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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 11:03:57 GMT
Before I was laid up I went for a walk on one of the only dry days we seem to have had in months and wandered up the hill into the nearby deer park. The views over the Severn Valley are worth the climb, and hardly a soul around.
And in my wanderings I met the game-keeper, who I have met before. He had the advantage of a quad bike but has a lot of ground to cover. And we talked about all sorts of things, the gale damage which was evident all around, and the bloody awful weather making a lot of the place pretty boggy, and of course the deer. The bucks and stags he told me were just over a nearby rise, and the hinds and does in a cover perhaps ¾ of a mile away. They do that after the rut, separate. That seems an eminently sensible thing to do, leave the women on their own to get fat and grumpy and hang out with the lads. I assured him I was not going to spook them having seen to many nut cases with screaming children and barking dogs in the past. Just look and go quietly. You see a lot more that way.
He then said something which I found interesting. He told me that the stags all congregating together is the origin of the term ‘Stag Party’
Now I would love to believe that is true but I was under the impression that the ‘Stag Party’ was a fairly recent invention. However if it is true than can anyone tell me the derivation of the term ‘Hen Party’
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Post by ARENA on Feb 16, 2016 12:18:04 GMT
Prior to its usage as a term for a pre wedding party "hen party" was used in the United States as a general term for an all female gathering usually held at a hostesses residence. In 1897 The Desert News noted that "hen party" was a "time honoured idea that tea and chitchats, gossip smart hats, constitute the necessary adjuncts to these particular gatherings". In 1940 Eleanor Roosevelt was described as hosting a Christmas time "hen" party for cabinet wives and "ladies of the press
I suspect the male version originated as 'young bucks'
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 14:28:46 GMT
You are almost certainly right Arena but it would be great if there was a chicken related trait for hen parties.
That said, there is! They all cluck around as a group making lots of noise ....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2016 13:34:53 GMT
Prior to its usage as a term for a pre wedding party "hen party" was used in the United States as a general term for an all female gathering usually held at a hostesses residence. In 1897 The Desert News noted that "hen party" was a "time honoured idea that tea and chitchats, gossip smart hats, constitute the necessary adjuncts to these particular gatherings". In 1940 Eleanor Roosevelt was described as hosting a Christmas time "hen" party for cabinet wives and "ladies of the press I suspect the male version originated as 'young bucks' That makes me think of "What's Up Doc
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2016 13:41:15 GMT
"Rowdy Brit Stag Party Forces Plane To Divert" news.sky.com/story/1649974/rowdy-brit-stag-party-forces-plane-to-divertNothing worse than a party of rowdy drunks on a plane, they have a captive audience for their revels. Tell them to be quiet at your peril Having said that I once flew to Spain vary late on New Years Eve from Bristol. Joining us was a bus load of very merry Welsh people who were drinking heavily in the departure lounge, and very noisy. Boarded the aeroplane with some trepidation but needn't have worried, once we had taken off they proceeded to sing Christmas carols which was a surreal experience as we flew though the night. Half expected to see Father Christmas through the window as he did his rounds
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