Hallowe'en

Started by Olly, October 12, 2012, 11:07:03 PM

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Aaron Boone

#15
October 13, 2012, 08:01:10 PM
Pumpkins are big thing nowadays, no sign of them 20 years ago.

Minder

#16
October 13, 2012, 08:11:43 PM
The main event at home at Halloween was lighting as many whin bushes as possible.
"When it's too tough for them, it's just right for us"

Santino

#17
October 13, 2012, 08:22:58 PM
I'd say theres gonna be a lot of colourful tracksuits and cigars at fancy dress parties this yr!

ross4life

#18
October 13, 2012, 08:46:52 PM
James Holmes halloween mask was for sale on ebay.



"SHOCK EVERYONE YOU KNOW!" the eBay ad read. "There is nothing more scary than crawling into James Holmes mind and wearing his face. His 'soul penetrating eyes' and 'The Joker' orange hair makes this mask the most disturbing object you will ever own. Imagine owning the mask of supposedly the most dangerous mass murderer in US history."  :o

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/10/james-holmes-halloween-mask-on-ebay/
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supersarsfields

#19
October 13, 2012, 10:26:06 PM
Quote from: Lar Naparka on October 13, 2012, 12:45:57 PM
We'd go 'ducking' for apples. A bucket was filled to the brim with water and placed on a stool or a low chair. Then a few small apples were put floating on the water. All children present were blindfolded and took their turns at attempting to pick up an apple with their teeth.
'Twas a bit like shaving a pig; plenty of grunting and squealing and general mayhem but damn all to show for it in the end.
A variant on this was to try and bite into an apple on a piece of string that had been attached to the top of a door jamb or to the ceiling.
Older or more adventurous kids who weren't afraid of the púca, would go and pull cabbages from someone's garden and kick them up and down the road. All the better if the owner of the cabbage was a cranky oul' f**k.

We used to dunk for boiled sweets in a bowl of oats as well. But be warned do not dunk for apples and then try to dunk for the sweets!! It gets messy!!

Loved the Ulster American Folk park as well. Was actually looking to book for The wife's nephews this year but booked out from really early!!

Olly

#20
October 13, 2012, 10:39:28 PM
I remember that dunking for apples vividly. We used to all line up and I was a bit timid so I was always behind all the boys. Because we'd been running all night around a bonfire at a cold time of the year, boys would be sniffling a lot. By the time I got to the bowl and dipped my head in it, the water was saturated in snatters, scabs, hair and blood. It was a traumatic experience and my da would be very drunk at the stage and would make sure I dunked in it for a least a minute or he'd 'throw me into the bonfire'. I'd be throwing up and all into it. It was a horrific time.
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Lar Naparka

#21
October 13, 2012, 11:21:52 PM
Quote from: Olly on October 13, 2012, 10:39:28 PM
I remember that dunking for apples vividly. We used to all line up and I was a bit timid so I was always behind all the boys. Because we'd been running all night around a bonfire at a cold time of the year, boys would be sniffling a lot. By the time I got to the bowl and dipped my head in it, the water was saturated in snatters, scabs, hair and blood. It was a traumatic experience and my da would be very drunk at the stage and would make sure I dunked in it for a least a minute or he'd 'throw me into the bonfire'. I'd be throwing up and all into it. It was a horrific time.
One time my older brother whispered to me as I was about to have a go at an apple in the bucket that he had just put a big 'gobber' of spit into the water. He did this to upset me as I was next in line. I forget about me manners and that me da was standing beside me as I decided to give him a right kick in the shin.
Unfortunately, I made a bad fist of it as I was blindfolded and had my hands tied behind my back at the time.
Nothing wrong with the kick; there were tons of ill-feeling and force behind it but the aim was a bit off. I sent the chair flying and managed to half-drown everyone around me, including the oul' fella.
I got a few good clatters for me trouble and a right kick up the arse as well.
Still, it was worth it as the brother had to go and change his clothes as he was the one standing nearest to the bucket as it took off across the room.
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Capt Pat

#22
October 13, 2012, 11:36:39 PM
Quote from: hardstation on October 13, 2012, 10:34:47 PM
Don't think we ever dunked for anything. We used to go around the doors, threatening old people that we'd break their windows if they didn't give us money.

Hallowe'en is coming and  :Pthe goose is getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man's hat
If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do
If you haven't got a ha'penny, we'll put your windows through.

Ah the good old days. We are talking aboit halloween not the IRA :P
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