Were you an alter server when you were younger?

branie · 04-08-2013 05:33PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

15 punts for a wedding was the going rate. About 5-10 punts for a funeral

Quite a sum of money to a youngster. Three of us in the parish had this gig wrapped up. When it was summertime and the weddings were on regularly we did them all.

Can of coke was 32p and bag of crisps was 12p.

Good times

How much is that in Euros?

blinkey 101 · 04-08-2013 05:35PM

yep I was an alter boy back in the 80s whitefriar street church.

the good auld days. funny I loved the smell of the church incense burner weird I know :rolleyes: .

Sir Osis of Liver. · 04-08-2013 05:37PM

What does a Catholic priest have in common with a pint of guinness?

If you get a bad one, they both have serious repercussions for your arse.

Czarcasm · 04-08-2013 05:40PM

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Honestly mikemac1! Have you been at the altar wine again?

I forgot to include it in my last post but mike couldn't have been more confused than myself and the two brothers trying to look to each other for what to do next, and failing miserably! It was like a game of whackamole the way we didn't know when to sit, stand or kneel and we were trying to take our cues from the congregation who didn't look like they had any better idea either! :pac:

At one stage two of us stood up (I followed the other brothers lead) and the other brother was slipping into a kneeling position from his seat and the whole congregation were still sitting!

who the fug · 04-08-2013 05:40PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

15 punts for a wedding was the going rate. About 5-10 punts for a funeral

Quite a sum of money to a youngster. Three of us in the parish had this gig wrapped up. When it was summertime and the weddings were on regularly we did them all.

Can of coke was 32p and bag of crisps was 12p.

Good times

Stations 1/2 day off school and as there were four parishes in the valley I grew up in, so ten stations a year was good earner.:D

Always got more money for a funeral that a wedding

blinkey 101 · 04-08-2013 05:41PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

15 punts for a wedding was the going rate. About 5-10 punts for a funeral

Quite a sum of money to a youngster. Three of us in the parish had this gig wrapped up. When it was summertime and the weddings were on regularly we did them all.

Can of coke was 32p and bag of crisps was 12p.

Good times

Hang on you got paid? fkuc I never got a shilling we were swizzed back then

the thieving priest no wonder he was always drunk :mad:

Rasheed · 04-08-2013 05:44PM

blinkey 101 wrote: »

Hang on you got paid? fkuc I never got a shilling we were swizzed back then

the thieving priest no wonder he was always drunk :mad:

The priest wouldn't pay you, the family would.

Galwayguy35 · 04-08-2013 05:46PM

No, only because I went to a different school to the parish where I lived, no girl servers at that time but it seems to be an even mix these days.

Ruu · 04-08-2013 05:47PM

No, my two brothers were. Always wondered why they were rubbing their hands gleefully when a funeral came around.

forumlover · 04-08-2013 05:50PM

Nope not me, I couldn't take all the kneeling, sitting & standing up.

I wish the priest would just pick a position & fcuk me!!!

Frankie Boyle...........Genius:)

Jester252 · 04-08-2013 06:00PM

Was one of the last in my parish. When the now PP moved in he just stop all the lay people involvement in the church. Quite a turn for the last PP who tried to get everyone involved and helped out in the local area.

Sala · 04-08-2013 06:12PM

I was. Not because I was religious, mainly because I wasn't allowed as a girl, and me and my best friends insisted they allow girls, and won!

kerry4sam · 04-08-2013 06:16PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I was back in the early 2000's and I only had positive experiences with it.
So, were you ever an alter server?

Yes I was an alter-server. Was always the one out up-front leading the procession and carrying the cross to the alter and fupping praying each time the damn thing would slot in nicely when I reached the alter

Oh nightmares about this one nun who was simply vicious - everything had to be pure perfection; everything including the gown we'd wear which we had no control over in terms of quality or length; but became our problem on every mass night if she decided she was in the humour for words

Served for fupping years too so I did & always leading the procession!

Aka Ishur · 04-08-2013 06:25PM

Had plenty of girls serving in Donnybrook, was the reason I stayed serving myself for so long....

keith16 · 04-08-2013 07:48PM

Man, serving a wedding was brilliant, guaranteed at least 10 pound, if not 20 from the family. Seemed like an enormous amount of money at the time.

But yeah, nothing ever untoward happened and even for regular masses, the priest would throw you a few quid afterward and were always absolutely sound.

Vincent Vega · 04-08-2013 07:56PM

I was never an altar boy but I was pretty much made sing in a choir at the local parish during primary school in the early-mid 90s.
Was this the norm around the country?

Sulla Felix · 04-08-2013 08:32PM

Nope, never was. From a fairly young age, Mum gave up trying to get us to go to mass regularly.

--LOS-- · 04-08-2013 09:53PM

Nope I was the only one in the class that didn't do it, but I had already shut the door on religion then

bnt · 04-08-2013 09:57PM

Yes - in a small town in South Africa. It was a "flying parish", so the priest drove in, did the mass, then went home. No hanging around to play with the altar boys. It was a lot like being in a stage show, which is what a Catholic mass is, I suppose.

KTRIC · 04-08-2013 10:00PM

bnt wrote: »

Yes - in a small town in South Africa. It was a "flying parish", so the priest drove in, did the mass, then went home. No hanging around to play with the altar boys. It was a lot like being in a stage show, which is what a Catholic mass is, I suppose.

Ah you missed out there :rolleyes:

Arnold Layne · 04-08-2013 10:04PM

Back in the late 1970's. Weddings were the money earner, not as much for funerals,

We had some dodgy priests; one in particular. He used to come into the sacristy to try to "tickle" us, but a quick swift kick to his balls used to send him away.

Oddly enough, he seemed to enjoy it as he used o come back and give us all a pound each.

The Altar Wine was pure muck, more like port or something. It didn't stop us having a few swigs before each mass though.

thomur · 04-08-2013 11:27PM

Yep, did it in Aughrim Street for 4 years. The funniest thing was when my pals Alsatian followed us onto to the altar and barked throughout the homily. 'Go Home Shep'. Maybe you had to be there

demakinz · 04-08-2013 11:39PM

No i was not, I'm an atheist now thank god

Celly Smunt · 04-08-2013 11:44PM

--LOS-- wrote: »

Nope I was the only one in the class that didn't do it, but I had already shut the door on religion then

Man,you must've been one cool kid.

shruikan2553 · 04-08-2013 11:49PM

Nope, I can only think of 1 person that did. Hated mass and only went on Christmas until I was 16 when my mum gave up.

StickyIcky · 04-08-2013 11:57PM

I was an alter boy. Luckily for me one day when I was at home my mother came to me and told me father brown had just been sent to jail. because two boys who used to be his alter boys also who were now about 21 had confessed he pedo'd them up. Looking back on it he was grooming me, telling me I was his special one and asking me if I knew what that meant didn't I. Having me stay behind and letting me and another alter boy eat some of the bread n stuff. Reckon I was a few weeks away from being another victim of the church. **** the church. I'm guessing this has something to do today it my absolute distain from the church and the way I secretly look down on those who follow it.

TheLastMohican · 04-08-2013 11:59PM

Arnold Layne wrote: »

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The Altar Wine was pure muck, more like port or something. It didn't stop us having a few swigs before each mass though.

You've got to be joking. It was lovely. A few quick swigs before changing out of surplice and suitane and a few slugs after hit the spot. Tasted a bit Sherry-like. And yes, I never served Mass while drunk.

Were you an alter server when you were younger?

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