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What (who) is Handsel - definition
SCOTLAND TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Handsel; Handsels; Handsel Day
handsel
I. n.
[Written also Hansel.] Earnest, first receipts, first-fruits, first gift, beginning of fortune, gift with promise.
II. v. a.
[Written also Hansel.]
1.
Give a handsel or earnest to.
2.
Use for the first time, do for the first time.
handsel
¦ noun & verb variant spelling of hansel.
Handsel
·noun Price; payment.
II. Handsel ·noun To give a handsel to.
III. Handsel ·noun To use or do for the first time, ·esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
IV. Handsel ·noun A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, ·etc.
Wikipedia
Handsel Monday
In Scotland, Handsel Monday or Hansel Monday is the first Monday of the year. Traditionally, gifts (Scots: Hansels) were given at this time.
Among the rural population of Scotland, Auld Hansel Monday, is traditionally celebrated on the first Monday after January 12. This custom reflects a reluctance to switch from the old (Julian) style calendar to the new (Gregorian) calendar.
