Not what it used to be eh?
Not a religious festival so I never bothered with it.
You can make it religious though. Rearrange the grotto.
Samhain
Stealin gates and stealing gates and stuff. And dressing up as women. What do young'uns do now?
It is a religious Festival, it is the fire festival of Samhain.
Young lad said 'treat or want yer windees putt in?'.
Nearly that time of the year again.
Many still dress up to go out these days?
Trick or treaters get nothing at my door. Feckin' American bullshit. When did that shite make it's way over here?!
Quote from: ONeill on October 31, 2016, 06:37:37 PM
You can make it religious though. Rearrange the grotto.
of course its a religious feast it the holy even before all saints day , it used to be samhain before these same people decided to become Christian and follow christian ways while keeping some of the previous customs.
knocking gates and kicking cabbage were the big thing in mayo also it was the last day to eat blackberrys before the devil pissed on them
Quote from: BennyCake on October 23, 2017, 12:18:10 PM
Trick or treaters get nothing at my door. Feckin' American bullshit. When did that shite make it's way over here?!
we sent it to them and they are just returning the favours though the irish tradition was ore of the trick variety see my last post.
says a lot about the difference in the 2 countries
When i grew up Halloween was great craic. We had a running battle around the estate to hit everything that moved with eggs and "snappies". The local shops did a roaring trade.
Remember the preparations would be going on well in advance. One of the lads would bunk off school, get the train to Dublin, head straight to Moore Street to buy fireworks with all our saved up cash and get the train straight back down. We'd have an awful job not to let them all off before the actual night. Also got caps that you'd use in a toy gun and folded them and wrapped them round stones with sellotape. Made a nice bang when they landed.
Quote from: BennyCake on October 23, 2017, 12:18:10 PM
Trick or treaters get nothing at my door. Feckin' American bullshit. When did that shite make it's way over here?!
I'd say you would be some craic at a kid's party.
Halloween runs Christmas very close in my house although the youngsters are getting up a bit now. It's massive rise in popularity is part of the Cocacoloisation of the world.
Quote from: magpie seanie on October 23, 2017, 01:02:42 PM
Remember the preparations would be going on well in advance. One of the lads would bunk off school, get the train to Dublin, head straight to Moore Street to buy fireworks with all our saved up cash and get the train straight back down. We'd have an awful job not to let them all off before the actual night. Also got caps that you'd use in a toy gun and folded them and wrapped them round stones with sellotape. Made a nice bang when they landed.
Forgot about that one! Looking back on it now the old folks must have been tormented round our way as there would be lads running along roofs of bungalows etc. in some of the estates.
Putting fireworks into a plastic tube and firing them down the street like a rocket launcher in the middle of the Troubles.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 23, 2017, 01:37:50 PM
Quote from: magpie seanie on October 23, 2017, 01:02:42 PM
Remember the preparations would be going on well in advance. One of the lads would bunk off school, get the train to Dublin, head straight to Moore Street to buy fireworks with all our saved up cash and get the train straight back down. We'd have an awful job not to let them all off before the actual night. Also got caps that you'd use in a toy gun and folded them and wrapped them round stones with sellotape. Made a nice bang when they landed.
Forgot about that one! Looking back on it now the old folks must have been tormented round our way as there would be lads running along roofs of bungalows etc. in some of the estates.
2p bangers. Wrap a full roll of caps around an 2p and cellotape.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on October 23, 2017, 01:39:55 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 23, 2017, 01:37:50 PM
Quote from: magpie seanie on October 23, 2017, 01:02:42 PM
Remember the preparations would be going on well in advance. One of the lads would bunk off school, get the train to Dublin, head straight to Moore Street to buy fireworks with all our saved up cash and get the train straight back down. We'd have an awful job not to let them all off before the actual night. Also got caps that you'd use in a toy gun and folded them and wrapped them round stones with sellotape. Made a nice bang when they landed.
Forgot about that one! Looking back on it now the old folks must have been tormented round our way as there would be lads running along roofs of bungalows etc. in some of the estates.
2p bangers. Wrap a full roll of caps around an 2p and cellotape.
"Improvised explosive device".....we could all have been locked up!
Quote from: magpie seanie on October 23, 2017, 01:43:07 PM
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on October 23, 2017, 01:39:55 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 23, 2017, 01:37:50 PM
Quote from: magpie seanie on October 23, 2017, 01:02:42 PM
Remember the preparations would be going on well in advance. One of the lads would bunk off school, get the train to Dublin, head straight to Moore Street to buy fireworks with all our saved up cash and get the train straight back down. We'd have an awful job not to let them all off before the actual night. Also got caps that you'd use in a toy gun and folded them and wrapped them round stones with sellotape. Made a nice bang when they landed.
Forgot about that one! Looking back on it now the old folks must have been tormented round our way as there would be lads running along roofs of bungalows etc. in some of the estates.
2p bangers. Wrap a full roll of caps around an 2p and cellotape.
"Improvised explosive device".....we could all have been locked up!
Fold them up inside a pen lid with a match sticking out as a fuse. Light end of match and run!
Quote from: BennyCake on October 23, 2017, 12:18:10 PM
Trick or treaters get nothing at my door. Feckin' American bullshit. When did that shite make it's way over here?!
came over with the potatoe plant
Quote from: The Iceman on October 23, 2017, 02:44:57 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on October 23, 2017, 12:18:10 PM
Trick or treaters get nothing at my door. Feckin' American bullshit. When did that shite make it's way over here?!
came over with the potatoe plant
Hallow'een was an Irish tradition taken over to Merica on the coffin ships and commercialised and shipped right back to us 150 odd years later.
Turnips were too hard to get stateside it seems. Pumpkins were handier.
Quote from: magpie seanie on October 23, 2017, 01:43:07 PM
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on October 23, 2017, 01:39:55 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 23, 2017, 01:37:50 PM
Quote from: magpie seanie on October 23, 2017, 01:02:42 PM
Remember the preparations would be going on well in advance. One of the lads would bunk off school, get the train to Dublin, head straight to Moore Street to buy fireworks with all our saved up cash and get the train straight back down. We'd have an awful job not to let them all off before the actual night. Also got caps that you'd use in a toy gun and folded them and wrapped them round stones with sellotape. Made a nice bang when they landed.
Forgot about that one! Looking back on it now the old folks must have been tormented round our way as there would be lads running along roofs of bungalows etc. in some of the estates.
2p bangers. Wrap a full roll of caps around an 2p and cellotape.
"Improvised explosive device".....we could all have been locked up!
probably a better chance now for annoying a dog or a cat somewhere
Quote from: rosnarun on October 23, 2017, 12:20:08 PM
Quote from: ONeill on October 31, 2016, 06:37:37 PM
You can make it religious though. Rearrange the grotto.
of course its a religious feast it the holy even before all saints day , it used to be samhain before these same people decided to become Christian and follow christian ways while keeping some of the previous customs.
knocking gates and kicking cabbage were the big thing in mayo also it was the last day to eat blackberrys before the devil pissed on them
Anything could be a religious feast if the church hijacks it, and makes up a story around it.
Also, I doubt ordinary people "decided" to become Christian. Hairy arsed pagans deciding to become Christian? I don't think so.
The poor yanks, they think Sam Hain is the prince of darkness.
Bobbing for apples and all the monkey nuts I could ever eat. However, for me, Halloween is all about the purdy puddin'.
Quote from: BennyCake on October 23, 2017, 12:18:10 PM
Trick or treaters get nothing at my door. Feckin' American bullshit. When did that shite make it's way over here?!
+1
Quote from: BennyCake on October 23, 2017, 05:59:14 PM
Quote from: rosnarun on October 23, 2017, 12:20:08 PM
Quote from: ONeill on October 31, 2016, 06:37:37 PM
You can make it religious though. Rearrange the grotto.
of course its a religious feast it the holy even before all saints day , it used to be samhain before these same people decided to become Christian and follow christian ways while keeping some of the previous customs.
knocking gates and kicking cabbage were the big thing in mayo also it was the last day to eat blackberrys before the devil pissed on them
Anything could be a religious feast if the church hijacks it, and makes up a story around it.
Also, I doubt ordinary people "decided" to become Christian. Hairy arsed pagans deciding to become Christian? I don't think so.
and on what basis do you say that? ,
the evidence the people decided to become Christianised For is that they became Christian and embrassed it wholly and the Irish church was not strongly under the Influence of Rome until 100's of years later and not successfully till the English pope adrian in 1154 . the Gaelic were a far from the Hairy arsed pagans you dismiss so disdainfully much like the normans did upon invasion and the 'Histories ' written by gerard of wales .
the Evidence against seem to be it suits the modern atheist theology
Used to run a needle through the caps and squeeze them together as tight as possible, he theory was the tighter they were the louder the bang. Twas alot more time consuming than folding the caps but the result was supposed to be better. not sure about that at all
I was only at the tail end of that tho before the French (chinese) bangers flooded the market. Tub of margarine, banger and a phone box always had an interesting conclusion.
Purdy puddin tho sure ye couldnt beat it
We had the local area tortured when we were younger. Hardly even hear a banger go off now.
Pagans are bound to be disillusioned with the whole thing by now
Jaysus lads hasn't Halloween gone ta fcuk...
Used to be like Beirut for a couple of weeks and carnage on the night itself with anything not nailed down fair game. I've just heard my first firework now
I blame the yanks
Was on the train there and there was a fair sized bonfire in Laytown of all places!!! Don't mind the lack of fireworks as the digs aren't tortured then
Dressing up's for idiots.... :P
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on October 31, 2018, 07:52:55 PM
Was on the train there and there was a fair sized bonfire in Laytown of all places!!! Don't mind the lack of fireworks as the digs aren't tortured then
I travelled back from the Aran Islands yesterday and saw huge one over the west or Midlands somewhere that reminded me of a 11th night bonfire, it was on GAA grounds I'm near sure.
As a middle-aged grouch I'm happy enough with organised bonfires and the like but its a sad indictment on the kids of today :). Mind you its probably too tame for them.
The amount of people with 20/25 photos of their children dressed up on Facebook thid morning. Lord Jaysus Christ.
The whole thing is ridiculous.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on November 01, 2018, 08:42:11 AM
The amount of people with 20/25 photos of their children dressed up on Facebook thid morning. Lord Jaysus Christ.
People posting shite on Bookface. There's a surprise!
A load of hyped up nonsense. It turned out to be most uneventful Halloween ever hopefully Christmas is the same.
Brilliant festival in Derry again. Up the town a few nights on the walls, fire festival, haunted houses, food market, live music in the Guildhall under the huge moon, the outdoor stages etc. Parade last night was excellent. Huge crowds and brilliant atmosphere