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31 December

Folklore from the old calendars

Twelve days’ weather from the last of December Lore and belief Highlands, PerthshireThe Highlanders read the coming year's weather from twelve days starting on the last day of December.

9 January, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

St Fillan’s Pool No longer kept PerthshireSt Fillan, whose day is 9 January, retired to Strathfillan in Perthshire, where a deep pool called the Holy Pool was used to cure people thought insane.

Shrove Tuesday

Folklore from the old calendars

The Ba’ of Scone No longer kept PerthshireChambers knew of no place where Shrovetide football was played with more energy than Scone, near Perth.

1 May

Folklore from the old calendars

The Dragon Hole on Kinnoull Hill No longer kept PerthshireHigh in a steep rock on the face of Kinnoull Hill above Perth was a cave, very hard and dangerous to reach, called the Dragon Hole.

3 May

Folklore from the old calendars

The dismal day of 3 May Lore and belief Highlands, PerthshireA Highlander would begin nothing of consequence on the day of the week on which 3 May fell, a day he called the dismal day.

12 May

Folklore from the old calendars

Beltane at Callander No longer kept PerthshireA correspondent sent Hone Jamieson's account of Beltane, kept in Scotland on Old May Day.
The cowherds’ Beltan at Logierait No longer kept PerthshireThe minister of Logierait told the Statistical Account of Scotland that a festival called Beltan was held every year in the parish on the first of May, Old Style.

14 May

Folklore from the old calendars

The unlucky day of 14 May at Logierait Lore and belief PerthshireIn the parish of Logierait in Perthshire, lucky and unlucky days were anxiously watched.

18 May

Folklore from the old calendars

St Conwall’s Well near Huntingtower No longer kept PerthshireSt Conwall's Well, near Ruthven Castle or Huntingtower outside Perth, belonged to a saint whose day was kept on 18 May.

31 October

Folklore from the old calendars

The Callander Stones No longer kept PerthshireAt Callander a bonfire was lit in every village on All Saints' Eve.
The Logierait Faggots No longer kept PerthshireThe minister of Logierait in Perthshire described the chief ceremony of Hallowe'en, kept there on 31 October by the old style calendar.

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