new years
A little ritual that has passed on from my dads side of the family (the irish side)...

Within 5 minutes of the new year rolling round, the youngest and "darkest" of the males in the household has the duty of stepping out the front door of the house with a slice/loaf of bread and a piece of cole. THEN he is supposed to repeatedly bang the bread on the side of the house next to the door... leave the bread outside and take the lump of cole back in and place it on the mantlepiece.

Being the youngest and "darkest" in the household, and the fact i left whatever new years party i was at last year early, it was my job to do this ritual new years 2008.

So if you see anyone banging bread outside there house at about 12.03 new years day, i'm not mental, im just Irish.

Cheers.
(arse_biscuit, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 17:35, 6 replies)

It's coal
You're getting confused with "Old King Cole".
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 19:16, closed)

i
was thinking more joe cole or nat king cole.
allways been shite at spelling i have.
(arse_biscuit, Wed 26 Nov 2008, 12:49, closed)

Cork?
There's some Cork in you then. Cork folk still do that.
(drfeck pissshitfuck, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 19:35, closed)

spot on
dads mum used to be from cork so that could be the origin?
im glad theres other people who do this though, thought it was only my family!
(arse_biscuit, Wed 26 Nov 2008, 12:48, closed)

We're not irish..
and my family do this!! None of us are small and dark so we had to base it on the most male person. As my dad was the only male, he won. Until my sister got married to a small dark haired man. He came to stay for new years and was unaware of the tradition, until his was handed a piece of coal and told to climb over the garage.
(minsh, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 19:55, closed)

Ah!
They do that in Derbyshire as well! And here, in my house... I sent my son out the first time when he was 8, although we didn't use coal, with no open fires, I sent him round to the front of the house with a slice of bread, some Nachos, and a bottle of fizzy orange, and found him helpless with giggles ten minutes later...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Sun 23 Nov 2008, 13:44, closed)