The burning of the davie is a curio fous rite practised only by the habitants of the little fishing lage of Burghead, on the shores of the Moray Firth." On the evening of January 11, the last night of the year according to the oh style of reckoning, the davie has been burned from time immemorial The origin of the custom is lost the mists of antiquity, and whether it be a relic of the ancient firework ship of the Druid priests or a cus-one can one outstanding fact is that the practice survives and is joyous; anticipated in by the people of the village, The preparations begin carly in the day, wife a deputation of fishermen wait upon one of the local shopkeepers, and procure fora him an atapty Archangel. tar-barrel, which is taken to a certain spot on the southwestern outskirts of the village, where the davie is made in the following fashion. The rel is hi vd to the centre of the lower part a pole is attached by means of a long nail specially prepared by the village blacksmith, In this work no hammer used, a smooth clone acting a. substitute.. The elavio is tors
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