Folk-Lore
This is Tammasmas E'en, and the day following is Tammasmas Day, in which no manner of work can be done.
Ta shape or shu,
Ta bake or brew,
Ta reel a pirm
Or wind a clew,
A lö soolpaltie
Will tak you.”
Even—
Da bairn i da midder's wime
'Ill mak' woefu' döl,
If wark be wrought on Tammasmas night,
Five nights afore Yule.”
At last Yule morning dawns. This is the chief festival of the season. At other times there may be scant, but now there is no want. It is true, everything is of native origin and simplicity, but still a wonderful variety may be seen. Every person, old and young, wears something new on Yule morning. The round peat fire blazes to the crook-bauk. The kollie (Fig. 13), well fed with sillok oil, hangs on
the raep, illuminating the butt-end. The
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