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I do like the whole cedigh (sp?) thing, but ...

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NotQuiteCockney · 09/04/2007 15:26

I always find myself acutely aware of it as a mating ritual, and alternately embarassed/amused by it. Largely in a 'well, I didn't think I was sexually compatible with this woman/old man/weirdo, but it's good to have that confirmed ' sort of way.

Am I the only one?

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pointydog · 09/04/2007 20:19

har de har!

southern poove

Ceilidhs are so good precisely because they are so sociable - you laugh with people, fling each other about. Don't know what you're on about with your 'mating rituals', nqc.

Far less sexual and embarrassing than disco dancing and far far far more fun for everyone of all ages.

pointydog · 09/04/2007 20:21

the comparison to blaRDY morris dancing is an insult

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NotQuiteCockney · 09/04/2007 20:23

They're much better for weddings than disco dancing. I probably should point out that we had a Ceilidh at our wedding.

But they are manifestly a mating ritual. It's not a subtle thing! (Ok, I think all dancing is a mating ritual, but they don't generally make you pair off with everyone in the room.)

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JustAnotherMoaner · 09/04/2007 20:25

We went to a wedding with a ceilidh a few weeks ago.

IOt was shite

The bar was shut by 11pm, when I was just pissed enough to get into it.

I wanted to deck the caller who kept saying "And Doesy Do(sp)" and generally being a school ma'am.

And I'm from an Irish background

JustAnotherMoaner · 09/04/2007 20:26

To be fair, this wedding consisted of a load of teetoal; strailaced, god fearing fiolk

expatinscotland · 09/04/2007 20:27

It's a ceilidh.

I've not been to any except here and they are piss ups.

expatinscotland · 09/04/2007 20:27

I've been to some teetotal weddings.

Never stayed long.

pointydog · 09/04/2007 20:28

you say mating, I say sociable

there is no hip grinding in ceilidhs
there is pas de bas
there is no snogging
there is heeeuuch

JustAnotherMoaner · 09/04/2007 20:28

We had to stay, as we were 160 nmiles from home, and I was too drunk to drive

pointydog · 09/04/2007 20:29

moaner, I don;t think the problem with that wedding was the ceilidh

liath · 09/04/2007 20:29

Ah, pointydog, but there is blatent toe-pointing. A sexual innuendo if ever I saw one .

expatinscotland · 09/04/2007 20:30

Maybe my daughters will want a ceilidh for their wedding.

And then I won't have any idea what to do.

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NotQuiteCockney · 09/04/2007 20:30

You're right, nobody makes out with anyone at a Ceilidh - but people generally don't make out with people at weddings anyway, do they? Maybe I've just had a sheltered existance.

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expatinscotland · 09/04/2007 20:31

Yes, you've had a sheltered experience, NQC.

I had my first kiss at a wedding reception.

I was 15.

He was 32.

JustAnotherMoaner · 09/04/2007 20:34

Oh no, the Ceilidh wasn't the prob.

I love a good ceilidh if the caller doesn't bark, and keep shushingh everyone and if evetryone is getting stuck in and having a good time

However, I think fun was a dirty word on this aprticular occasion

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NotQuiteCockney · 09/04/2007 20:34

It's not that the dancing is sexual per se - it isn't really. It's the 'you must dance with every random male' thing, and also various 'dances' where you have to try to coordinate timings etc, which are clearly tests of non-verbal coordiation and rhythm.

In discos, you never are obliged to go dance with everyone else.

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expatinscotland · 09/04/2007 20:35

I thought ceilidhs were for getting pissed and partying.

pointydog · 09/04/2007 20:35

liath

pointydog · 09/04/2007 20:40

mmm. Maybe it's just a getting-used-to-it thing. You're right. At a disco you dance with your partner and it gets a bit dull (no matter how fascinating your partner). AT ceilidhs you laugh and fling strangers and you always say thanks after even if they're a smelly heavy-footed troll. I like that.

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NotQuiteCockney · 09/04/2007 20:49

I like the sociability, too! I'm pro-Ceilidh, particularly for weddings etc. I just find the mating bit somewhat risible.

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expatinscotland · 09/04/2007 20:49

I'm pro-ceilidh, too .

pointydog · 09/04/2007 20:51

hurrah, pro ceilidh!

anti-morris

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NotQuiteCockney · 09/04/2007 20:52

I can't take morris dancing seriously. I realise it's another mating ritual (of course ), although more like a lek. I can't even vaguely imagine being impressed by it, though.

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princesscc · 09/04/2007 20:55

heeeuuch! LOL - what a perfect word to describe that noise that you just can't help making! And clapping of hands and stamping of feet. I wanna go to a ceilidh NOW! I wanna do the Gay Gordons with my mate Kbear!

liath · 09/04/2007 20:56

I'd love to go to one, might put me into labour.....