In Scotland, “first-footing” is a cherished ritual where the first visitor to cross the home’s threshold in the New Year brings luck for the year to come. Traditionally, a“first footer” arrives bearing symbolic gifts: coal for warmth, bread or oats for nourishment, salt for savoring life, whisky for cheer, and sometimes a coin for prosperity. Each element woven into the tradition ensures good fortune, abundance, and the protection of all who dwell within for the year to come.
This handmade First Footing Jar contains a collection of these age-old symbols:
Oats: For nourishment and the promise of plenty.
Salt: For the flavor and preservation of life’s joys; a time-honored protector against ill fortune.
Coal: Warmth for the hearth and household, ensuring comfort through the winter’s cold.
Barley & Cinnamon: Symbol of prosperity and the harvest, and the grain from which Scotland’s beloved whisky is born.
Coin: For material prosperity and good fortune.
In Scotland, “first-footing” is a cherished ritual where the first visitor to cross the home’s threshold in the New Year brings luck for the year to come. Traditionally, a“first footer” arrives bearing symbolic gifts: coal for warmth, bread or oats for nourishment, salt for savoring life, whisky for cheer, and sometimes a coin for prosperity. Each element woven into the tradition ensures good fortune, abundance, and the protection of all who dwell within for the year to come.
This handmade First Footing Jar contains a collection of these age-old symbols:
Oats: For nourishment and the promise of plenty.
Salt: For the flavor and preservation of life’s joys; a time-honored protector against ill fortune.
Coal: Warmth for the hearth and household, ensuring comfort through the winter’s cold.
Barley & Cinnamon: Symbol of prosperity and the harvest, and the grain from which Scotland’s beloved whisky is born.
Coin: For material prosperity and good fortune.
