 | In Scotland valentine's day is celebrated by having a festival. At teh festival there is an equal amount of young unmarried (single) men and young unmarried (single) ladies who get together, each of them writes on a piece of paper their name or a made up name, this is then rolled up. The names are placed in two hats one for the mens one for the ladies they then have to draw a piece of paper out of the hat. Both may end up with two valentines but the young man is suppose to stick with the valentine who has chosen him.This having been done the company has been split up into so many couples, gifts are given to the young ladies and the young ladies would wear the name of their valentine over their heart or on their sleeve. There might also be a dance and at the end of the festival there might even be a lot of marriages or romances.
There is another valentines were the first young man or woman that by chance walks by you in the street, or elsewhere will be your valentine.
In Scotland valentines gifts were given by both parties in the form of a love-token or a true-love-knot.
In Britain can be found so many verses of love and affairs of the heart that have been so beautifully penned in honor of St Valentine.
In Britain various parts of the kingdom celebrate their own customs and as the day approached all magazines were readying for the day that they published sonnets and verses to commemorate St Valentine's Day. |  |
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