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Download or read book The Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. 36 written by Catholic University Of America and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. 36: A Monthly Publication for the Clergy The Old English "New Year." In dealing with the subject of the old EngHsh New Year, a convenient and natural division is: New Year's eve, New Year's day, and New Year gifts. I. New Year's Eve. New Year's eve was, from the custom of singing carols then, once known as "Singing E'en." And to this day the universal name throughout Scotland for the last day of the year is "Hagmanay," or "Hogmanay." We are left in obscurity as to the real derivation of this word. Three theories have been advanced: 1. the late Professor Robinson, of Edinburgh, thought it a corruption of "Au qui menez" (to the mistletoe go) which mummers used to cry in France at Christmas-time; 2. others have suggested that "Hagmanay" is the equivalent of "Au queux menez" (bring to the beggars), while 3. Dr. Brewer derives the word from the Saxon "Halig monath" (or holy month), and states that King Haco of Norway fixed the feast of Yule on Christmas day, the eve of which was called "Hogg-night"; but the Scots were taught by the French to transfer the feast of Yule to the feast of Noel: and "Hogg-night" has ever since been the eve of New Year's day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.