Posted on 12/31/2021 11:19:37 PM PST by blueplum
On New Year's Eve millions of people around the world link hands when they sing Auld Lang Syne.
Now research from the University of Edinburgh has revealed the origins of the Hogmanay tradition are connected to freemasonry.
Singing with arms crossed and hands joined was a parting ritual at many Masonic lodges.
Musicologist Dr Morag Grant discovered the connection in the archives at Glasgow's Mitchell Library....
..."Auld Lang Syne's sentiments didn't just resonate with Freemasons," she said.
"Some of the earliest reports of the song's use at parting come from American college graduations in the 1850s."...
...The song had already spread to Japan where it was played at graduations...
..."Auld Lang Syne is a song about the ties that bind us to others across the years and even though its appeal is now global, it's very much rooted in the world Burns inhabited."...
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
A very Happy New Year to all!
2022 WILL BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m wondering if 2022 will have us wishing for the good old days of 2020.
OTOH, the absolute wreck the D’s are causing is getting people’s attention.
And 2020 was pretty bad, obviously...
And here we go into 2022..........
Exactly...Dems are acting like the Nazis we know they are....Even their supporters are beginning to notice
Yep. It’s all that we warned about and more.
Ive been to the Mitchell Library .. It was a great place to do family research ...
Does anyone know or even care?
I don't think I've ever heard the full lyrics to the song, only the same few phrases repeated in a drunken stupor.
Such a beautiful song deserves better than this.
The lyrics are easy...
May all acquaintance be forgot, and la la klala laaaa...
And all acquaintance be forgot lala, lala auld lang sign...
The lyrics are easy...
May all acquaintance be forgot, and la la klala laaaa...
And all acquaintance be forgot lala, lala auld lang sign...
“Why do people link hands to sing Auld Lang Syne?”
Trying to spread herd immunity?
Because for better or worse we’re all in this together.
“Auld Lang Syne translates as “old long since”, which basically means “days gone by” or “good old times.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/auld-lang-syne-lyrics-translation-25825955
“I love the tune, and the song evokes strong feelings, but what do the words “Auld Lang Syne” even mean?”
“Old Long Seen”, like somebody you haven’t seen in a long time and won’t see again for a long time. It’s from Old English, which corresponds closely to German.
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