mackem 25,315 Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 LOVE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Cheers for that, peeps. No, it was just the silver coin I was looking for. Interestingly, this is a seemingly cross cultural custom then. It's even the done thing with the Punjabi people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SportingShooter 0 Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 Someone expecting Ditch? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WILF Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 We throw a Burberry cap and babygrow on it, then leave it outside the boozer while we go and get pissed to celebrate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcher-lass 1 Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 One of my sisters had a baby boy on the 14th, so the first thing we done was go buy him a outfit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ratman2 2 Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 What do you give it, when ye first meet it? Back to it's mother ASAP Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 ok... have to ask.... why silver? mine both got silver too.. and never thought about it till everyone here said silver.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irish Lurcher 1,013 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Depends really, if you are the father, then I would suggest a mouth full of vomit, beat the little fooker to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Depends really, if you are the father, then I would suggest a mouth full of vomit, beat the little fooker to it. lol thats never happened before. i've heard of that happening.. kid spitting up and it getting into someones mouth... or pee in the mouth. hearing all those stories i was extra careful! no picking the baby up over my head to make him laugh! and i warned anyone who tried it "Dont do that unless you want to wear his dinner on your neck!" :sick: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabbithunter 456 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 (edited) not into all that "good luck" shite. a baby is a baby, its cries & it shits & it spews. & the "owner" has to clean the said shit & spew up. No amount of silver will change that much like owning a dog, i guess Edited July 22, 2008 by Rabbithunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tracy36 0 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 (edited) tradition in my family to cross right palm with silver (don't think its done much good though looking at my tribe!) Edited July 22, 2008 by Tracy36 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 2,820 Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Apparently when I was born one of Dad's workmates gave him a bar of nut chocolate," for the baby!". Possibly tradition of giving a silver-spoon or coin whilst invoking good luck also has practical purpose.Silver is an easily crafted,widely accepted metal that can be traded within or between cultures. In other words the child is being given something that might well tide it over in times of hardship...Then there is the fact that silver is a good conductor of electricity ,heat and perhaps more spiritual energy.. My parents did'nt even save a single square of the chocolate for when my teeth came through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIGZY 4 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 not into all that "good luck" shite. a baby is a baby, its cries & it shits & it spews. & the "owner" has to clean the said shit & spew up. No amount of silver will change that much like owning a dog, i guess god help youre kids Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keeps 403 Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 LOVE the latest addition to our family - 2 weeks old newest member of the ratpack Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 awww he looks so serious too! but he's adorable anyway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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