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Old 01-01-2010, 05:19 PM   #58
limey
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 View Post
Does it count if you spent the night at their house?
So long as you arrive after midnight, yes. The luckiest first footer is a tall, dark, handsome stranger bearing coal and "black bun" (a type of fruit cake) - we took coal and Christmas cake.
The tradition is that you also take a bottle with you, and offer a drink to your host in exchange for the drink they offer you. Many first footers used to be away for days at a time, staggering from one house to another. This practice is less common now, around here anyway.
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