Thank you Pat....The more I here the more I dust off from the brain cells and recall, and you are right.....it was done after the wedding............Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee Dillinger <leed@parrett.net> To: R Curtis <RobCurtis@prodigy.net> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [OHGUERNS] PreWedding Traditions that I Remember > Bob, > I remember as a child the belling was done in our family > after the couple was married and settled in their home usually > after the first couple of days. They used pot lids and tin cans > and anything that would make a noise. They stood outside the > house and did the belling for about ten minutes and they all > trooped in the house with gifts for the bride and groom. It was > all mostly food staples to start the young couple out. Everyone > brought some food and drink also to have a party. Hope this > helps. > Pat > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R Curtis" <RobCurtis@prodigy.net> > To: <OHGUERNS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 12:24 AM > Subject: [OHGUERNS] Fw: [OH-MEM] PreWedding Traditions that I Remember > > > > Something that is off topic on the genealogy list and I apologize, but > > this "Belling" > > celebration has been trying to surface from my memory for years. > > Please accept > > my intrustion, but if any of you have a memory of this occurence, > > please let me know. > > > > Bob Curtis > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: R Curtis <RobCurtis@prodigy.net> > > To: <OH-MEMORIES-L@nostalgia.rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:14 PM > > Subject: Re: [OH-MEM] PreWedding Traditions that I Remember > > > > > > > Hello All. I really enjoy this list.....at my age you enjoy many > > > things that the lousy > > > memory brings back. All of a sudden the word "Belling" came up out > > of > > > some crevise > > > and brought back many great memories where we honored the engaged > > > couple a few > > > days - maybe it was the evening before the wedding......My memory is > > > not really scoping > > > everything I would like to say. > > > > > > I lived in Cambridge, Guernsey Co.....actually East Cambridge where > > > many Slovokian > > > families resided.....and by golly there was a pre wedding > > celebration > > > called a "Belling" > > > that the neighbors did for the couple who were getting married. > > This > > > encluded going > > > to their families home(s) and singing, applausing, cheering, and > > > wishing them a good life. > > > > > > It seems that they must have known it was going to take place > > because > > > they would throw > > > pieces of wrapped candy to the crowd in a way of saying thank you to > > > their friends, neighbors > > > and family members who participated. > > > > > > Ring any bells.....out there? I hope so....don't want to think I am > > > older than dirt...... > > > > > > Bob Curtis in San Antonio, Tx....formerly from the above > > > area......left there in 1953 and spent > > > nearly 30 years in the US Air Force......and never saw this > > "Belling" > > > celebration again. > > > > > > > ______________________________ >