Old customs dying out

[stivis]

No they were arranged from the original nursery rhyme ,and altered in the last three lines, the music was written by the Spenser Davis Group

[brian f]

The "scramble". Throwing coins from the wedding cars.

Yes- Scrambles i will never forget, Would travel a mile if i heard of one .
Do they still have them up the road ?

[michaelm]

Sometimes it wasn't so much of a scramble brianf - as I can remember my older sister getting married at St John's in Stevenston and her new husband throwing the coins out of the Wedding car in the general direction of my brother and me.

Was only about 8 at the time and I wasn't complaining.

[bonzo]

Don't even know if it would be allowed these days, weans diving under cars for a hand full of change. Health and safety would have a fit . Was this also known as bell money?

[brian f]

Don't even know if it would be allowed these days, weans diving under cars for a hand full of change. Health and safety would have a fit . Was this also known as bell money?

Can you still throw Confetti around ??

[bonzo]

Don't know Brian, you could give yourself a nasty paper cut

[Meg]

Don't even know if it would be allowed these days, weans diving under cars for a hand full of change. Health and safety would have a fit . Was this also known as bell money?

I think it was also called bowl money (pronounced bowel) because it was held in a bowl ready to be thrown out the bridal car window.

[Meg]

Don't even know if it would be allowed these days, weans diving under cars for a hand full of change. Health and safety would have a fit . Was this also known as bell money?

Can you still throw Confetti around ??

We were at a family wedding recently Brian and were all given confetti to throw - special stuff that was bio degradable, and made out of rice paper I think.

[bonzo]

Found this

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology Cite this entry

†BELL MONEY, n. Money demanded by children at a wedding. Cf. Ba'-money.
Sc. 1855 Notes and Q. 1st Ser. xi. 175:
The boys and girls of the neighbourhood assemble in front of the house, calling out “Bell money, bell money, shabby waddin, shabby waddin, canna spare a bawbee.”

Cheeky wee bams

[brian f]

Found this on Google search.

Wedding Scramble

A wedding scramble or a ‘warsel’ as it’s called in Ayrshire is a wedding tradition across Scotland. Once the bride steps into her car, the father of the bride throws a handful of coins for children to collect. This is thought to bring good financial fortune to the newly married couple.
Source - https://www.macgregorandmacduff.co.uk/w ... -weddings/

Maybe Scrambles originated from Ayrshire.

[John Donnelly]

I remember that there were several scrambles as the cars drove off; thrown by the bride's father and the best man and sometimes others. There were a variety of coins. Besides the small change, sometimes there was a half a crown or a two bob coin. There used to be a real scramble for those.
Coming back to Bonzo's comment about accidents, I never remember any nor did we ever read about any in the papers.
Ah, the good old days.
JD.

[brian f]

Thank god the Warrant sales died out... I might be wrong was Warrant sales advertised in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald and Irvine Times . That was terrible.........