♥ In the 1950s when our Northern Lancashire family moved to Norwich in
East Anglia, my Mother announced that in these new 'foreign parts'
Valentine gifts were given to children and both my Brother and Myself
benefitted, much to our delight.
However I do not know where the idea had
I'm not aware of any customs like this in the area I live in the US
(Mid Atlantic region - Virginia specifically). What *is* traditional
is for children to make (the old days) or buy valentines to share with
all their classmates and friends. Sadly, I think that some schools now
have stopped
On 2/1/11 9:31 AM, Jean Eke wrote:
Do any of you know if this custom survived anywhere else?
Often customs like this were taken to America and
survived longer there.
It might have been an influence on our Halloween customs.
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Joy Beeson
http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/
west of Fort
Jean, we have always known Valentineâs Day as being the day when Jack
Valentine came to the house, knocked on the door, left a present and went away
without being seen â yes we now know it was dad that had gone round the back
way and come back into the house all surprised that Jack Valentine
In the US it is customary for children to exchange penny Valentines, tiny
minimal Valentine greetings in tiny envelopes, especially in school. My
grade school classroom had a box to put all the Valentines in. My mother
insisted on enclosing tiny valentine candies with each penny Valentine,
I have a friend who is going to be in Belgium at the end of August, early
September and was wondering if anyone could please suggest things that she
should check out while she is there. She is a keen lacemaker and would like
to get some lace supplies also. Are there any lace days being held at
Le 02/02/11 00:01, dmt11h...@aol.com a écrit :
leaving me to wonder if the French didn't have this
Valentine custom.
well, they don't .. nowadays, you're supposed to offer something to
your sweetheart but it's an imported custom actually .
dominique
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