First Foot What is it?

[BonnieT100]

When I lived in Oxfordshire, our English friends - originally from Liverpool - would do the first footing. He carried a silver try with a lump of coal, a pound sterling coin, and I think a piece of bread. He was then given a glass of sherry. It always took place within a couple seconds after midnight. I can remember him knocking on the door and his wife saying it was too early.

[GlassMan]

I love that a dark-haired man was assumed to be a Scot. You don't know how many times I've heard "But you don't have red hair."