LL-L "Folklore" 2006.02.05 (01) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 05 February 2006 * Volume 01
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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Folklore" 2006.02.04 (02) [E]

Tom wrote:
>Other customs involving money included the traditional "Poor Oot" when
>people leaving their homes by car to attend a wedding, from groom to 
>guests,
>were assailed by kids running alongside the vehicle yelling "Poor Oot ! 
>Poor
>Oot !" Handfulls of coins were thrown out of the car and kids fought for
>them in the gutter.

In Lower Saxony and Hesse, and possibly in other parts of Germany, the groom 
has to throw coins to the waiting local children, otherwise they won't let 
the couple leave the church. When I was little, my best friend lived right 
across from the church, and she would always give me a call when she saw a 
wedding going in, so we would both be right in position when they were 
coming out again.

I think I mentioned before that, following this, the bride and groom must 
saw through a big log on a sawhorse together in front of the whole crowd 
with a two-handed saw. This little procedure shows very clearly where the 
marriage is heading: the groom just sawing away with the bride barely 
hanging on to the handle; the bride shouting out directions to the hesitant 
groom; both of them bickering all the way... well, you get the picture.

Gabriele Kahn

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From: Rikus Kiers <kiersbv at tiscali.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Folklore" 2006.02.04 (02) [E]

Traditions in givig money

Hi Lowlanders,
The story of Thom about just married couples throwing money out of the bus
reminds me of my first year at school.
It was 1952 in Gees (Drenthe) The primary school was situated alongside the
church.
Every time there was a wedding the happy couple , when leaving the church
threw handsfull of coins over the people in front of the church. The money
was meant for us schoolkids.
After one year I left hat school and went to another school. It was not
usual in that village( Geesbrug).
I don't know if nowadays they still have this folklore.
Gees is situated in the Drents Sand language area, Geesbrug is mainly part
of the South west drents lanquage area.The lanquage border can be drawn
alongside Geesbrug. The ditance between Gees and Geesbrug is only 5
kilometers.

Greetings to everyone,

Rikus Kiers

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From: Heather Rendall <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Folklore" 2006.02.04 (02) [E]

Message text written by INTERNET:lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET
>On another tack is the lovely old Scots custom of placing a coin into a
new
baby's hand the first time you see it still practised Sandy and others ?
Idea seems to be that if the Bairn has money at life's beginning it will
always have it. Young mums would go home with prams of coins in Edinburgh.
I still do this as routine here and a Ukrainian friend told me it was also
a
custom in Ukraine. Is it done in other areas ?
<

It certainly was in Wales where my children were born. The going rate in
1970 was a half crown - the largest in size of the silver coins at the time
until decimalisation, when the going rate went UP to a silver 50p  - four
times as much!

re the coins and wedding

Is this the same / linked to the German custom of the just married couple
being 'barricaded'in the church by a ribbon and having to 'buy' scissors
from local children for a handful of coins tossed by the groom?
(reported to me in Einbeck)

Heather 

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