10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIVAREE»
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chivaree in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
chivaree and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Last
Chivaree: The Hicks Family of Beech Mountain
The book itself reads like a well-told tale, but all the characters are real, although the names of a few, now dead, have been changed in deference to survivors.
2
Positive Pollutions and Cultural Toxins: Waste and ...
can be trusted. She certainly raises valid points about individual greed, but she
also embodies that greed, refusing to share either her stories or her wealth with
the community. Chivaree “discovered a birch that wanted to be paper, a birch that
...
3
Home Spun Heritage: How it Was, How it is
Webster defines a charivari as “a mock serenade, as to newly weds, made by
blowing toy horns, beating on pans, etc.,” and also called chivaree. Chivarees
were frequently held in the late 405, or early 505, and even now there might be
an ...
Glennys McQuade Medenwaldt, 2001
My Grandpa used to tell of a chivaree he took part in where somebody brought a
shotgun and dynamite to liven things up. If the chivaree took place on a wagon
train, the troublemakers would jostle the honeymoon wagon back and forth.
When any young couple in the neighborhood got married, we always gave 'em a
chivaree. No, I don't know where the word came from, but that's what we called it.
It wasn't the custom then to make very lengthy weddin' trips ; from the old to the ...
Fred Warner Shibley, 1899
6
The Study of Lives: Essays on Personality in Honor of Henry ...
Nowadays the chivaree tradition is usually reduced to tying some tin cans or
ribbons to the "get-away car," accompanying it with horn-blowing, and playing a
few tricks on the bridal couple; but originally the revelry was more boisterous, and
the ...
7
I Do: A Cultural History of Montana Weddings
... Addie, 46 Tschetter, Ben, 121–124 Tuss, Matt Z., 137 Tuss, Tony, 130, 136–
137, 177 Tuttle, Daniel, Bishop, 114 Twin Bridges, Montana: Croskey-Long
chivaree, 1950, 179–180; Croskey-Long wedding, 1951, 65–67; PeaseOwsley
wedding, ...
The custom of giving a Chivaree for newlyweds faded away and disappeared just
about this time. A Chivaree (Shivaree, charivari) is a playful, noisy, rowdy,
boisterous mock serenade of a newly wed couple primarily designed to annoy
them ...
Lila Strebeck Wright, 2006
9
Spookiest Stories Ever: Four Seasons of Kentucky Ghosts
RB: The chivaree (also spelled shivaree) was an old mountain custom of
serenading newlyweds on their wedding night. Couples didn't go away on
honeymoon trips back then. They usually had their new home ready and moved
right in after ...
Roberta Simpson Brown, Lonnie E. Brown, 2010
10
Trading Places with the Boss
“I'm going to get stuck in that little podunk town, Chivaree.” “Hey, I'll have you
know Chivaree isn't so bad.” She almost laughed aloud to think that she was the
one saying such a thing. Defending Chivaree, imagine that. “It's grown a lot lately.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHIVAREE»
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chivaree is used in the context of the following news items.
Event360: Dancers, acrobats and plate-spinners storm the Creative …
Performance group Chivaree Circus rounded up the catwalk by attempting a Guinness World Record involving contortion and hula hopping. «Event Magazine, Jun 15»
Event360: Live blog - as it happened
5.35: Chivaree Circus co-founder Edward Gossling introduces a hula hoop performer/cortonionist, who will attempt a world record for 120 ... «Event Magazine, Jun 15»
Fireworks will mark this 100th birthday party
She married Leo James in 1936, and friends and neighbors gathered outside their Alps Road home on their wedding night to "chivaree," or ... «The Daily News Online, Jun 15»
Llandudno-inspired Alice and the White Rabbit celebrated this …
As well as a trip to Llandudno, Alice and friends – played by performers from Chivaree Circus – photobombed some of London's most iconic ... «WalesOnline, Mar 15»
Atlantan's sculpture makes statement at Dallas horse park; 2 metro …
... who recently was appointed Bascom exhibitions curator after operating Chivaree Southern Art & Design in Cashiers, N.C., for three years. «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Mar 15»
Visiting Our Past: Avery County's Sunny Brook Store
J. Myron threw a chivaree at the store just before he stocked it for its opening. His cousin, Scotty Wiseman, and Scotty's partner and wife, Lulu ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jan 15»
Southern folk art collection goes north
Browne runs a folk-art gallery in Cashiers, N.C. called Chivaree. Much of the art is fragile, she said; preserving it will be a monumental ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Nov 14»
Halloween outfits for £10 or less – and some for much more
Blow your budget and … order a bespoke outfit from Chivaree Circus costume designers. Prices range from £300 to £100,000 – however, ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
Father Patrick, Nuncio, Cee Bee Yes win at Red Mile
ELEVENTH - Trot 1:51.2 Shake It Cerry (Pierce) 3.00 2.10 2.10 Chivaree Hanover (Tetrick) 5.00 5.20 My Inspiration (Callahan) 6.40 Also ... «The Courier-Journal, Sep 14»
Red Mile: Saturday's results, Sunday's entries
Mistresswithmuscle Y Gingras 12-1 4. Scream And Shout B Miller 4-1 5. Chivaree Hanover T Tetrick 8-1 6. My Inspiration C Callahan 8-1 7. «The Courier-Journal, Sep 14»
