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Why do some traditions just die? Like throwing rice at a wedding.

  • 04-11-2016 11:26PM
    #1
    SafeSurfer
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    Or the wren boys? Bobbing for apples? Conkers?

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



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  • #2
    vicwatson
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    Bring back the grushie

    Oh, and confetti to piss off the priest


  • #3
    PoorAuldDivil
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    I really hope that the tradition of Irish people bemoaning their traditions will die out soon.


  • #4
    osarusan
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    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    Bobbing for apples?

    My kids were doing this 4 days ago.


  • #5
    drunkmonkey
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    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    Or the wren boys? Bobbing for apples? Conkers?

    There all still going, the rice and confetti at a wedding is because of the hotels, remember before mine we were told not to throw any as it makes a mess:(


  • #6
    The_Valeyard
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    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    Or the wren boys? Bobbing for apples? Conkers?

    All three are still around


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  • #7
    Hammer89
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    Maybe at Asian weddings.


  • #8
    One_Of_Shanks
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    That's life.

    Some things go out of fashion and others replace them.

    The question really is why do some people feel bad about new generations not wanting to do what we did in the past?

    Don't get me wrong, I have two wee toddlers myself and I'd love to pass on certain traditions to them but equally I can see why they might not want to carry them on.

    Nostalgia is a powerful drug and you think back on things you did as a kid and you feel all warm and fuzzy about it and see no harm in those traditions being passed down but the next generation might point out that dipping your head in water to grasp an apple in your mouth is daft and less interesting than playing the X-Box.
    And apparently the rice at the weddings was killing the pigeons.

    I'm cool with certain traditions dying out because it's the way of life but you'd ideally like to see them at least replaced with new things that could become traditions in themselves over time.
    But taking/sending selfies and updating facebook status seems to be the new way.

    Anyway, it will eventually come full circle imo and people will revert back to older traditions because the modern world seems void of new ideas that don't involve social media or technology.
    People will eventually get bored of it. Possibly not for a generation or two though.


  • #9
    SafeSurfer
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    osarusan wrote: »
    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    Bobbing for apples?

    My kids were doing this 4 days ago.

    Exactly. The cool people don't do it anymore.

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #10
    maudgonner
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    Exploding pigeons.

    That's the reason all of those traditions died out. Especially the bobbing for apples one.


  • #11
    One_Of_Shanks
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    maudgonner wrote: »
    Exploding pigeons.

    That's the reason all of those traditions died out. Especially the bobbing for apples one.

    What sort of crazy pigeons live near you?


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  • #12
    maudgonner
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    One_Of_Shanks wrote: »
    What sort of crazy pigeons live near you?

    Exploding ones, obviously?


  • #13
    One_Of_Shanks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭One_Of_Shanks


    maudgonner wrote: »
    Exploding ones, obviously?

    haha, oh aye, I got that bit.

    I was just wondering about the apple-bobbing tendency of these local pigeons prior to the explosions.

    I mean, why are his local pigeons all bobbing for apples to begin with?
    And what does he sprinkle his apples with?

    To get back on topic, the best traditions are always ones that remain within the family anyway.
    Those ones are harder to break.
    Things that a family do on Xmas day for example, you pass them down to the next generation and so on....

    Nevermind so much about what the general public consider traditional.


  • #14
    jamesbere
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    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    Or the wren boys? Bobbing for apples? Conkers?

    Throwing wren boys? They can be heavy and the might bride not like it


  • #15
    maudgonner
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    One_Of_Shanks wrote: »
    haha, oh aye, I got that bit.

    I was just wondering about the apple-bobbing tendency of these local pigeons prior to the explosions.

    I mean, why are his local pigeons all bobbing for apples to begin with?
    And what does he sprinkle his apples with?

    It's...complicated. I'll let the Godpigeon explain it to you.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbyiKOQhv9s


  • #16
    One_Of_Shanks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭One_Of_Shanks


    maudgonner wrote: »
    It's...complicated. I'll let the Godpigeon explain it to you.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbyiKOQhv9s

    :D Ha, the world seems a stranger place now having watched that lol


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