rjb wrote: All over in 5 minutes followed by the wake.
The Wake .... 3 days for my Granny Whiteside, Auntie Jean ... just the 2 days .. but 3 days of fun and games packed into the 2 !
My Mum ... 2 days of fun and games , drinks and bacon sandwiches abound...
Party on Whitesides !!!
Uncle John ... an afternoon ... Snowflakes are not a new phenomena ... he has 3 sons ... the wrong one arranged the do ..
It was carried on at my Sisters ...... for most of the family ..into the next day ...
As head of the family I got some stick for not intervening during the afternoon event .... but .....
Such fun was had by all ........
Granny Whiteside ... 89 .. only cooked in a frying pan ... "heart attack on a plate" they call in Ulster ... it was ...
Aunt Jean ... 76, a life of disability .. but she was not happy about dying!!! The snow, thunder and lightening and general chaos at the mountain top burial said it all.
Mum ... 94 ... eating a pot of custard while chatting to my sister .. coughed twice ...Dead !
Uncle John ... Cancer .. 86 ... My stand-in Dad.
We do enjoy a good funeral in Ulster ... but only for the old ones .....