0:00:09 > 0:00:11# Katie Morag
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# Far away across the ocean
0:00:13 > 0:00:15# Katie Morag
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# Over the sea to Struay
0:00:17 > 0:00:19# Katie Morag
0:00:19 > 0:00:22# Far away across the ocean
0:00:22 > 0:00:24# Katie Morag
0:00:24 > 0:00:26# Over the sea to Struay. #
0:00:32 > 0:00:34'My name is Katie Morag McColl
0:00:34 > 0:00:37'and I live on the island of Struay.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40'I suppose it's quite wee, but it's GINORMOUS to me,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42'and everyone looks out for me
0:00:42 > 0:00:45'when I'm out and about, having my adventures.'
0:00:49 > 0:00:51WIND HOWLS
0:00:54 > 0:00:57'Grown-ups reckon children have an easy life,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01'but that's because they've forgotten all the hard bits.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04'Like being too short to reach the biscuit tin
0:01:04 > 0:01:09'and learning to tie your shoelaces, and going to school every day.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11'And what about bedtime?
0:01:11 > 0:01:12'We have to go to bed early,
0:01:12 > 0:01:16'when grown-ups are allowed to stay up as late as they like.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19'That's why me and Liam love Hogmanay so much -
0:01:19 > 0:01:24'it's the last day of the entire year and we get to stay up till midnight.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28'That's the exact time when the old year ends and the New Year begins.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31'Everyone usually goes to Grannie Island
0:01:31 > 0:01:33'cos she has the best parties.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37'But this Hogmanay was turning into
0:01:37 > 0:01:38'a BIG disappointment.'
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Och, I thought I was going to get blown to New York!
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Come on, push! That's it. Ooh...shove it!
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Right, come and give me a hand with these peats.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56'Me and Liam had been stuck inside ALL day cos of the weather.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00'And worst of all, we didn't even have Mum and Dad here with us.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03'They were coming back from a trip to the mainland
0:02:03 > 0:02:07'but their ferry was late because of the storm.'
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Och, don't worry, sweetheart.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Mum and Dad should be home by 11.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Now, it'll soon be time for that wee monkey's bed.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20He's not a monkey, he's a tiger.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Oh, right enough.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Well, we'd best phone Edinburgh Zoo, tell them he's escaped.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28I wish Mum and Dad were here.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Why does time have to go so slowly?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32RATTLING OUTSIDE
0:02:34 > 0:02:37And the wind's getting worse.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39What if the ferry comes in even later?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I'll make a quick call.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48WIND HOWLS AND GUSTS
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Sh...
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Coorie into Grannie's bed.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57There you go now.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05When are they coming?
0:03:05 > 0:03:0611 o'clock.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Definitely?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Almost definitely.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12What are you doing?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Well, er, I'm doing this thing for...
0:03:16 > 0:03:19You know, the thing for the New Year?
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Resolutions? Ooh, good for you.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- My main one is...- Whoa!
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Stop there. You can't be telling folk your resolutions.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32They're for you to know and others to guess.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35OK, then, guess.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Tidy your room.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Nope!
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Nope. Eh... Get out of bed as soon as Mum calls.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Uh-uh...
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Hm. Stop eating sweets.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50All right, then. I give in.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Well, I'm going to learn a brand-new fact every day.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57That means 365 a year.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00By the time I'm your age, I'll know...
0:04:00 > 0:04:01..A lot.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04What's the first one, then?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Not sure.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Well, why don't you make it a Hogmanay fact?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Like, where does the word Hogmanay come from?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Where DOES the name Hogmanay come from?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Well, nobody's absolutely sure
0:04:18 > 0:04:22but some folk think it comes from the old French word
0:04:22 > 0:04:23"hoguinane",
0:04:23 > 0:04:27which I think is something to do with giving presents.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30They give presents on Hogmanay?
0:04:30 > 0:04:35- Well, I guess they must've. - French people must have good ideas.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36CLOCK TICKS
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Why does time have to go by so slowly when you're waiting for someone?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Well, we could make it go faster.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47How?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I'll show you.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53That clock is no ordinary clock.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55(It's magic.)
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Magic? How?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Well, the harder we work, the faster it goes.
0:05:00 > 0:05:06- No way!- Yeah, way! And I'll prove it to you.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Let me think.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11What do people do on Hogmanay before the New Year comes in?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Eat shortbread.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14And what else?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Clean the house.- Correct.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Pinny on.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22There we go now. Turn round until I tie it.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Now... This way.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29That's you.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33'At Hogmanay, you scrub and brush, and clean and sweep
0:05:33 > 0:05:37'so everything is lovely and clean when the New Year arrives.'
0:05:37 > 0:05:39That's it.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- Right. Scarves.- Check!
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- Gloves.- Check!
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- Pinnies.- Check!
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Right, let's get going.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I can't see my face yet. I don't think so.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- It's not off, Gran.- It's beautiful.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Yuh!
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Grannie?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Bring them over to the table, Katie Morag,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25as quick as you can. That's it.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Oh... Don't eat one before the bells,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31or you'll turn into a porridgey.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- After three. One, two... - BOTH: ..three!
0:06:38 > 0:06:40GRANNIE GROANS
0:06:40 > 0:06:43There we go. Over a bit. That's it. There now.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- Ooh...- All we have to do now is... Light the lamp.- Light the lamp.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- And then we're set. - And then we're set.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56LAMP FIZZLES
0:06:56 > 0:06:59WIND HOWLS
0:07:02 > 0:07:08- Oh, I'm absolutely pooped.- Me too.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Did you notice the time?
0:07:12 > 0:07:13CLOCK TICKS
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- Where did all the time go? - I told you.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22The clock goes faster, the harder you work.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24KNOCKING
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Who can that be?
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Oh...
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Well, you don't seem very pleased to see me.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I thought you were Mum and Dad.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Oh, Katie Morag, they'll be here soon enough.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Will you come in, before we all freeze?
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- Oh, that's it.- Grannie Island, here's a peat for the fire.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55May you stay safe and warm until the spring.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Oh, thank you very much, Neilly Beag.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- Are you our first-foot? - No, no, no, no.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07The first-foot is the first person to arrive after midnight.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12- And that person is a very special person.- Why?
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Well, if Grannie Island here makes me a cup of tea,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18I'll tell you.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24So, Katie Morag, your first-foot is really important cos that's
0:08:24 > 0:08:30the first person who comes into YOUR house in the New Year.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34You might not be our first-foot, but you are our first big toe.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35HE CHUCKLES
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Oops. Just needs a wee bit of fresh air.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Your first-foot should be tall, dark and handsome.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Well, maybe it is myself then, after all.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49- KNOCKING - Oh...
0:08:53 > 0:08:56LAUGHTER AND VOICES Hello, Agnes.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59'Agnes has brought her fiddle along.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02'And Mr McMaster gave us some yummy black bun.'
0:09:07 > 0:09:08KNOCKING
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Hello, Sasha.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17'And then more and more people started arriving.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22'All coming to Grannie Island for Hogmanay, but still no Mum and Dad.'
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Oh, look, it's after 11.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Oh, I wouldn't worry.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30If they're not here by 12, they'll miss the bells.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32KNOCKING
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Grandma Mainland.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Mum and Dad!
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Oh...
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Hi, darling.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Oh, sorry we're late.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Oh, we hardly noticed.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54The time just flew past, didn't it, Katie Morag?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59AGNES PLAYS VIOLIN TUNELESSLY
0:09:59 > 0:10:01She plays like an angel.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23- Oh, that was lovely, Agnes. - A rare treat.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Play us another.- ALL: No!
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Ach, I think the poor wee soul needs a wee rest.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Oh, look, only one more minute till midnight.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Quick, Katie Morag, put the radio on.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- 'Let's go... ' - Everyone, count us down.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42'..with Radio Hebrides.'
0:10:42 > 0:10:47ALL: Ten, nine, eight, seven,
0:10:47 > 0:10:52six, five, four, three, two,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55one! THEY CHEER
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- Happy New Year.- Happy New Year, Katie Morag.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- To absent friends. - ALL: To absent friends.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Oh, come on, Mr Ferryman, give us a tune.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Auld Lang Syne.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26What does auld lang syne mean anyway?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Old times, long ago.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Remembering those times and all our friends and family -
0:11:31 > 0:11:36the ones who are here with us, and the one who aren't.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39KNOCKING
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Our first-foot!
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Uncle Matthew!
0:11:44 > 0:11:48'Uncle Matthew lives way over on the other side of Struay
0:11:48 > 0:11:51'and no-one sees him very much.'
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Happy New Year.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- You've come all this way in this weather!- Aye.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Come on and get warm.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I thought it was time I made the effort to come over
0:12:02 > 0:12:05for one of Grannie Island's New Year parties.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08I heard they're something special, eh, Katie Morag?
0:12:08 > 0:12:13Here's a wee loaf for you, to wish you food all year round.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- And happy New Year to you.- Thank you, Matthew. Happy New Year.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20And a happy New Year to everybody.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Wishing you all a good New Year.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28FERRYMAN PLAYS ON ACCORDION: "Auld Lang Syne"
0:12:32 > 0:12:36# Should auld acquaintance be forgot
0:12:36 > 0:12:40# And never brought to mind
0:12:40 > 0:12:43# Should auld acquaintance be forgot
0:12:44 > 0:12:48# And auld lang syne
0:12:48 > 0:12:52# For auld lang syne, my dear
0:12:52 > 0:12:56# For auld land syne
0:12:56 > 0:13:01# We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
0:13:01 > 0:13:04# For auld lang syne
0:13:04 > 0:13:08# And there's a hand, my trusty fiere
0:13:08 > 0:13:13# And gie's a hand o' thine
0:13:13 > 0:13:17# We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet... #
0:13:17 > 0:13:19VOICES FADE
0:13:19 > 0:13:25'My New Year's resolution was to learn a new fact each day.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28'But today I'd learned loads.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32'I'd even learned the secret of Grannie Island's clock.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35'Of course, it wasn't really a magic clock.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38'It's just that time seems to pass more quickly
0:13:38 > 0:13:40'when you're busy having fun.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42'But I'd learned something else.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46'I'd learned that sometimes, days that seem to go all wrong
0:13:46 > 0:13:49'can end up being the best days ever.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53'And that was my favourite fact of all.'
0:13:53 > 0:13:55(Good night, Grannie Island.)
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