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first footing

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Scotland uncountable
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(スコットランドのホグマネイで行われる習慣。大晦日の深夜過ぎに、友人や家族を訪問し、敷居を最初に越えて玄関に立つ際に小さな贈り物を持参する行為。
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私たちの村では、ホグマネイの風習として、真夜中を少し過ぎて最初に家の敷居をまたぎ小さな贈り物を持って訪れるというしきたりが今も守られており、幸運をもたらすとされています。

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(Scotland) The practice, during Hogmanay, of visiting friends and family, especially to be the first person to cross a home's threshold after midnight on New Year's Eve bearing a small gift.

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first footing

In our village, first footing is still observed on Hogmanay, when someone crosses a home's threshold just after midnight carrying a small gift to bring good luck.

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In our village, first footing is still observed on Hogmanay, when someone crosses a home's threshold just after midnight carrying a small gift to bring good luck.

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