Auld Lang Syne arm-linking at new year connected to Freemasons, book finds

Study of Robert Burns’s best-known song associates joining of arms with masonic ‘circle of unity’

New Years Eve celebrations at the turn of the century circa 1900s

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Fri 31 Dec 2021 03.13 EST

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/31/freemasonry-behind-auld-lang-syne-arm-linking-at-new-year-study-reveals