On St Valentine’s Eve (13th Feb) single folk drew names to find out who their sweetheart was to be for the ENTIRE YEAR
Perhaps related, Valentine’s Day cash lotteries were commonplace throughout the 19th C.
Yestreen at the Valentine’s dealing,
Robert Burns, Tam Glen.
My heart to my mou gied a sten;
For thrice I drew ane without failing,
And thrice it was written–Tam Glen.
