She said she believed that it was the "... the Free Presbyterian Church, they were extremely strict and were again things like dancing (which is why my mother stopped going to church)." Does anyone have anything to add to Margaret's definition? Perhaps my mother's family were "Wee Frees", which would explain why my mother wasn't too crazy about them. I can't get over the different Christmas/New Year's celebrations. Maybe the reason why Christmas has been such a big occasion in the US for so many years is the fact that we have so many German descendants, and Christmas has traditionally been a big deal in Germany for a long time. I'm delighted to learn about Hogmanay and to know that it has survived, and even survived Oliver Cromwell. Cheers, Kathleen VH WA state

Check out their website: http://www.freechurch.org/index.htm Sheila in Missouri

Some interesting entries here in Wikipedia. Sheila in Missouri

Kathleen. First of all I must thank Jack mills for his email containg the tree Presbyterianism in Scotland, it saved me hunting through all my files. An aunt of mine married a"Wee Free" minister, which I had just took to b e another type of minster until his eldest daughter came to be married in her husband's old school chapel. My uncle helped to officiate at the ceremony. We walked into the chapel [which by the way was at a Church of England college and having been at a Presbyterian college was in "enemy territory. Imagine my surprise, no flowers and when the firs hymn started, no organ just my uncle leading the singing. He was 46 years the minister at the church in a large Victorian country city. Uncle Isaac had 3 children and his 2nd daughter also married a Wee Free minister. Whilst not knowing a great deal about the church, I know that NO work was carried out on the Sabbath, all meals being prepared the day before. I suggest to have some idea you might read a good book by Compton MacKenzie "Whisky Galore" and hopefully see a re-run on TV of the film of the same name. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Van Heuit" <[email protected]> To: "MARGARET KIPP" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 3:58 AM Subject: [ARGYLL] the "Wee Frees"? > Margaret Kipp has wisely suggested that I put my question to the > entire list. I had asked her what The "Wee Frees" were, as I had > never heard the term. > > She said she believed that it was the "... the Free Presbyterian > Church, they were extremely strict and were again things like > dancing (which is why my mother stopped going to church)." > > Does anyone have anything to add to Margaret's definition? Perhaps > my mother's family were "Wee Frees", which would explain why my > mother wasn't too crazy about them. > > I can't get over the different Christmas/New Year's celebrations. > Maybe the reason why Christmas has been such a big occasion in the US > for so many years is the fact that we have so many German > descendants, and Christmas has traditionally been a big deal in > Germany for a long time. I'm delighted to learn about Hogmanay and to > know that it has survived, and even survived Oliver Cromwell. > > Cheers, Kathleen VH > WA state > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.4/643 - Release Date: 21/01/2007 5:12 PM > >