Hope you all had a good time at Halloween and are now looking forward to Guy Fawkes’ Night. November is quite a busy time. There’s Guy Fawkes Night on the 5th, Remembrance Day on the 11th and St Andrew’s Day on the 30th. St Andrew is also the patron saint of Greece and Russia. The Scottish flag is the cross of St. Andrew, also known as the Saltire. It is said to be one of the oldest national flags of any country, dating back at least to the 12th century. St Andrew was one of the twelve Apostles. He was a fisherman by trade and lived in Galilee. He is believed to have died on a diagonal cross which is why we have the St Andrews flag. Tradition has it that around midnight on Nov. 29th, girls prayed to St. Andrew for a husband. They would make a wish and look for a sign that they had been heard. A girl would throw a shoe at a door. If the toe of the shoe pointed in the direction of the exit, then she would marry and leave her parents' house within a year. Another custom was to peel a whole apple without breaking the peel and throw the peel over your shoulder. If the peel formed a letter of the alphabet, then this suggested the name of your future groom. Now you know what to do girls!
C U soon
Al the Ed
Thanks to Emma for the picture on this month’s Good Neighbour.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy Birthday
to, Heather n Zoe, Jamie, Christopher, Douglas, Lorna, Robert, Cooper, David,
Emma, Eilidh.
Hope you all have a gr8 day.
NATIONAL YOUTH ASSEMBLY September 2008
A few weekends ago, Lorna, Kara, James, Gregor and I attended the National Youth Assembly at the Apex Hotel in Dundee. We were all split into our different sets and then these sets were divided into small groups. Each small group had about eight people and a small group leader. Each day we sat through a talk concerning topics like the media, mental health and future church. We then discussed a series of questions in our groups and reported back to the speaker and the other groups. On the last day we had a large debate about issues concerning all of these topics and people stood up and expressed their opinions. If people had differing opinions a vote was taken to decide on the final statement. On the Saturday night we had a Burns’ Supper and Ceilidh; it was very traditional, they piped in the haggis and a woman recited the story of Tam o’ Shanter. There was a hoot’nanny on the Sunday evening, there were singers, comedians and much more. I really enjoyed the weekend and I hope to return next year.
Debbie
