Whuppity Scoorie 2013

Whuppity Scoorie is a festival celebrating the approach of spring. At 5.45 pm excitement builds as the local children gather outside St Nicholas' church in the High Street, clutching curious paper balls constructed mainly from wrapping paper and newsprint and attached to long strings. After the clock strikes six and the bell starts to toll, the kids run clockwise around the kirk whirling their paper balls like maces ; after three laps of the church there is a scramble for pennies. The origins of the event are uncertain but most theories seem to agree that there is a link to the days becoming longer or that the children are driving away the devil (he mustn't like paper balls!) in a rite to ensure a fruitful year to come. Whatever the reasons for it, today's children certainly seem to enjoy it.
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