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 This is Tammasmas E'en, and the day following is Tammasmas Day, in which no manner of work can be done.

Even—

At last Yule morning dawns. This is the chief festival of the season. At other times there may be scant, but now there is no want. It is true, everything is of native origin and simplicity, but still a wonderful variety may be seen. Every person, old and young, wears something new on Yule morning. The round peat fire blazes to the crook-bauk. The kollie (Fig. 13), well fed with sillok oil, hangs on the raep, illuminating the butt-end. The