tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post786738907134699419..comments2023-09-23T17:58:11.690+02:00Comments on OUT ON YE!: SILVERING THE BABYChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13018817482272375666noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post-40965438329673687242023-08-09T18:43:47.216+02:002023-08-09T18:43:47.216+02:00Yes, I visited my newborn grandson recently in She...Yes, I visited my newborn grandson recently in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and was anxious to carry out this old tradition I remembered from being a child. I pressed a shiny 50p piece into his hand and he promptly gripped it tight with both hands. A good sign that he will always be thrifty with money and never be without. My daughter then put it in his memory box for safe keeping. I hope he will keep it forever as a good luck piece, and never be in want. LaLahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700238002559372054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post-83499561646288067522022-01-15T00:06:36.351+01:002022-01-15T00:06:36.351+01:00The same tradition we have here in Liverpool.
I a...The same tradition we have here in Liverpool. <br />I aas checking other traditions around the world when I saw this post.<br />A man gave my grandson some money in his palm today. A lovely tradition Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079266623908269722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post-67198680065177413752020-08-24T04:00:49.959+02:002020-08-24T04:00:49.959+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.SarahDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03600319781166419223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post-41661012238438427732020-08-24T03:58:42.740+02:002020-08-24T03:58:42.740+02:00Alison I remember scattering money from the car fo...Alison I remember scattering money from the car for the children in the street when my aunt got married in GlasgowSarahDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03600319781166419223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post-11811325729781567062019-06-17T17:22:01.668+02:002019-06-17T17:22:01.668+02:00This article is very interesting. I am a MacDougal...This article is very interesting. I am a MacDougall by birth & used to be a midwife. I'd never heard of these traditions here in the USA!Patricia Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385836847024645337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post-62111643431735365592019-03-15T02:41:34.241+01:002019-03-15T02:41:34.241+01:00I found this article very interesting as my family...I found this article very interesting as my family is from the Appalachian mountains in the United States and this is also practiced here although usually silver dollars or half dollars were used historically. They are increasingly used as heirlooms passed on to family and friends at birth now as silver dollars and half dollars are no longer in circulation.Allison R. Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393341520725541177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post-26665665509487826152018-12-23T19:37:28.853+01:002018-12-23T19:37:28.853+01:00I was just talking to my husband about this, I'...I was just talking to my husband about this, I'm Scottish and he's English. I remember it well when I was a child and <br />often saw my mother put money in a newborn's pram. Does anyone remember a 'scatter' for those about to be married?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950410203044606703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post-10537299208544896342018-12-06T19:39:28.277+01:002018-12-06T19:39:28.277+01:00Nor here in South Africa but when I was first marr...Nor here in South Africa but when I was first married in Scotland in the 60s my wife took our Daughter out in the pram and found a load of silver under the pillow,<br />johnphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851475715582872631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post-33820078546032552312018-01-18T08:18:37.373+01:002018-01-18T08:18:37.373+01:00We always called it hanselling the baby. I'm i...We always called it hanselling the baby. I'm in the north east of England. I think some people still do this now.Art and Design Textileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16595722897858257698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post-44213876093694273342017-10-02T22:01:14.553+02:002017-10-02T22:01:14.553+02:00My family, mostly from south London and Kent and w...My family, mostly from south London and Kent and with Romani roots, still "silver the baby" to this day. e know it's been happening in our family for at least the past 100 years or so.<br /><br />Lovely to see this article.<br /><br />GwionGwion Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06803346124998179855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6032965621524796038.post-24958378479791845032011-01-23T05:55:34.665+01:002011-01-23T05:55:34.665+01:00How fascinating! We have no tradition like that he...How fascinating! We have no tradition like that here in Australia. I wish we did!!Marniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272651064111226861noreply@blogger.com