旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Accustomed 2 Customs! Page 34 � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � Here it is almost New Year's Eve and what would an issue of Eeeek BITS! be � � without discussing the custom of this celebration and the singing of the � � song "Auld Lang Syne." I'm sure we have discussed this before but for � � those of you who haven't seen the article on these two subjects, here we � � go again. New Year's Eve is celebrated with a bang and has been for a � � great many years. The custom comes to us from a primitive custom. Way � � back primitive people believed the best way to bring in a new year was to � � bang drums, scream, cry and dance. The reason, they believed this action � � would keep the demons from entering the next year. In this way they could � � prepare the year and insure it would be a good year and not one of any � � negative energies. � � The singing of Auld Lang Syne comes from a custom of singing this song at � � the conclusion of every party. People would join hands, stand in a circle � � and sing this song when a party was over. This custom began in the British� � Isles in the eighteenth century. The traditional song comes to us from � � the Scots and has now come to be song only on New Year's Eve, wishing the � � old year out and the new one in. The words, "auld lang syne" is of a � � Scottish dialect and means "old Long since." � � Hope you all have a wonderful New Year and please stay safe on New Year's � � Eve. Celebrate but don't drink and drive! � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸