Scottish Hogmanay lines
New Year wishes in Scots, Gaelic and the words of Burns, each with where it comes from. Copy one or send it as a free card.
The wish goes at the top. Add who you hope to see in the new year underneath.
A gude New-year to ane and a', And mony may ye see.
A good New Year to one and all, and many may you see.
A Guid New Year
Happy New Year.
Lang may yer lum reek!
Long may your chimney smoke: a wish for a warm home and plenty.
May the best ye've ever seen be the worst ye'll ever see. May the moose ne'er leave yer girnal wi' a tear-drap in its ee.
A girnal is a grain store: may a mouse never leave yours with a tear in its eye, because it was always full.
Bliadhna mhath ùr
Happy New Year.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne! For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne.
Auld lang syne = old long since: for the sake of old times.
Here's tae us; wha's like us? Gey few, and they're a' deid.
Here's to us; who's like us? Rather few, and they're all dead.
Here's to the friends we can trust when the storms of adversity blaw; may they live in our song and be nearest our hearts, nor depart like the year that's awa'.
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