Curmudgeons Under Down

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TheHolyTrinity said:
That will be us tomorrow. Even the crickets have stopped chirping.
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Hope everyone stays safe there! Now you can be “ridin’ the storm out” with some good old REO Speedwagon. (i know… the lyrics refer to a “Rocky Mountain Winter.” Not exactly your situation… but close enough 😠)

 
We can ask that wise old sage @cruciferi . He probably wrote the first canon law and the liturgical calendar all those years ago :roll_eyes:
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I think it may be the last two weeks of Lent ,but long ago was the whole of Lent.
Yeah, I’m sure Gov could reel it all off 🙂
 
In our parish the statues are covered the last 2 Sundays in Lent, and have been for the 14 years I’ve belonged to that parish. That was the practice in the Episcopal church I belonged to 40 years ago before becoming Catholic. I believe it was the usual practice before things became unglued in the 70s.
 
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I had kind of forgotten about your weather HT, I thought you were referring to CAF .
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Our parish just covers the statues between Holy Thursday Mass and the Easter Vigil. The Cathedral has if for all of Holy Week, or maybe all of Lent. I’ll check next time I go.

Yeh…gravel in the place of holy water… :roll_eyes: That was a bad idea which seems to have run it’s course, after inflicting itself on the silent majority. Not to worry - they’ll think of something else. Overhead slides with background music are coming into vogue.
 
As part of my lenten penance, I’m spending some of my CAF time being serious.

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Sheesh, what an act!

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Well I’m done spreading my wisdom elsewhere. I’m back. You’re welcome.
 
I noticed at the Cathedral today all the states are covered.

Edit…😡 look at that would you…,auto correct prefers states to statues…
 
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Well, I would HOPE all the states are covered! I do NOT want to leave any of them to the heathens or even the Protestants.
 
Driving with my dad today he was telling me about an old tradition people used to do in the countryside here called Tin Kettling .
A newly married couple would be startled in their own home by well wishers
banging on pots ,pans and kettles just after they returned from their honeymoon .A dance proceeded in the woolshed or local hall and afterwards a fine lot of food would be shared back up at the house prepared by many of the women
This was my dads and mums experience.
 
Hmm, interesting ! Dad and mums early years sounded a lot of fun with country dances ,each town having a hall .Life may have been harder but there was so much interaction ,some musical evenings in homes with visitors and card games etc. Many of the towns also had race courses and a sports oval for cricket and football. I should have been around back then 😡
 
Greenfields said:
Driving with my dad today he was telling me about an old tradition people used to do in the countryside here called Tin Kettling .
A newly married couple would be startled in their own home by well wishers
banging on pots ,pans and kettles just after they returned from their honeymoon .A dance proceeded in the woolshed or local hall and afterwards a fine lot of food would be shared back up at the house prepared by many of the women
This was my dads and mums experience.
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Love it!

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What IS A Tin Kettling?

Have you ever heard of a tin-kettling? It is a custom that’s been going on for generations in country Australia…as a means of welcoming newly-weds to a district. It involves sneaking up…
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I’m sure I’ve heard dad mention it in the past , but somehow I missed on asking more or taking proper notice how ever long ago that was.Had you heard of it before ?
The comments after the article are interesting to read too 🙂
 
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I believe this occurred in the rural US too. I’m not sure if it happens anymore. Last time I recall it happening was in 1880.
 
It sounded to me like an old folk custom, but the first reference I found was in Australia, under the name “Tin Kettling”. Glad to hear that it wasn’t just us!
 
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