HOGMANAY, the name in Scotland and some parts of the north of England for New Year's Eve, as also for the cake then given to the children. On the morning of Dec. 31, the children go from door to door singing: 'Hogmanay Trollolay Gie's o' your white bread and nave o' your grey ; and begging for small gifts or alms. These usually take the form of an oaten cake. The derivation of the term is very doubtful.