LL-L "Traditions" 2004.08.24 (13) [E]

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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Traditions" 2004.08.24 (06) [E]

Lowlands-L <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net> writes
>Speaking of birthdays, are there any special Lowlands birthday traditions
>(besides giving your children an extra spanking)?
Spanking isn't an English tradition. In England, children used to be
given 'the bumps' (held by arms and legs, and gently, or not-so-gently
bounced on the ground, once for each year) by their peers.
At work, people do bring in a cake or biscuits on their birthday; but
drinking with friends, other buy the drinks.

What I do, as a visitor to friends in the Low Countries, find
fascinating, is the back-of-the-toilet-door calendar with everyone's
birthday on it.

With best wishes to all,

Pat
(still more interested in the material culture than the folklore or the
language, obviously!)
--
Pat Reynolds
pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk
   "It might look a bit messy now,
                    but just you come back in 500 years time"
   (T. Pratchett)

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