What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?
There are quite a few traditions that I no longer keep, bearing in mind that I was brought up in the Catholic religion, wherein most traditions emerged during the early part of the 20th century.
The first tradition in my family was not eating meat on a Friday. We were only allowed to eat fish or a potato and vegetables. No big hardship but I couldn’t see the logic behind it so I abandoned that one when left home at aged 16.
Wimpy came to Belfast in the sixties and their burgers on a Friday evening after work were a treat.
Every night we were called into the living room, the rosary beads were produced and we got down on our knees to say the rosary. One of my brothers and I got behind the sofa and giggled and made funny faces until my dad dismissed us. Again that tradition went out the window when I moved up to the big smoke in Belfast.
It was also the tradition that on Easter Sunday we all got a new outfit to wear to church. That was one I’m embraced enthusiastically. Unfortunately due to my falling out with the church and religion I and my family no longer attend any church.
Another tradition I embraced was Christmas night, once I was allowed to to go to midnight mass and once I knew the secret about Santa.
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We do now have our own traditions but nothing to do with religion or the past
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