Hogmanay

Only two Jocks had got out and kept their Hogmanay elsewhere and quite elsehow—a creditably small proportion out of forty men.

On the night of Hogmanay, at about half-past ten, the regiment assembles in the barrack square.

Each child gets a quadrant of oat-cake (sometimes with cheese), and this is called the “Hogmanay.”

A number of young men of the clan were invited by their chief to pass Hogmanay night in his castle at Dunvegan.

Dec. 31—Made preparation to keep Hogmanay, inviting our two neighbors.