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Listen and discover:
--The Roman god who could see the past year and the New Year at the same time
--Customary New Year's gifts--some of them unwelcome!
--A sneaky winter-time method for staying in bed an extra ten minutes
It's exciting to post the premiere episode of this project. I'm indebted to this week's great performers: Tania Arens, Jamey Barnard, Steve Elrick and Andy Mollema. Plus Bob Newcomb, who performed "Auld Lang Syne" in the opening.
My favorite bit is the exchange between the all-too-cozy master of the house and his servant. We tend to use "sleepy head" or "lazy bones" these days, but Leigh Hunt, author of this dialogue, captures the essense of the problem with his term, "lie-a-bed." Now, where to locate one of those servants...
Happy New Year!
Vince
Program rundown:
Lament on the arrival of another year
Extract about Janus (Roman god of gates and avenues) from "A Poem on the New Year," by Cotton
Early-morning visitors on New Year's Day
Ritual use of juniper branches in the Scottish highlands
New Year's Day gifts
Pastrycooks in Paris, New Year's Day
New account-books opened up
Lie-a-bed dialogue by Leigh Hunt
Length of year-end festivities
The ox and the cake-toss on the eve of Twelfth Day in Herefordshire, England
Wassail greetings
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