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L O W L A N D S - L - 31 December 2006 - Volume 03<br>======================================================================<br><br>From: <span id="_user_heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);"><a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">
heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a></span><br>Subject: LL-L 'Tradtions' 2006.12.30 (04) [E]<br><br>Jonny wrote<br><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q"><br>>2. Maybe depending on this you're allowed to go to your neighbours and steal
<br>>all these things not tied up at the correct place- even bikes (as our Piet<br>>told me) or unclosed doors from a stable, a pushkart or or...<br>><br></span></div>Do you think this could be tied up with the Welsh custom - but on Hallowe'en
<br>- of removing the gates from houses/gardens and fields.<br>In our village pre war apparently not a gate would be found on its hinges<br>by morning of Nov 1<br><br>I understood this to be allowing the spirits free access or exit over the
<br>New Year ( Samain)<br><br>Connection?<br><br>Happy New Year from a wet & windy Worcestershire<br><br>Heather<br>
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