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Cringeworthy irish traditions that won't just die

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    #242
    Sam Kade
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    looksee wrote: »
    Christmas pubs?

    Not an Irish tradition, it's more American, plenty gobsh1tes in Ireland trying to imitate American culture over the last few years.


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    #243
    veryangryman
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    endacl wrote: »
    So does jazz. There's an improvisory component to each form. As it happens, I'm fond of both.

    Do you always get pissed of by things you don't understand?
    Yes


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    #244
    Sam Kade
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    looksee wrote: »
    I was in the US a couple of weeks ago and travelled on a lot of buses, and not only did many people greet the driver and thank him as they got off, the driver often held long shouted conversations with people sitting on the bus.

    If you ask an American for directions and you didn't really get it first time don't ask them again, just move on to the next person ;)


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    #245
    h7nlrp2v0g5u48
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    sonny.roofer wrote: »
    Coddle
    goddy for those who don't what that is a mixture of bread, milk and sugar with hot water mixed through. YUCK


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    #246
    HandsomeDan
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    Church run public schools.

    I mean, what the fúck?


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    #247
    h7nlrp2v0g5u48
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    HandsomeDan wrote: »
    Church run public schools.

    I mean, what the fúck?
    The Priest calling to the house for his brown envelope and the best cups ans saucers brought out and the tin of usa biscuits left over from xmas. Robbing blastard. I loved those biscuits.


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    #248
    whisky_galore
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    HandsomeDan wrote: »
    Church run public schools.

    I mean, what the fúck?

    Many christian countries have them, uk, Aust., US, Canada..not peculiarly Irish.


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    #249
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    HandsomeDan wrote: »
    Church run public schools.

    I mean, what the fúck?

    I presume the newly founded state could not afford to run an independent education system.


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    #250
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Many christian countries have them, uk, Aust., US, Canada..not peculiarly Irish.

    As an option though. In Ireland nearly every national and secondary school were run by the Church in some capacity.


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    #251
    whisky_galore
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    As an option though. In Ireland nearly every national and secondary school were run by the Church in some capacity.

    The RCC were the only show in town once most of the COI people were either run out of it or left of their own accord post '22.


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    #252
    RiderOnTheStorm
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    Or having a mass for everything, even if its not even slightly religious... Like opening a new business, graduating from school / college, or (my fav) launching a new boat..... A Mass every time...


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    #253
    Duddy
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    The Healey-Raes.


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    #254
    iLikeWaffles
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    Sue Pa Key Pa wrote: »
    The good biscuits for visitors

    The good biscuits from visitors


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    #255
    iLikeWaffles
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    The Christmas jumper. Why just why?


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    #256
    Electric Sheep
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Many christian countries have them, uk, Aust., US, Canada..not peculiarly Irish.

    Catholic schools in the US are NOT public schools, they are private schools. I can't speak for Australia and Canada, but I doubt they are public schools there either.


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    #257
    [Deleted User]
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    Giving Belleek china as a gift. The modern stuff is cheap and the expensive stuff isn't vintage. Leave it to the 2nd hand/collectors market.


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    #258
    cactusgal
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    Electric Sheep wrote: »
    Catholic schools in the US are NOT public schools, they are private schools. I can't speak for Australia and Canada, but I doubt they are public schools there either.

    Yep, any religious school in the USA is most definitely private. It's in the US Constitution that church and state are separate, so all US public schools are strictly secular. (I attended American public schools K-12 and then for university)


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    #259
    Spoopy
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    Posting images of pints/drinks from the airport and Maniac 2000.


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    #260
    Oops69
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    Lining up at funerals shaking hands with people you have never met in your life and saying "sorry for your troubles "


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    #261
    philstar
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    ^^^^^^^^

    doesn't that happen in other countries too??


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    #262
    endacl
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    iLikeWaffles wrote: »
    The Christmas jumper. Why just why?

    Like the Xmas pub, that one's a recent import.


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    #263
    Oops69
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    That dancing around brushes on the ground You see at some weddings to prove the bride and groom are somehow rooted in a deep culture , no talent to the thing st all and looks crap .


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    #264
    Oops69
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    Eulogising at funerals to somehow rewrite history and claim the deceased wasn't the bollix most of the funeral goers know he/she was.


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    #265
    endacl
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    Oops69 wrote: »
    That dancing around brushes on the ground You see at some weddings to prove the bride and groom are somehow rooted in a deep culture , no talent to the thing st all and looks crap .

    A brush dance done properly takes skill. Not really my thing, but I don't knock it. Perhaps it's not 'to prove'. Perhaps it's 'to demonstrate'?


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    #266
    endacl
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    Oops69 wrote: »
    Eulogising at funerals to somehow rewrite history and claim the deceased wasn't the bollix most of the funeral goers know he/she was.

    That ones not even irish. That's just what people do everywhere. Are you just pulling stuff out of your hole now?

    :)


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    #267
    Oops69
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    endacl wrote: »
    That ones not even irish. That's just what people do everywhere. Are you just pulling stuff out of your hole now?

    :)
    Not really , in most other countries people just don't turn up to bollixes funerals.


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    #268
    endacl
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    Oops69 wrote: »
    Not really , in most other countries people just don't turn up to bollixes funerals.

    Of course they do. You just don't have a weird chip on your shoulder about those countries.

    Community mourning is and always has been a feature of many cultures. Especially ones with an agrarian heritage.


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    #269
    Oops69
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    endacl wrote: »
    Of course they do. You just don't have a weird chip on your shoulder about those countries.

    Community mourning is and always has been a feature of many cultures. Especially ones with an agrarian heritage.
    all countries have an' agrarian heritage ' whatever that relationship has with mourning , including all european countries , you don't get any of this daftness in most european countries .


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    #270
    Oops69
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    endacl wrote: »
    A brush dance done properly takes skill. Not really my thing, but I don't knock it. Perhaps it's not 'to prove'. Perhaps it's 'to demonstrate'?
    you cant be serious , this thread is like being back in 1940,s Ireland , weren't the comely maiden at the crossroads lovely


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    #271
    uch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭uch


    Moany Bastárds, Get them everywhere

    21/25



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