first footing
(Scotland) The practice, during Hogmanay, of visiting friends and family, especially to be the first person to cross a home's threshold after midnight on New Year's Eve bearing a small gift.
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(Scotland) The practice, during Hogmanay, of visiting friends and family, especially to be the first person to cross a home's threshold after midnight on New Year's Eve bearing a small gift.
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(Northern England, Scotland) The first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day.
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One who goes from door to door, first footing, on New Year's Eve.
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(Scotland) a drink made from boiling beer to which is added nutmeg, eggs, sugar and whiskey; drunk during first footing.