Unfinished Business

The New Year represents a new beginning in every way. Clearing up unfinished business, of whatever kind, is a good notion, and blowing away the cobwebs from the old year that has passed is no bad thing either. In parts of Scotland this was accomplished by the juniper and water rite.

After sunset on New Year's Eve, people went out to gather branches of juniper and buckets of fresh water from a well or stream. The branches were then placed by the fire to dry out. In the morning the head of the household...

I am so sorry to do this to you, but this post has been moved to my new website The Pagan Calendar hosted at shirleytwofeathers.com, and can be found in it's entirety here: New Year's Eve