Stranger giving your child money

fantasticfive

zaxdog wrote: »

Perhaps it is a Glaswegian thing. I was born and brought up in Glasgow and I do this with folk I know who have had babies. Doesn't seem as common in Oban but that may be due to the high proportion of English people who have settled here.

I remember wedding "scrambles" as well :j

aaaah! "scambles", i remember them well, all the kids getting into position, cheering and waving, then transformed into little rugby players to get to the treasure. lol :rotfl:

as for giving money to a baby, yes, it is definitely a Glasgow thing too. it's referred to as "Silvering the baby" on google.

dizziblonde

North-East England as well as Scotland then obviously

mazza111

Agree with the custom things. It's something we do. I was shocked when I had my kids in Brighton and no one did it, hadn't realised it was a regional thing :rotfl:

Maybe he just thought you could have bought something to cheer the bubs up

Murtle

What a lovely tradition. Learnt something new today!

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Torry_Quine

It's something that is common here as well to give a baby money when you first see them. didn't realise that it wasn't everywhere. Known as hanselling

SUESMITH_2

i live in Yorkshire and when my kids were babies they quite often got given money by complete strangers - usually older people. i just used to smile and say thank you. they used to say it was for luck

Make-it-3

Wow, MSE is so educational. It's amazing how varied the culture of our little island is.

Thinking about moving to Scotland tho, could do with the £££'s

coolcait

Another vote for it being a tradition in these parts (West of Scotland) to give money to a baby/small child.

Definitely by tucking a coin into the pram/car seat, the first time you ever see then.

And then giving them random coins, whenever you meet them, as they grow up.

My kids thought that I had rich cousins, because all my family are traditionalists in that sense :rotfl:

As for wedding scrambles - or 'bell money'. When I was a child, it wasn't unknown for adult women to join in the 'scrambling' :eek:.

OP, I'd also see this as a random act of kindness, or as a reflection of the giver's own background and 'culture'.

I hope your LO got something nice with the money.

victory

Torry_Quine wrote: »

It's something that is common here as well to give a baby money when you first see them. didn't realise that it wasn't everywhere. Known as hanselling

I never knew that hanselling:D

morganedge

Joons wrote: »

It's ridiculous nowadays, you can't do a nice thing for being accused of something bad.

Sad, ain't it.

I was nearly attacked by a group of nutters in a beer garden once for playing football with a young lad who asked me for a little kick around in the beer garden whilst his family drank in the pub. They assumed I must have been a weirdo to be playing football with a kid, lol. I was just trying to be nice. I like football, and the young lad was bored and wanted someone to play with.