|Part of a series on the| Hogmanay (Scots: [ˌhʌɡməˈneː], HUG-mə-
NAY, Scottish English: [ˌhɔɡməˈneː] HOG-mə-NAY) is the Scots
word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the
celebration of the New Year (Gregorian calendar) in the Scottish
manner. However, it is normally only the start of a celebration
that lasts through the night until the morning of New Year's Day
(1 January) or, in some cases, 2 January—a Scottish Bank
Holiday. The etymology of the word is obscure. The three main
theories derive it either from a French, Norse or a Goidelic
(Insular Celtic) root. The word is first recorded in 1604 in the
Elgin Records as hagmonay (delatit to haue been singand
hagmonayis on Satirday) and again in 1692 in an entry of the
Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence, "It is ordinary among some
plebeians in the South of Scotland to go about from door to door
upon New-years Eve, crying Hagmane". Although "Hogmanay" is
currently the predominant spelling and pronunciation, a number
of variant spellings and pronunciati