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An old custom in the Highlands, which has survived to a small extent and seen some degree of revival, is to celebrate Hogmanay with the saining Scots for 'protecting, blessing' of the household and livestock Early on New Year's morning, householders drink and then sprinkle 'magic water' from 'a dead and living ford' around the house a 'dead and living ford' refers to a river ford that is routinely crossed by both the living and the dead After the sprinkling of the water in every room, on the beds and all the inhabitants, the house is sealed up tight and branches of juniper are set on fire
To replace the past with the new
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