One more holiday trivia question to finish out the year, but before we get to that - I just want to let you know that there is a complete listing of the Beach to Bayou Question's of Week on our web site...so if you missed a week - you can visit our "Question of the Week Archives" by clicking the link at the lower right corner of the Question of the Week web page. Now, Are you ready for this year's final Question of the Week? Well, here goes...each New Year's Eve, millions of celebrants join in singing a song, to which very few know the words and even fewer understand their meaning. The traditional song, "Auld Lang Syne" is popular throughout the English speaking world, but what do the words "Auld Lang Syne" mean???

True or False? The phrase "Auld Lang Syne" is old Irish for "another drink please".

FALSE - Auld Lang Syne literally means ``old long since'' and is adapted from a traditional Scottish (not Irish) folk tune. The basic words date to at least 1711, though some scholars say it was mentioned as early as 1677. Scottish poet Robert Burns is credited with first publishing it, in the mid-1790s, and, researchers say, smoothing out some of the verses and changing the melody. So there's the story - for more information you can can visit www.howstuffworks.com/question279.htm .

Mary Ann O'Brien at Abbott Real Estate