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where did Scottish superstitions come from?

Shailyn

White Heather

white heather

  • purple heather blooms in abundance on the hillsides
  • white heather is a lot less common but is supposedly very lucky.
  • The origins of this lie in a Celtic legend dating from the 3rd century. Malvina, cried after finding out her lover had died in battle, her tears turning purple heather white.
  • Malvina declared, ‘Although it is the symbol of my sorrow, may the white heather bring good fortune to all who find it.’
  • Historically, clansmen wear white heather in battles for protection
  • nowadays, at weddings, grooms wear the flower in their buttonhole
  • Scottish brides hold the bloom in their bouquet.

how its used

today

Samhain

  • Halloween, derived from the old Celtic pagan festival of Samhain.
  • Dressing up was a way to disguise yourself from the fairies and spirits
  • giant bonfire would made to sacrifice offerings to the Celtic deities.
  • This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of winter
  • time of year that was often associated with human death.

Samhain

fun fact

  • Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future.
  • Celts believed that on this night, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred.

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May brings dew flowers

May dew

  • On 1 May, it was traditional for young ladies to wash their faces in the morning dew.
  • It promised good fortune along with vitality and beauty for the year to come.
  • a pagan custom
  • the dew on May 1st has magical properties, anyone who washes their face in it will have a flawless complexion for the entire year.
  • May dew was said to be able to remove spots, freckles and pimples.

the maid who rises early on May morning And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree, Will ever after handsome be.

tradition

first footing

first-

footing

  • first-footing takes place as soon as the clock strikes midnight on Hogmanay.
  • the first person to walk across your threshold as soon as the bells ring should be a tall, dark man bearing gifts of salt, whiskey, shortbread, coal and a black bun
  • symbolizing good fortune for the coming year.
  • likely became an established tradition because of the invasion of fair-haired Vikings in the 8th century
  • considered bad luck if a fair haired man were the first to arrive.

black bun

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