Church

[Milltown Row2]

Some craic when the newtownabbey ones and Shankill ones got the Black taxis up the Falls to the Royal hospital..

"Next stop" everyone stares at them in the taxi..

Prods said next stop for Black hacks we just rapped the windy.

[johnnycool]

Some craic when the newtownabbey ones and Shankill ones got the Black taxis up the Falls to the Royal hospital..

"Next stop" everyone stares at them in the taxi..

Prods said next stop for Black hacks we just rapped the windy.

With a 50p when I used to get them from Castle street to Cavendish St.


I digress.

Anyone forced to do things like your Easter duty which I think entailed going to confession, visiting the graveyard and stations of the cross?

[Milltown Row2]

Some craic when the newtownabbey ones and Shankill ones got the Black taxis up the Falls to the Royal hospital..

"Next stop" everyone stares at them in the taxi..

Prods said next stop for Black hacks we just rapped the windy.

With a 50p when I used to get them from Castle street to Cavendish St.


I digress.

Anyone forced to do things like your Easter duty which I think entailed going to confession, visiting the graveyard and stations of the cross?

Strangely enough I was an alter boy 

Wasn't for the love of the church lol
When you did weddings you earned a few quid from the wedding party, did a few over the summer and left.

[Newbridge Exile]

Some craic when the newtownabbey ones and Shankill ones got the Black taxis up the Falls to the Royal hospital..

"Next stop" everyone stares at them in the taxi..

Prods said next stop for Black hacks we just rapped the windy.
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I remember getting told that protocol when I started using Black taxis from Bridge street  out to Jordanstown

[AustinPowers]

Some craic when the newtownabbey ones and Shankill ones got the Black taxis up the Falls to the Royal hospital..

"Next stop" everyone stares at them in the taxi..

Prods said next stop for Black hacks we just rapped the windy.

With a 50p when I used to get them from Castle street to Cavendish St.


I digress.

Anyone forced to do things like your Easter duty which I think entailed going to confession, visiting the graveyard and stations of the cross?

Was dragged to  confession and stations up until a certain age ,  then said feck that.

 Don't believe I've been to confessions in  probably 30 years.  I don't think too many go nowadays do  they? Even the older folk

Graveyards, I would  visit  every few weeks, and on birthdays, anniversaries and Christmas. I'm not religious now , but I  like to visit graves as I think it's important to  remember those  who went before ,  and all they did for us.

[Eamonnca1]

Something I used to get nervous about was remembering which row to go back to after going up for communion, I'd be afraid of going back into the wrong seat and messing up some family's seating arrangements. With everybody up out of their seats to get theirs, you couldn't use other people as landmarks. I would pick maybe a station of the cross or a confession box to remember where my seat was. Then I just got into the habit of counting the number of rows. St Peter's chapel in Lurgan was handy because all the rows were numbered.

[J70]

Did the altar boy thing until I aged out, went to a secondary school where they had prayer to start the day, then left for university in Dublin. Don't think I've been to confession since I left school, stopped going to mass the minute I was out the door to university. Outside of weddings (not my own mind you) and funerals, haven't set foot in a church since the 90s. Bringing up the kids as secular heathens.

So no, I don't do any of the blessing stuff.

Old graveyards fascinate me though, seeing all the names and ages and styles of headstones.

[trueblue1234]

Some craic when the newtownabbey ones and Shankill ones got the Black taxis up the Falls to the Royal hospital..

"Next stop" everyone stares at them in the taxi..

Prods said next stop for Black hacks we just rapped the windy.

With a 50p when I used to get them from Castle street to Cavendish St.


I digress.

Anyone forced to do things like your Easter duty which I think entailed going to confession, visiting the graveyard and stations of the cross?

Was dragged to  confession and stations up until a certain age ,  then said feck that.

 Don't believe I've been to confessions in  probably 30 years.  I don't think too many go nowadays do  they? Even the older folk

Graveyards, I would  visit  every few weeks, and on birthdays, anniversaries and Christmas. I'm not religious now , but I  like to visit graves as I think it's important to  remember those  who went before ,  and all they did for us.

I go to the graveyards at night. Maybe 11/12 at night. Find it the most peaceful place you'll get. Extra nice on a nice frosty night. Something about the lights on the graves, the fact that usually there's no one else around, peace and no distractions. I'd recommend it.

Wife thinks I'm nuts tho.

[Orior]

Some craic when the newtownabbey ones and Shankill ones got the Black taxis up the Falls to the Royal hospital..

"Next stop" everyone stares at them in the taxi..

Prods said next stop for Black hacks we just rapped the windy.

With a 50p when I used to get them from Castle street to Cavendish St.


I digress.

Anyone forced to do things like your Easter duty which I think entailed going to confession, visiting the graveyard and stations of the cross?

Was dragged to  confession and stations up until a certain age ,  then said feck that.

 Don't believe I've been to confessions in  probably 30 years.  I don't think too many go nowadays do  they? Even the older folk

Graveyards, I would  visit  every few weeks, and on birthdays, anniversaries and Christmas. I'm not religious now , but I  like to visit graves as I think it's important to  remember those  who went before ,  and all they did for us.

I go to the graveyards at night. Maybe 11/12 at night. Find it the most peaceful place you'll get. Extra nice on a nice frosty night. Something about the lights on the graves, the fact that usually there's no one else around, peace and no distractions. I'd recommend it.

Wife thinks I'm nuts tho.

Nurse! Nurse! lol

[SaffronSports]

Old habits die hard. I still do it despite being a bit of a lapsed catholic