Hogmanay 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 then administers 'a restorative' from the whisky bottle, and the household sits down to its New Year breakfast. The Hogmanay custom of singing "Auld Lang Syne" has become common in many countries. "Auld Lang Syne" is a Scots poem by Robert Burns, based on traditional and other earlier sources. It is now common to sing this in a circle of linked arms that
Syne Mitchell Syne Mitchell Syne Mitchell (born 1970 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American novelist in the science fiction genre. She has a bachelor's degree in business administration and master's degree in physics. She lives in Seattle, Washington and is married to author Eric S. Nylund. Her first science fiction novel was "Murphy’s Gambit" which won the Compton Crook Award in 2001. Followed by science fiction novels "Technogenesis" in 2001, "The Changeling Plague" in 2003, "End in Fire" in 2005 and the first installment of the "Deathless" series, called "The Last Mortal Man" in 2006. Mitchell has also published numerous articles, short