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are set on fire and carried throughout the house and byre. The juniper smoke is allowed to thoroughly fumigate the buildings until it causes sneezing and coughing among the inhabitants. Then all the doors and windows are flung open to let in the cold, fresh air of the new year. The woman of the house
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Traditional saining rites usually involve the use of water and smoke, accompanied by ritual gestures and spoken or sung poetry and prayers. Water that has been blessed in some fashion is sprinkled, or used for anointing. Fumigation is usually done with the smoke from large branches of burning
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has been suspected to be the cause of the illness, but it apparently fell out of use by the end of the 19th century after a young girl with respiratory problems suffocated due to the amount of smoke that filled the house.
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Saining can also refer to less formal customs like making religious signs to protect against evil, such as the sign of the cross. In
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in nature, other traditional pieces that focus on the spirits and powers of nature are used as part of
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The Silver Bough, Vol.3: A Calendar of Scottish National Festivals, Halloween to Yule
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Scots-English/English-Scots Dictionary (Hippocrene Practical Dictionary)
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to sain the goblet that was passed around at New Year's celebrations.
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McNeill, F. Marian (1961). "X Hogmany Rites and Superstitions".
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Macbain, Etymological Dictionary of Scottish-Gaelic, 1998, p309.
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Saining is a common practice in more modern traditions based on
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bottle, and the household sits down to its New Year breakfast.
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Scots word for blessing, protecting or consecrating
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