Just us two old geezers celebrating the incoming year up here on the ridge this time , but I'm remembering last New Years day, when Ol Buzz was over here visiting....He got to be our luck bringing 'First Footer', as his is the darkest hair here now... young John usually does it because his hair is coal black....I gave Buzz the salt and a wooden chopstick for the wood and sent him around the house...He stopped on the way and picked up a fallen branch to use for the wood...smart kid! The salt is to ensure you have salt for your food and the wood or coal is to ensure that you stay warm all year ......We each took a bath or shower with 'gold' coins in the water to ensure we have plenty of money all year...We ate black eyed peas and some crisply fried hog jowl and cornbread to show that we are 'humble' ....Swept through the house and out the back door to sweep all of last years old problems out the door...stuff like that....Kids get a great kick out of these customs....and I must admit I do too...Jeannie T ____________________________________________________________ Browse the web faster. Download Chrome Browse the web as fast as you think. Give Google Chrome a try http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d1f6e91736da845a5m06duc

My husband has always thought that you should eat herring on New Year's Eve. I do not care for it..but he loves it. This year he got a 'deal' on it at Wal-Mart. I have heard a few of your custom's Jeannie T., but have never tried any of them. Maybe that's why I'm always so cold & all the other things have happened to us this past year??? ~Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: <askgranny@juno.com> To: <SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 10:09 AM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] New Years customs > > Just us two old geezers celebrating the incoming year up here on the > ridge this time , but I'm remembering last New Years day, when Ol Buzz > was over here visiting....He got to be our luck bringing 'First Footer', > as his is the darkest hair here now... young John usually does it because > his hair is coal black....I gave Buzz the salt and a wooden chopstick for > the wood and sent him around the house...He stopped on the way and picked > up a fallen branch to use for the wood...smart kid! The salt is to ensure > you have salt for your food and the wood or coal is to ensure that you > stay warm all year ......We each took a bath or shower with 'gold' coins > in the water to ensure we have plenty of money all year...We ate black > eyed peas and some crisply fried hog jowl and cornbread to show that we > are 'humble' ....Swept through the house and out the back door to sweep > all of last years old problems out the door...stuff like that....Kids get > a great kick out of these customs....and I must admit I do too...Jeannie > T > ____________________________________________________________ > Browse the web faster. Download Chrome > Browse the web as fast as you think. Give Google Chrome a try > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d1f6e91736da845a5m06duc > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message