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Edition 1: First Foots and First Books!

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Helen Walsh
Jan 01, 2021
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First Footing.

(and, yes, an explanation of why you’re receiving this…)

When I was growing up, my Scottish mother always insisted that we have a ‘first foot’ through the front door just after the stroke of midnight on New Year’s to bring good luck for the coming year.

Not just any pair of feet would do, mind you. They required a tall, dark-haired man to be…

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