NewYear Superstition.

The 1 st of January was highly significant day in medieval supestitions regarding prosperity, or lack of it, in the year ahead. A flat cake was put on one of the horns of a cow in every farmyard. The farmer and his workers would then sing a song and dance around the cow until the cake was thrown the ground. If it fell in front of the cow that signified good luck; to fall behind indicated the opposite.