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MR DORSEY'S - DID YOU KNOW - NEW YEARS


How much do you know? Check out what is true and what is false below (click the question mark to find out!) as Mr Dorsey, the best teacher in this universe, challenges you - what do you know?



   

New Years is called Hogmany in Scotland

     
The first New Years Eve was introduced by the Victorians in England in 1897
     
Auld Lang Syne was written as a tribute to his dying mother by Charles Wainwright II
     
Haggis is traditional Scottish fare on New Years Eve
     
The first country to see the New Year in is New Zealand
     
Australians celebrate New Years Eve by throwing their gumboots in to the gum trees at midnight
     
Resolutions date back to the anicent Babylonians
     
The Dutch believe that eating donuts on New Years Eve will bring good fortune.
     
Southeast Asians release cats and dogs to gain good luck for the year ahead.
     
Beanie is related to Old Father Time