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1 November

Folklore from the old calendars

Hallow-fair at Fordyce No longer kept BanffshireFordyce's yearly market was called Hallow-fair, and its charter of 1592 set it at All Hallows, to run for eight days.
The first three days of winter Lore and belief BanffshireThe minister of Kirkmichael in Banffshire reported a Gaelic weather saying about the first three days of winter, which began at Hallowtide.

16 November, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The Banff anti-conjurer Lore and belief BanffshireIn Banffshire a few years before, Hone's source said, witches were still thought to ride broomsticks, dance on the water of Avon, steal milk and make fields barren.

25 December

Folklore from the old calendars

The young men’s Christmas begging for the poor at Grange No longer kept BanffshireIn the Christmas holidays the young men of Grange went round the parish in parties, begging on behalf of its neediest people.

1 January

Folklore from the old calendars

Oidhche Choille, the night of the trees Lore and belief BanffshireOn the first night of January the people of Kirkmichael watched the wind with anxious attention, reading from it the weather for the whole year to come.

14 February

Folklore from the old calendars

Drawing valentines at Fordyce No longer kept BanffshireThe young people of Fordyce drew valentines in February and read their future married lives from them.

1 May, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The heavy storm of the cuckoo Lore and belief BanffshireIn Kirkmichael the cuckoo seldom arrived before the beginning of May, and its coming was often announced by cold northerly blasts and showers of snow.

2 May

Folklore from the old calendars

Rowan and honeysuckle in the byres on 2 May No longer kept BanffshireThe farmers of Fordyce guarded their cattle against witchcraft by putting boughs of rowan and honeysuckle in their cow houses on 2 May.

1 July, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The Fly of St Michael’s Well Lore and belief BanffshireAt St Michael's Well in Banffshire an undying fly was believed to keep watch over the water.

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