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bubblesnz
True Blue Farmgirl
291 Posts
helen
New Zealand
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 Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 6:51:49 PM
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Have you girls heard of tin canning??? It has nothing to do with peaches or apples etc. :)
In New Zealand after a farming couple was married and came home from honey moon. The night they return, all their friends? wait until about midnight and then we get bin lids, pots, tins, any metal type thing and bang the heck out of it, while going around the house.
Thats called a Tin canning and is also a welcome home. Couple then have to get up and we have a party.
Is alot of fun. :)
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 7:00:31 PM
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The only time I have seen that was on the mini series the Thorn Birds, when the daughter was married to the sheep shearer. I have also heard about it here in the states but it was an "old timer" thing to do. I don't know of anyone doing it nowadays. I could be wrong.
Anne in Portland, OR
"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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bubblesnz
True Blue Farmgirl
291 Posts
helen
New Zealand
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Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 7:24:20 PM
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| Yes Anne, is an old timer thing to do, but I am an old timer. :( lol |
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OregonGal
True Blue Farmgirl
511 Posts
Chris
No. IL
USA
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Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 7:49:16 PM
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I saw that sort of thing in the movie Oklahoma, but it happenend on the wedding night before they left on their honeymoon - grabbed the couple, and with lots of folks banging on pots and pans and such, took the couple out to a haystack and put them up there to stay
the night - they called it a "shivery". They would rescue the couple in the morning......not quite the same as what you described, but I recall them banging on the pots and pans and making quite a racket!!! Looked like and sounded like fun.
"...a merry heart does good like a medicine, it has the power to cure." |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
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Posted - Mar 07 2006 : 12:13:51 AM
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| Helen, that is so fun that you told us about that! In America we have a long standing tradition that people tie tin cans to the back of the newlyweds car before they go on their honeymoon......then when they drive away, it makes a heck of a racket.I wonder if that came from your tradition, or vice versa? |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2006 : 06:52:03 AM
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I remember that scene in Oklahoma. The whole pot banging.
Anne
"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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theherblady
True Blue Farmgirl
510 Posts
Jan
Glasford
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Mar 07 2006 : 07:44:16 AM
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Helen~~Do they still do that in NZ?
That sounds like lots of fun~~
Jan |
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bubblesnz
True Blue Farmgirl
291 Posts
helen
New Zealand
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Posted - Mar 07 2006 : 12:50:38 PM
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| Hi Jan, unfortunately it is very rarely done now. Kids of today, dont seem to see this as fun. What we have started doing now, is doing tin caning for 50th birthdays.:) Gives them a heck of a shock, but is a great laugh and fun. |
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JoyIowa
True Blue Farmgirl
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Joy
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Posted - Mar 10 2006 : 2:29:05 PM
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The practice of "shiveree" is alive and well in NE Iowa!
If it's not illegal, unsafe, or immoral, why not try anything once? Who knows? You may come back for a second helping! |
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