Blue Monday Crash 2009 There was speculation that nationalisation was imminent. Billions of pounds were wiped from its stock market value despite the Government’s pledge to keep it afloat with more money from the taxpayer. As Gordon Brown set out plans to increase public ownership to 70 percent of what was once one of the world’s biggest financial conglomerates, City investors dumped the shares in a selling frenzy. Share prices fell as follows : Blue Monday Crash 2009 On Monday, 19 January 2009, a date previously known as Blue Monday, British banking shares collapsed in a rout of selling after Royal Bank of Scotland
Handsel Monday between the giver and the recipient. The day is known in Scottish Gaelic as (drained Monday). The custom was also known as “handseling a purse”. A new purse would not be given to anyone without placing money in it for good luck. Money received during Handsel Monday is supposed to insure monetary luck all for the rest of the year. Handsel Monday In Scotland, the first Monday after New Year's Day was traditionally known as Hansel Monday, or Handsel Monday, and gifts () were given at this time. Among the rural population of Scotland, "Auld Hansel Monday", is traditionally celebrated