All Discussions Tagged 'Traditions' - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T06:02:17Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Traditions&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhat Irish Christmas Traditions Do You Recall or Hand Down?tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-11-24:6442157:Topic:643642013-11-24T22:34:41.248ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
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<p><span>Wrenboys on St. Stephen's Day in Dingle, Ireland.</span></p>
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<p><span>Wrenboys on St. Stephen's Day in Dingle, Ireland.</span></p> An Irish Wake -- For the Living! Great idea, or Premature?tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-04-25:6442157:Topic:180622013-04-25T16:12:51.003ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
<blockquote><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mo4S9GtGKuY/Tz5gSlPdLJI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/gVV2V17q87M/s1600/021812_Irish_wake.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mo4S9GtGKuY/Tz5gSlPdLJI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/gVV2V17q87M/s1600/021812_Irish_wake.jpg?width=300" style="padding: 5px;" width="300"></img></a> Tom Mee (87), a Colorado man whose family trace their roots to County Cork, had heard a lot about traditional <a href="http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/The-truth-about-the-Irish-wake-lewd--songs-pranks-were-part-of-the-tradition-174087771.html">Irish wakes</a> from his grandparents and had always wished he could be present at his own. On…</p>
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<blockquote><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mo4S9GtGKuY/Tz5gSlPdLJI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/gVV2V17q87M/s1600/021812_Irish_wake.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mo4S9GtGKuY/Tz5gSlPdLJI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/gVV2V17q87M/s1600/021812_Irish_wake.jpg?width=300" width="300" style="padding: 5px;" class="align-left"/></a>Tom Mee (87), a Colorado man whose family trace their roots to County Cork, had heard a lot about traditional <a href="http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/The-truth-about-the-Irish-wake-lewd--songs-pranks-were-part-of-the-tradition-174087771.html">Irish wakes</a> from his grandparents and had always wished he could be present at his own. On Monday night, Clancy’s pub in Athy, County Kildare, made his dream come true, he attended his own “<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=177220562433483&set=a.102695719885968.4791.102682206553986&type=1&theater" target="_blank">fake wake</a>”, casket, musicians and all. (Picture left, courtesy of IrishCentral, in not a depiction of Tom Mee's 'wake.')</p>
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<p><span>Read more: <a href="http://www.irishcentral.com/news/-Irish-American-family-host-a-fake-wake-for-father-during-fun-filled-vacation-204651641.html#ixzz2RUXYxtD9">http://www.irishcentral.com/news/-Irish-American-family-host-a-fake-wake-for-father-during-fun-filled-vacation-204651641.html#ixzz2RUXYxtD9</a> <br/></span><strong><br/>What do you all think about Tom Mee's party? If money was no object, would you go this route at some point -- while you are in a position to better enjoy your own 'wake'?</strong></p> Easter Traditions in Irelandtag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-03-18:6442157:Topic:127222013-03-18T02:05:45.231ZThe Wild Geesehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/TheWildGeese
<p><span>Children would race off to the hen house to see if there was an egg with their name on it. What parents used to do in those days was take the eggs laid on Good Friday and set them aside. In secret, the mother colored the eggs by adding washing blue, wild flowers or onion skins to the water in which they were boiled; then, she decorated them with simple designs and the children’s names. Others, she would simply mark with a cross. These were the eggs that were put into the nesting boxes…</span></p>
<p><span>Children would race off to the hen house to see if there was an egg with their name on it. What parents used to do in those days was take the eggs laid on Good Friday and set them aside. In secret, the mother colored the eggs by adding washing blue, wild flowers or onion skins to the water in which they were boiled; then, she decorated them with simple designs and the children’s names. Others, she would simply mark with a cross. These were the eggs that were put into the nesting boxes in the hen house, before the children woke up on Easter Sunday. In more recent times, parents also hid chocolate Easter eggs among the flowers, shrubs and hedges in the back yard.</span></p>
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