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Put Me Dustpan & Brush Away . . .

There are traditions before midnight such as cleaning the house on 31st December (including taking out the ashes from the fire in the days when coal fires were common). There is also the superstition to clear all your debts before "the bells" at midnight.

posted on Dec 31, 2010 2:23 PM ()

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Oh my...That is why I paid bills today!! But my house has that lived in look.

comment by elderjane on Dec 31, 2010 5:32 PM ()

My bills are ready to go out when the offices open after 'shutdown', I quickly vacuumed the downstairs yesterday (don't want anyone, to go upstairs though)

Happy New Year Jeri

reply by febreze on Jan 1, 2011 11:02 AM ()

Happy New Year.

comment by fredo on Dec 31, 2010 4:11 PM ()

reply by febreze on Dec 31, 2010 4:30 PM ()

I used to party on NYE. I am single now, and much much smarter.

comment by jondude on Dec 31, 2010 3:37 PM ()

Once upon a time I would party too, but it is far nicer staying at home (out of the cold), drinking my wine (without fighting your way through the crowd to actually 'get' to the bar)

No, I'd rather be indoors - hey, plus we can 'talk' to each other without YELLING !

Happy new year Jon, luv ya to bits

reply by febreze on Dec 31, 2010 4:37 PM ()

HAPPY NEW YEAR jON MY OLDEST FRIEND SINCE I HAVE BEEN BLOGGING HERE AND OVER 'THERE'

reply by febreze on Dec 31, 2010 4:05 PM ()

Surely glad we don't have those traditions in America. I would hate to have to clean house on New Years' Eve? And what about spending money partying? It would put a damper on that too.

comment by sigkappres on Dec 31, 2010 3:21 PM ()

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU

reply by febreze on Dec 31, 2010 4:09 PM ()

Are they serious.Cleaning house and clear the debt.This is no fun.
Not too cool traditions there.I will be fast asleep.
I know,I know how boring sorry.That is who I am.

I loved talking to you.

comment by fredo on Dec 31, 2010 2:37 PM ()

House cleaning is not not not a plesant job. Most men think that us women 'enjoy' it. They think that when we have to stand in front of them (whilst they are recling on the sofa watching the tv) we are doing it on purpose. Fact is, we do not, do it on purpose - we 'need' to buy an extension tube, so we can stay behind the husbands vision of the tv, thus, eliminating the sentence : "Are you doing that on purpose"? (from the direction of the sofa).
Another source of annoyance which emanates forth from the same direction is this : " Have you 'got' to spray that stuff"? to which a woman may respond : "But I have to dust dear - I don't wan't to - but I have to"

FREDO - here in the UK, It Is MIDNIGHT ! HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIEND

reply by febreze on Dec 31, 2010 4:02 PM ()

I was thinking about this very superstition earlier today. I used to work with a woman from Hong Kong, and she did all those things, getting ready for Chinese New Year - cleaned house, didn't use her credit card so there weren't any debts, and told me it was the custom for married people to put money in red envelopes and give it to single people. I thought it was a Feng Shui tradition, I didn't realize that those coal burners over there in the UK had the same custom.

comment by troutbend on Dec 31, 2010 2:36 PM ()

HAPPY NEW YEAR LAURA

reply by febreze on Dec 31, 2010 4:08 PM ()

Most of the hogmanay traditions come from Scotland - the vikings brought many of them to Shetland (I think it was those Islands) when they had stopped 'raiding' and decided to 'settle' there. The Angles and Saxons also added a few, but it is the Scott's who take the trophy for it nowadays

Up until 1989, wherever I had lived I had a coal fire - when I moved into this house it was 'bliss' - I had 'gas' central heating - no more cutting coal, wood or rising ashes

It was great!!!!!
I haven't 'scrubbed the house' (but I did let the hoover have a quick 'glance' at the carpet . . . a very, quick one)

Happy New Year Laura

reply by febreze on Dec 31, 2010 3:39 PM ()

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