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FIRMINY

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 424 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FIRMINY , a See also:

town of central See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Loire, 8 m. S.W. of St See also:Etienne by See also:rail. Pop. (1go6) 15,778. It has important See also:coal mines known since the 14th See also:century and extensive manufactures of See also:iron and See also:steel goods, including railway material, machinery and See also:cannon. See also:Fancy woollen See also:hosiery is also manufactured. FIRST-See also:FOOT, in See also:British See also:folklore, especially that of the See also:north and See also:Scotland, the first See also:person who crosses the See also:threshold on See also:Christmas or New See also:Year's See also:Eve. See also:Good or See also:ill See also:luck is believed to be brought the See also:house by First-Foot, and a See also:female First-Foot is regarded with dread. In See also:Lancashire a See also:light-haired See also:man is as unlucky as a woman, and it became a See also:custom for dark-haired See also:males to hire themselves out to " take the New Year in." In See also:Worcestershire luck is ensured by stopping the first See also:carol-See also:singer who appears and leading him through the house. In See also:Yorkshire it must always be a male who enters the house first, but his fairness is no objection. In Scotland first-footing was always more elaborate than in See also:England, involving a subsequent entertainment.

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