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Emperor Morphetine · Screen Legend Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 3576

I love it all, Christmas is the time of year to be spoilt rotten!

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Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 12791

Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 8912

You'd find a double meaning in anything Luc

Oh I haven't heard about the cracked pud superstition before.....is it an Irish thing or a family thing? Did they put money in the pud too? I know it was a tradition to put money in but it's a wonder people didn't choke on it!

Emperor Morphetine · Screen Legend Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 3576

I know some people used to put money in it, don't know why though- surely it would be classed as a health and safety violation today!
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Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 12791

No not in the pudding...the only time my mother used to put money in anything was at Halloween and she would put some in Apple tarts she made.....I used to be ages with a fork poking into it to see where it was

Its an old tradition here about the Xmas pudding and it cracking or breaking leading to bad luck...its old wives tales but my parents took it seriously
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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 8912

That'll be the next thing on the health and safety hit list Morphy! They'll probably say people could choke or the coins have germs on them and say people can only use chocolate coins in the pudding, as long as they take the foil paper off of course

Did you ever find the money in the apple tarts Luc or was it a cunning plan to get you eating it all up?! I'll read up about the Xmas pud tradition to see if other people do/did that too! I know there's the Stir Up Sunday tradition where you make the pud and get the family to stir it for good luck.....but I didn't know about the cracked pud old wives tale!

Emperor Morphetine · Screen Legend Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 3576

Wonder where all these superstitions come from?
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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 8912

Superstitious people

Some of them probably date from Medieval times and other superstitions have been added on over the years!

Emperor Morphetine · Screen Legend Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 3576

There's probably a book of them somewhere....
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Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 12791

more times than not actually Cat i used to find the money in the tart..

..if my father knew the money was in his slice he'd subtely ask me (well not very subtely now when i think back

) to investigate someting strange on his plate and i would get it then aswell

As for health and safety it just wasn't a coin thrown in...it would be wrapped in tin foil

oh and you see that stirring of the pudding....we all used to line up to do that..it was not only superstition but tradition in my house the weeks before christmas

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