Some 2006 news and events
On this page we list some of the things that have happened in Berneray in 2006. |
January 2006 |
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Friday 13th |
Calluinn night. An ancient tradition, to mark the start of the old new year (under the Julian calendar, before it switched to the Gregorian calendar c.1600AD). Berneray is one of the very few places to still celebrate this date. In past years, it used to be teenagers and young men who wandered around the houses, collecting food. Nowadays, the primary school children of the island go round the various houses, reciting an old Gaelic rhyme, and collecting sweets and money. |
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Wednesday 25th |
Burns Night Supper in the Lobster Pot tea-room. A full traditional dinner including haggis, tatties, neeps, tipsy laird, piping and addressing of the haggis. |
April 2006 |
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April 9th |
The first scheduled Sound of Harris ferry crossing on a Sunday leaves Berneray for Leverburgh. |
July 2006 |
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15th |
Berneray week, an annual series of sporting, cultural, musical and social events was held in various locations on Berneray. |
December 2006 |
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Friday 29th |
Berneray Community Dinner took place in Berneray Community Hall; this was free for Berneray residents, 15 pounds for non-residents. People stuffed their faces, sang some carols, and were sociable. The womenfolk generally did the preparation, the menfolk generally tried (and failed) to avoid doing the washing up. Ah, tradition. |
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