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Fun Facts About New Year's Day
This Month By Ruth Belena
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The first day of the year was fixed as Janu- In some regions of Scotland, an ancient tra-
ary 1 by the Gregorian calendar, adopted by dition involves young men or boys disguised
Pope Gregory XIII on February 24, 1582. by wearing cow hides. They circle a house
New Year's Day - The The purpose of introducing a new calendar three times, and strike the walls, to offer
most celebrated holiday was the need to regulate Christian feast days protection from harm to the family within.
and festivals. The year shown on the original They must shout and demand to be allowed
around the world. document is 1581, because at the time it was into the home, and can enter the house after
signed, the new year did not begin until each has recited a special rhyme. Inside the
1 - 1892 - Ellis Island in March. Some European countries adopted
January 1 as the first day of the year, but in
home they must be offered food and drink.
A similar tradition in Wales involves a hob-
New York Harbor opened. England the new year continued to begin on byhorse, made from a horse skull fixed to a
Over 20 million new arri- March 25, until 1622. pole, with false ears and eyes, bells and rib-
vals to America were proc- Facts About First Footing: First footing is bons attached. A man under a white sheet
a New Year tradition, operates the jaw to make it
essed until its closing in practiced mainly in open and close. At each
house door the men recite
1954. Scotland and Northern
a rhyme to request entry,
England, when a dark-
haired man has to knock and a rhymed response
3 - 1809 - Louis Braille at the door just after from inside refuses to let
midnight, so he is the them in. This can go on
was born in France. Blinded for some time, until the
first person to enter the
as a boy, he later invented a home in the New Year. men are invited in and
offered food and drink.
reading system for the blind If the first visitor of the
year arrives without Facts About Auld Lang
using punch marks in pa- bringing a gift, this will bring poverty to the Syne: Auld Lang Syne is now sung around
per. household in the coming year. The first the world, often by large crowds gathered
footer therefore offers a piece of coal, peat for New Year celebrations, while joining
24 - 1973 - Japanese or wood, to represent the necessary warmth hands at the stroke of midnight. The words
of a fire, and a piece of oatcake, shortbread, are in the old Scots dialect and were adapted
soldier Shoichi Yokoi was or a spicy bun, as a symbol of sufficient by Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns,
discovered on Guam after he food. from traditional verses, and the melody
had spent 28 years hiding Facts About Scottish and Welsh New comes from an old Scottish folk dance.
Year Traditions: New Year is a bigger Facts About The Month of January: Janu-
out in the jungle not know- celebration in Scotland than Christmas, and ary is named after Janus, the Roman god of
ing World Scotland has an official public holiday on gateways and doorways. Janus is associated
the first two weekdays of January. The Scot- with new beginnings, having two faces, one
War II had tish tradition of celebrating Hogmanay has looking back and another seeing forward.
long since
ended.
1 its roots in the pagan midwinter festival,
when it was the practice to worship the sun
The Roman calendar just had ten months,
and each new year started in March.
by starting fires. The name of Hogmanay For the Anglo Saxons, it was the month
possibly comes from the Gaelic - Oidche when wild wolves were most likely to enter
Challainn - meaning "the evening of the villages in search of food.
oatcake".
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2. Winter Sun Makes it Difficult it's difficult to take in adequate
amounts of vitamin D by eating Interesting Facts
to Get Essential Vitamin D
You Never Knew
alone. While you can get some Vi‐
tamin D from the vitamin from
Naturally food source, primarily fish oil and
fish, taking supplemental Vitamin
http://www.naturalnews.com/025374_Vitamin_D D may be necessary to get enough
_health_winter.html
of this valuable vitamin. By far the
As the days grow short in winter, most effective form of Vitamin D is
your body may be missing invalu‐ Vitamin D3, the form found in na‐
able Vitamin D needed for opti‐ ture.
mum health and disease preven‐
tion, according to Creighton Uni‐ The U.S. government's recom‐
versity researcher Joan Lappe, mended daily allowance is 200 IU
Ph.D. until age 50, 400 IU for 50‐70 year
olds, and 600 IU after age 70. How‐
During the summer, the body can ever, many medical experts believe Did you know…Los Angeles’
convert solar energy into ample those recommendations are way
amounts of vitamin D with just 10‐ too low. full name is “El Pueblo de
15 minutes exposure daily to the Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
sun. That's not possible during the The Canadian Cancer Society re‐ Angeles de Porciuncula”. In
winter months when the angle of cently recommended that people
the sun sinks lower into the south‐ with light skin take 1,000 IU of the English this means ‘The City of
ern hemisphere. vitamin supplement during fall and
winter, and that people with Angels’.
Dr. Lappe, who is a professor of darker skin or limited exposure to
medicine and holder of the sunlight take that amount through‐
Criss/Beirne Endowed Chair in the out the year. Did you know…It’s impossible
Creighton School of Nursing, goes to sneeze with your eyes open?
on to say that if you The society's recommen‐
live in North American dation coincided with the Try it next time you feel a
at latitudes above the publication of the Creigh‐ sneeze coming on!
37th parallel you may ton research in June. The
be getting little or no four‐year study involving
1,179 Nebraska women
Vitamin D at all.
showed a 60 percent de‐ Did you know...Peanuts are
"From October until crease in the risk of devel‐ one of the ingredients of dyna-
the end of March, the oping cancer for those who
angle of the sun is such that, in took calcium supplements mite.
much of North America, no vitamin plus 1,100 IU of vitamin D3 daily.
D is available from that source," Did you know...In York, it’s
Lappe said. "What that means is On the other hand, Dr. John Can‐
most of us are deficient in vitamin nell, of the prestigious Vitamin D perfectly legal to shoot a Scots-
D this time of year." The amount of Council, recommends 5000 units of man with a bow and arrow.
vitamin D you should take daily is a Vitamin D3 daily for optimum
subject of great debate, Lappe health, and many in the field of (except on Sundays)
notes. natural health agree.
While there may be a great deal of Note: due to concerns about Vita‐
debate about how much vitamin D min A toxicity, a growing number
is needed for optimum health,
there is little debate about how
of health experts, including Dr.
Cannell and Dr. Mercola are rec‐ FAMOUS WORDS
valuable Vitamin D is for human ommending against cod liver oil as
health. Without Vitamin D there a source of vitamin D3. Instead
would be no human life. Among a they recommend other forms of A successful man is one who
very long list of benefits associated fish oil, such as krill oil though con‐
with Vitamin D are prevention and cerns about the over‐harvesting of can lay a firm foundation with
treatment of: infections and in‐ krill are leading many to switch to
another potent source of vitamin the bricks others have thrown at
flammation, cancer prevention,
depression and neurological disor‐ D3, green‐lipped mussel oil. him.
ders, cold and flu, diabetes, osteo‐
porosis and tuberculosis. Sources for this article included: ...David Brinkley
http://www2.creighton.edu/
The Vitamin D Council
Vitamin D is available from several The National Institute of Health
Medical News Today
sources besides the sun, although Doctor Mercola

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• 2 head's garlic
• 6 tablespoon's unsalted butter
• 2 large onions, chopped
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cate. He has spent his life
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stigma that plagues car • 8 sprig's fresh parsley
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• 1 (about 2 1/4 pounds) butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into
1/2-inch cubes
deserve in an positive and safe environment.
• 1 cup) light red wine, such as pinot noir
Tracy E. Myers, CMD • 2 teaspoon's) salt
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
• Fun Facts About New Year’s
• Winter Sun Makes it Difficult
to Get Essential Vitamin D
Naturally
• Mushroom Soup with Winter
Vegetables
• Insignia TM Digital Camera