372
Catalogue of Brand Material.
SCOTLAND.
I. Names.
Fastern's E'en Brose Day -
Bannock Night ■ Milk Gruel Night Inid -
LOCALITY.
General.
N.E. Scotland ^ and
Shetland. N.E. Scotland. Shetland Isles (Harra). (Gaelic.)
II. Proverb.
" First comes Candlemas, and syne"
the new meen
The first Tuesday aifter that's
Festren's E'en " " The first Tuesday of the Spring
light " {i.e. of the spring new
moon) -----
III. General Observances.
{a) Things forbidden.
Spinning - - - -
{b) Things enjoined.
Beef dinner, to ensure that cattle thrive - - - Viands and Ceremonies re Viands Beef-brose ; a ring put in' it for marriage divination -
N.E. Scotland,! High- lands, Shetland Isles, Jedburgh.
Hebrides.
N.E. Scotland.
N.E. Scotland.
{0)
Caithness, Highlands and North-east.
North-east.
North-east.
{d)
Children visit houses to beg for brose - - - -
Bannocks baked by whole household . - _
Previous divination with the eggs used . - .
A ' ' sautie bannock' ' (" dumb- cake ") for marriage divi- nation - - - -
Scones or bannocks mixed with soot, for ditto. -
Amusements. Knocking doors with stolen cabbage-stumps, driving in commandeered carls - Cromarty.
1 I.e. the district between Moray Firth and the Firth of Tay,
North-east.
North-east.
Highlands, the Mearns, Aberdeen.
