Comments on: A little dander http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/27/a-little-dander/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/27/a-little-dander/#comment-28183 Grannymar Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:12:11 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5714#comment-28183 Kate - my dancing might not win any prizes, but it certainly keeps te circulation going! I am pleased your friend found my blog helpful. I hope she is recovering well. Kate - my dancing might not win any prizes, but it certainly keeps te circulation going!

I am pleased your friend found my blog helpful. I hope she is recovering well.

]]> By: Kate http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/27/a-little-dander/#comment-28177 Kate Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:30:30 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5714#comment-28177 Its good to see you are getting about so well ... and dancing too!! Well done! I gave your blog address to our receptionist at work whose Mum was getting ready to go for a hip replacement. She found it very calming in her moment of panic.... I doubt she would leave comments - so I will say thank you to you on her behalf!!! Its good to see you are getting about so well … and dancing too!! Well done!

I gave your blog address to our receptionist at work whose Mum was getting ready to go for a hip replacement. She found it very calming in her moment of panic…. I doubt she would leave comments - so I will say thank you to you on her behalf!!!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/27/a-little-dander/#comment-28123 Grannymar Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5714#comment-28123 Alice, Christmas was indeed very different and simple. This weekend in homes all over Northern Ireland the tree and houses will be decorated with lights etc. Real trees will be lined up outside shops for sale from tomorrow Saturday. We always had a real tree, erected in the living room a few days before Christmas and not removed until after twelfth night. A tall candle was lit at twilight (the first light) and set in the front window to light the way for travellers (symbol) on Christmas eve. Add the glow of a real fire and the aromas of mammy's baking coming from the kitchen - that was Christmas. Alice, Christmas was indeed very different and simple. This weekend in homes all over Northern Ireland the tree and houses will be decorated with lights etc. Real trees will be lined up outside shops for sale from tomorrow Saturday.

We always had a real tree, erected in the living room a few days before Christmas and not removed until after twelfth night. A tall candle was lit at twilight (the first light) and set in the front window to light the way for travellers (symbol) on Christmas eve. Add the glow of a real fire and the aromas of mammy’s baking coming from the kitchen - that was Christmas.

]]> By: Alice http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/27/a-little-dander/#comment-28121 Alice Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:20:44 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5714#comment-28121 Is Christmas now very different from your Christmas as a child? When I was a child, everything was natural--the tree, the mistletoe, and even the red berries and holly the wreaths were made from. Now everything, including the tree we put up every year, is plastic. I saw one humongous real tree in a Christmas tree lot a couple days ago, and couldn't help wondering how many hundred dollars it cost. But oh wouldn't it have smelled nice in the house? As for the music, I must admit I just set my musical clock to play Christmas tunes every hour on the hour during daylight. I'll turn it off the day right after. Is Christmas now very different from your Christmas as a child? When I was a child, everything was natural–the tree, the mistletoe, and even the red berries and holly the wreaths were made from. Now everything, including the tree we put up every year, is plastic. I saw one humongous real tree in a Christmas tree lot a couple days ago, and couldn’t help wondering how many hundred dollars it cost. But oh wouldn’t it have smelled nice in the house? As for the music, I must admit I just set my musical clock to play Christmas tunes every hour on the hour during daylight. I’ll turn it off the day right after.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/27/a-little-dander/#comment-28109 Grannymar Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:27:48 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5714#comment-28109 BHB, we speak a different language, yet the same! :D BHB, we speak a different language, yet the same! :D

]]> By: bikehikebabe http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/27/a-little-dander/#comment-28103 bikehikebabe Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:18:05 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5714#comment-28103 I have learned so much from associating with you Irish (& UK) people. And all these expressions I've heard in the Irish (& UK) books on CD. Like "on the other side of the pond", X X X, knickers, nappies, many others that I can't recall just now. I have learned so much from associating with you Irish (& UK) people. And all these expressions I’ve heard in the Irish (& UK) books on CD.

Like “on the other side of the pond”, X X X, knickers, nappies, many others that I can’t recall just now.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/27/a-little-dander/#comment-28101 Grannymar Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:35:43 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5714#comment-28101 Ian, I remember Mickey Marley’s Roundabout! I am sure that somewhere I have a photo of a very young Elly enjoying the magic of the moment while listening to the music and bobbing up and down. Ian, I remember Mickey Marley’s Roundabout! I am sure that somewhere I have a photo of a very young Elly enjoying the magic of the moment while listening to the music and bobbing up and down.

]]> By: Ian http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/27/a-little-dander/#comment-28100 Ian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:23:20 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5714#comment-28100 The last time I saw a pony in Belfast City Centre, it was pulling Mickey Marley's Roundabout! The last time I saw a pony in Belfast City Centre, it was pulling Mickey Marley’s Roundabout!

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