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1st January 14, 11:04 AM
#1
Great Balls of Fire!
A Hogmanay custom (?) that I wasn't aware of:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/pi...?frame=2777468
Don't singe your fringe!
Last edited by Michael Flemming; 1st January 14 at 05:09 PM.
Reason: correct typo
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1st January 14, 11:25 AM
#2
Well, if it is as cold and icy there as here, I could see the advantage of this flaming ball.
Gu dùbhlanach
Coinneach Mac Dhòmhnaill
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1st January 14, 11:56 AM
#3
Wow, that's one way to have a Swingin' New Year's Eve! 
Neat post. Thanks Michael.
Allen Sinclair, FSAScot
Eastern Region Vice President
North Carolina Commissioner
Clan Sinclair Association (USA)
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1st January 14, 01:02 PM
#4
if I remember someone tried to stop it for health and safety but there was such an uproar it got dropped very quickly
Martin.
AKA - The Scouter in a Kilt.
Proud, but homesick, son of Skye.
Member of the Clan MacLeod Society (Scotland)
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1st January 14, 01:38 PM
#5
More fire ceremonies on the way--the burning clavie in Burghead!
http://www.burghead.com/clavie.html
Clan Mackintosh North America / Clan Chattan Association
Cormack, McIntosh, Gow, Finlayson, Farquar, Waters, Swanson, Ross, Oag, Gilbert, Munro, Turnbough,
McElroy, McCoy, Mackay, Henderson, Ivester, Castles, Copeland, MacQueen, McCumber, Matheson, Burns,
Wilson, Campbell, Bartlett, Munro - a few of the ancestral names, mainly from the North-east of Scotland
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1st January 14, 04:25 PM
#6
 Originally Posted by California Highlander
That's a good one, CH. I took the liberty of viewing your profile, and I recommend you move the Sinclair tartans to the top of your kilt wish list.
Allen Sinclair, FSAScot
Eastern Region Vice President
North Carolina Commissioner
Clan Sinclair Association (USA)
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1st January 14, 11:25 PM
#7
Originally Posted by Laird_M
if I remember someone tried to stop it for health and safety but there was such an uproar it got dropped very quickly
It's had a few years where it's been difficult to get volunteers to swing the fireballs... I'm sure they'd welcome anyone that's interested.
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2nd January 14, 06:47 AM
#8
Originally Posted by Laird_M
if I remember someone tried to stop it for health and safety but there was such an uproar it got dropped very quickly
I have heard about those people. I understand that they are mandated to take all the joy out of life and squelch traditional culture.
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2nd January 14, 07:43 AM
#9
Originally Posted by Farmer Jones
I have heard about those people. I understand that they are mandated to take all the joy out of life and squelch traditional culture.
They're usually the ones that end a sentence, "....for your own good." hehehehe
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