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1. 1st January
   
   
2. Coming of the Magi
   
   
3. Haggis
   
   
4. Coal and Salt - your were especially welcome if you were a darkhaired man – this was supposed to bring luck
   
   
5. Janus (God of the Doorway – therefore the opening of the year)
   
   
6. 2nd January
   
   
7. The end of the Christmas festivities
   
   
8. Singing from door to door during the new year rather than carol singing around Christmas
   
   
9. It was the day when women went back to spinning (using a distaff) after the Christmas Holidays
   
   
10. The River Thames

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