Quote Originally Posted by BoldHighlander View Post
Regarding the firstfooters, I don't know if the author of the article meant in (early) Christian times or in present times, as I noticed when I posted that portion in an earlier thread that it was remarked upon that the dark haired were the "lucky ones/visitors".

Seems the tradition reversed itself somewhere along the lines back to those earlier Scots vs Norse days

Its a cool tradition nonetheless
Vance Randolph documents a very similar tradition among the Ozarks hillfolk in his magnum opus, Ozark Magic & Folklore.

T.