Ghyll:Yarding

Yea! I get to do a new one! --Doctor Phineas Crank 11:13, 13 Apr 2005 (EDT)

Yarding is a traditional New Year's Day event which originated at Chez Smallwood, familial residence of the Smallwood Barony, in -72 EC. Originally, a raucous celebration of Lane Smallwood's "lost" birthday, it was extended in later years to encompas a much larger "celebration of life", as the Smallwood family is fond of saying. This practice has been adopted by the Encyclopedants and was quite expanded by the Houvers, both of whom are well known for their carousing.

Oddly enough, yarding started out as quite a sober, straight-laced affair, consisting mainly of quiet congradulatory comments made over Five-o-clock tea. Each year, however, the the traditional cry of "Let's us go a-yarding!" has been accompanied with less Five-o-clock tea and more Adlorst Vinifera, Ball Lightning Liqueur, Fefferberry Wine, and Winelust Syrup. And, due in part to the vast quantities of

Citiations: New Year's Day, Chez Smallwood, Five-o-clock tea plant