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Food and Drink Essential to sustain life; near the top of the hierarchy of needs |
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Does it count if you spent the night at their house?
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Encroaching on your decrees
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Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland
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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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