----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol & Joseph Beattie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:15 PM Subject: [OHVINTON-L] March 12, 1919 "From the McArthur Democrat-Enquirer, March 12, 1919 (Title omitted) Dewey GLANDON and Nettie BOBBLET were married Thursday and given an old-fashioned belling that evening." Can someone explain "old- fashioned belling"? Does anyone know who Nettie Bobblet's parents were? Thanks.

Here're a couple of links which describe the belling or (shivaree): http://www.calliopepress.com/maude/excerpt.html http://www.countryrag.org/cr71219.html I can confirm that bellings were still practiced in Vinton County in the 1960s... I can remember participating in the belling that followed Dale Thomson's wedding as a small boy in the early 1960s. There were firecrackers, people banging on pots and pans, along with refreshments... Rick On Tuesday 03 December 2002 11:51 pm, David & Clara wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Carol & Joseph Beattie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:15 PM > Subject: [OHVINTON-L] March 12, 1919 > "From the McArthur Democrat-Enquirer, March 12, 1919 > > (Title omitted) > Dewey GLANDON and Nettie BOBBLET were married Thursday and given an > old-fashioned belling that evening." > > Can someone explain "old- fashioned belling"? Does anyone know who Nettie > Bobblet's parents were? Thanks.