American Reacts to The Rattlin Bog at an Irish Wedding!

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    In this video I react to The Rattlin Bog at an Irish Wedding! I've had so many people recommend that I check this out and now I know why. This was awesome! As someone who loves Irish folk music, The Rattlin Bog didn't disappoint.
    This is the type of song that I can't help but stomp my feet and try to sing along to even though I don't know the lyrics. LOL Also, do Irish weddings generally last until 5am? If so, I love it and this is my type of party. The woman singing has an amazing voice, of course I love Irish accents, but still I can't imagine finding a better version of The Rattlin Bog.
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  • @notbatman7331
    @notbatman7331 9 місяців тому +68

    Only difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish funeral is 1 less drunk person 🇮🇪

    • @heffo67
      @heffo67 Місяць тому

      Word 😂

  • @matthewjamison
    @matthewjamison 9 місяців тому +139

    In Ireland, we celebrate weddings & funerals with the same energy. We celebrate someones life (who has died) & celebrate the start of a couples life together. With massive piss up. 🥃🍺🥂

    • @mariahoulihan9483
      @mariahoulihan9483 9 місяців тому +8

      Yes..I said out loud at my Dad's funeral, in England, (he was Irish).. Oh.. Dad would have LOVED this! says it all. lol. My Mother' side of the family.. not her.. were a bit more strait laced let say.. and were a bit sniffy. No one was out of order on the Irish side.. but compared to the other side.. a distinct lack of stuffiness at the wake.

    • @matthewjamison
      @matthewjamison 9 місяців тому +10

      @@mariahoulihan9483 There's a video of an Irish folk band in an airport waiting room & they burst into song & when you the camera scans around the room. You can visibly see all the Irish people joining in singing & who the English people in that room are. Because they're sitting there, bemused lol

    • @vinnyganzano1930
      @vinnyganzano1930 9 місяців тому +6

      There's a saying in Scotland that there's more fun at a Glasgow funeral than there is at an Edinburgh wedding, it's true.
      Been to too many funerals in Scotland, England and both sides of the Irish border the Scots and Irish have similar energy at funerals.

    • @delgirldel
      @delgirldel 8 місяців тому

      That's not true for all of us. I do not go to pubs when I lose a loved one. You may and that's fine, but a lot of us do not do that.

    • @matthewjamison
      @matthewjamison 8 місяців тому +6

      @@delgirldel That's you. But you must know you're in the tiny minority, in that regard.

  • @roisindunne7965
    @roisindunne7965 8 місяців тому +39

    I'm Irish and singing along!!! Pretty much all Irish people know this song !! And our weddings are epic

    • @lolly5657
      @lolly5657 7 місяців тому

      Haha I watched this as it was the rattlin bog. I had this song stuck in my head for weeks a few years ago. I will gladly put it back.

  • @dale897
    @dale897 9 місяців тому +65

    As an english man i feel no shame in saying it's hard to beat a welsh or irish female singing voice.

  • @itsalwaysteatime3803
    @itsalwaysteatime3803 8 місяців тому +15

    If you spun that camera further around i betcha thers a few kids asleep on chairs pulled together 😂😂 with their dads suit jacket as a blanket 😂 i have memories of this as a flower girl at wedding as a kid in Ireland 😂😂

  • @Melanie_7796
    @Melanie_7796 9 місяців тому +41

    We love a good funeral here in Ireland. And weddings are usually stretched over a couple of days now. At a wedding the hotel usually has a residents bar open and that’s what you’re seeing here. She would have been singing that from childhood and probably at every session and family get together for years. We love our sing songs here 😊 Just brilliant 🤩 🇮🇪

    • @tonywalton1464
      @tonywalton1464 9 місяців тому +3

      I took the day off work once to go to a funeral. Massive drinking afterwards, and great craic. The only thing missing was Jay, the deceased.
      I got to work the next day with the mother of all hangovers. "Thought you went to a funeral" they said. I replied "an Irish funeral". "Ah..."

  • @lornaclayton2697
    @lornaclayton2697 9 місяців тому +55

    If you love Irish folk music try reacting to The Dubliners or The Pogues.

    • @geoffpoole483
      @geoffpoole483 9 місяців тому +6

      Or the Chieftains.

    • @allanheslop4493
      @allanheslop4493 9 місяців тому +8

      I’m southern English, in the mid nineties I started living with an Irish woman, no one knows folk music until you have been around the Irish, or the pogues

    • @suekey8072
      @suekey8072 9 місяців тому +7

      Davey Arthur and the Fureys Irish folk band are excellent too my Grandad was Irish

    • @lornaclayton2697
      @lornaclayton2697 9 місяців тому +1

      @@suekey8072 So was my grandad. 😃

    • @suekey8072
      @suekey8072 9 місяців тому +2

      @@lornaclayton2697 I was an O’Brien from Limerick

  • @billyo54
    @billyo54 9 місяців тому +20

    I've been at weddings here in Ireland where the singing and drinking went on 'till the breakfast arrived the following morning.😂😂❤

  • @jacquelinehecht7256
    @jacquelinehecht7256 8 годин тому

    Would love to go to a wedding like that & she has a beautiful voice, all wedding should be celebrated like this

  • @dyread
    @dyread 9 місяців тому +20

    My sisters wedding 20 years ago went on until 5am. These days it is becoming more normal to have a two day wedding.

  • @ashdrive
    @ashdrive 9 місяців тому +13

    Been to Ireland many times...and a wedding there, beautiful country and people

  • @gemmamartin5157
    @gemmamartin5157 9 місяців тому +16

    You drink between each verse and the longer you make it the more you drink! That's how we do it! (Born and bred in Ireland) American bluegrass was born out of irish music after the Irish emigration to the USA. Thats why there are similarities ❤

  • @Rionnagan
    @Rionnagan 9 місяців тому +9

    I attended a few of my cousins' weddings in Ireland and they generally last three days. The church, the reception until daybreak (almost), everyone gets some sleep in the morning, showers then head to the parents' of the couple for more partying, and this goes on the next day, too.
    Funerals and wakes can last a week. I grew up in Australia (in the Irish diaspora) and funerals went for at least 3 days there; weddings were dependent on location. If a wedding or wake took place in the outback which involved travelling long distances, then all gatherins were at least a week long.

  • @edsalmon1449
    @edsalmon1449 7 місяців тому +7

    Flee on on the feather, feather on the wing, wing on the chick, chick in the egg, egg in the nest, nest on the leaf, leaf on the twig, twig on the stick, stick on the branch, branch on the tree, tree in the hole, hole in the bog, bog down in the valley O. Many versions, I learnt this one in the Scouts!

  • @clarestewart877
    @clarestewart877 9 місяців тому +10

    If they are still drinking at 5am congrats on remembering the whole sequence of the song! 😂

  • @BlueTexel
    @BlueTexel 9 місяців тому +8

    Best wedding I ever went to was a friend's aunt, in Donegal. I was treated like family. The whole event evolved over a long weekend, and the actual day culminated in the Priest joining us for a pub crawl and sing along after the main reception. Many drinks, songs, and pubs later my friend and I staggered back to the family's house at dawn 👍😂🍻🍷🍾🎉😎

  • @karendelaney7456
    @karendelaney7456 7 місяців тому +4

    Hi Steve just came across your channel. What lovely comments you had. There’s definitely one thing the Irish can do so well and that’s have a great night out, if it’s just a weekend wedding or our country playing sports and going to the pub/bar we definitely know how to have a great night and get everyone involved into all hours of the morning. I don’t know this song myself but it looks like there unwinding I guarantee at about 2/3 am they where up dancing singing arms around each other having an amazing time but it gets to the point where people obviously start getting tired going to bed the ones that can hang in there longer will tend to sit around just like themselves and sing songs or tell stories and unwind. That’s beautiful to hear you want to know more about your ancestors and be proud of that, being a Dubliner lived in the states for 10 years I have to say coming home just missed and loved how friendly and welcoming the Irish are compared to other countries no disrespect. Very proud to be Irish, again so nice to see you embrace your ancestors how far back are we talking?if ya don’t mind me asking…

  • @irene3196
    @irene3196 8 місяців тому +18

    Loved that video. My Irish great-gran used to say the best Irish weddings always had a fight somewhere during the celebrations but all were best friends forever at the end of it.

    • @Sineadhawk
      @Sineadhawk 5 місяців тому +1

      That is definitely not true

  • @teresaididntknowthat
    @teresaididntknowthat 7 місяців тому +2

    Us irish know these songs from childhood. Typical irish wedding or funeral. Great fun, it's what we do. Glad you loved it.

  • @naders08
    @naders08 8 місяців тому +2

    Us Irish happen to get married at a party. My wedding, DJ got drunk, that's fine was a friend of ours. My husbands uncle in law took over "Djaying". To this day people talk of the best wedding they were at (23 years later and a divorce). The girl singing is the sister of the bride, in white to her left as you look at the screen. Sweet moment when the singers new brother in law picked up her drink for her to take a sip during the chorus.

  • @BurntSpaggetti
    @BurntSpaggetti 25 днів тому +2

    I love being Irish😂😂 I’m 15 and can just about sing the whole song perfectly, I sing the rula bula version 😂

  • @Scrubber89
    @Scrubber89 9 місяців тому +9

    You should check out the blokes singing 'The Whole of the Moon' in their local pub. It's a vibe.

    • @Scrubber89
      @Scrubber89 9 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/v_tDHoWl0sI/v-deo.html

  • @heffo67
    @heffo67 Місяць тому +2

    That's the bride in white sitting on the groom's lap and her sister is doing the singing.
    The 'stayers' are still up and partying at 8am when others are coming down for their breakfast. The 'legends' are still up and partying on the Monday morning at 8am when the hotel is considering calling outside assistance to get rid of them...
    Irish weddings are usually 'alright' or f**king legendary!!!

  • @raymoorey8296
    @raymoorey8296 9 місяців тому +4

    Some of my fondest memories of when i was young was going to see my Uncle play in an popular irish fok band in Southern Ireland at the time called The Wexford Emeralds, two acoustic guitars and a singer
    loved the energy of the jigs the atmosphire was electric and the ballads, the singer (John Aspal's) voice was so amazing it stired emotions in me even though i was only 12 or 13 and born in England, i knew little of Irish history other then what my Mother told me and didn't really comprehend or truely understand the passion in the song or catch the connection to Mother' side of the family untill i was trying research to my mothers branch of the family tree, on the web early 2000 'early into the linternet age but found very little and only one clip of my Uncle playing in the Band on TV when looking to record some of the songs my Uncle sung which was frusttrating because i know they released several Albums and recorded for TV a lot more then once they were good enough to be invited to and play in The Royal Albert Hall in london
    I told my Mother (God rest her soul) i was trying find Uncle Paddiy's Band, The Wexford Emerld online but no luck, she said to me "no it maybe because they are Irish rebel songs writtern fron the time of William of Orange invasion of Ireland when the Dutchman was given the crown of England and became Edward the 1st including the irish uprising of 1916 and the two world war and would have been baned in England" and then calmly added " Your Grandad was considered as "Persona non grata" in England meaning unwelcome person i wont go into the details now this comment is long enough already, its for another time, its a long story, if you would like to know more about this i'll be happy tell you, just let me know if you do
    So my Uncle may have been cosidered the same because of subject of the songs he sang being mainly anti English Establishment. but are still beautiful emotive songs, sung with passion and pride. i remember the words to most of the song they sang, as i grew older i learnt more of the poignancy and meaning behind the lyriics,
    I've allways loved irish folk music but since ny Mother passed away at the end of 2021 i find it hard to listen to a folk song in an Irish accent without my emotions overwelmimg me, even writing this has been an emotiohnal rollacoster, i have lernt more irish history in folk music then i ever learnt in school
    i went to a Romen Catholic School in England, 99% of the pupils were either Irish or Italian and pupils born in England but had irish or Italian parents, even four of our teachers were Irish Nuns but they only taught Dogma and refused to discuss anything that wasn't ordained in thier holy orders to God and would fly in to a rage if we asked question about Evolution, Aliens, Dinosaurs, the age of our planet, Pagan festivals and Traditions usurped into christianity ect , ect, ect basicly anything that conflicts with Doctrine,
    so no hope of learning any reality there then, you are more likly able to access a lot more imformation from the Irish prospective living in the US then i ever have living in England

  • @AlainnCorcaigh
    @AlainnCorcaigh 9 місяців тому +3

    a lot of hotels have residents bars so you absolutely can get served if you are staying there

  • @MrJoecool9999
    @MrJoecool9999 Місяць тому +1

    I wouldn't be a heavy drinker myself - but I can honestly say I've never been told to leave an Irish pub because it's closing time - they would just have a "Lock in".....!
    One time many years ago I left a bar and I was drunk - the local police sergeant met me at the door and asked where my car was - i pointed in the general direction - he took me to my car put me in the passenger seat and drove me home - with another officer following in the patrol car to collect him - only in Ireland...!

  • @lydialily846
    @lydialily846 7 місяців тому +2

    Irish weddings last up to 3 days now definitely two , & yes 5/6/7am is normal for an Irish ☘️ wedding,, and ceremony usually starts between 12/1pm ..

  • @camerashy273
    @camerashy273 9 місяців тому +9

    I'm from England & loved that. 😍 Beautiful voice & very catching tune 👍👏👏👏

  • @dave23992
    @dave23992 Місяць тому +1

    I’m English I’m Irish decent my grandmother grandfather mother and father was all born and raised in Ireland I’ve been to many Irish weddings and I can confirm the weddings do go on to all hours in the morning and once the music stops the singing starts!!! 🇮🇪 ☘️ 🍻

  • @spikeycat81
    @spikeycat81 9 місяців тому +3

    I danced till 6am at a wedding in Ireland in a county called Kildare, couldn't walk and then they announced crisps sandwiches and we ran to get them

  • @gabbymcclymont3563
    @gabbymcclymont3563 9 місяців тому +4

    My brothers wedding in Scotland in a extreamly well known hotel was so much fun. It was the first time a rock band played in the hotel. When we were doing the scottish dancing there were so many taking part it ran into the hall , we were screaming (as you do) and throwing each other about. There were loads off foreners who loved the Bag Pipes and Address to the Haggis and the open bar (unusual at a Brittish wedding). They were supprised at how wild it was and how long it went on. Thanks Stu for the Full Scottish bfast the next morning, etc. Although i didn't go for Champagne that morning.

    • @gallowglass2630
      @gallowglass2630 9 місяців тому +1

      Not sure what you mean by open bar,but at my brothers wedding 20 years ago in ireland ,because he lived in england aand was marrying an english girl they had a free,but it didn't translate and it quickly returned to an ordinary bar.Free bars are rare at weddings in ireland i mean its enough to pay for the dinners nevermind the drink aswell for 200 or so guests which would be about average at an irish wedding.

    • @raymoorey8296
      @raymoorey8296 9 місяців тому

      my son was also married in a well known hotel on loch lomend, i was concerned i wouldn't survive danceing the Ceilidh but as luck would have it, by then i was to drunk to stand, problem solved, good result in my books 👍😃

    • @gabbymcclymont3563
      @gabbymcclymont3563 9 місяців тому

      @@raymoorey8296 iv stayed at the hotel your talking about it had a huge fire a few years back, lovely place. My brothers do had eagles?! My uncle is a farmer and had bought a sheep that had 2 nights in the car park.

    • @gabbymcclymont3563
      @gabbymcclymont3563 9 місяців тому +1

      @@gallowglass2630 open bar is a free bar thank god 2 drinks cost me £16 this is 18 years ago. The night before was in a difrent place food fantastic and open bar, we are Scottish the bride is Irish Scottish.

  • @Joesdifferent
    @Joesdifferent 9 місяців тому +3

    I will say one thing and I will keep it to one thing that I want to say the woman and the group singing at that wedding were the best how they made the choreography of the music singing through the melody of however they were doing it is amazing this is by far one of the greatest traditional Irish songs backdated history and they will never ever ever ever ever be anybody that does it better than this Irish wedding and that's that

  • @lisaweinmeyer5782
    @lisaweinmeyer5782 9 місяців тому +1

    Wow! That was a real treat, thanks for the video 😊

  • @samuelmcgovern
    @samuelmcgovern 9 місяців тому +3

    You'd love 'Seven Drunken Nights' by The Dubliners!
    And yes; for Rattlin' Bog, when you mess up a line, you drink.

    • @Darkhorse1909
      @Darkhorse1909 2 місяці тому

      Exactly, I'd say she kept repeating the 'tree in the hole' line each time to get another drink!!!

  • @jeddaniels2283
    @jeddaniels2283 9 місяців тому

    Loved this phenomenal.

  • @allanheslop4493
    @allanheslop4493 9 місяців тому +3

    In my old pub in England a few years back, was an old Irish fella not just any old Irish fart, no legs type Irish man , I had this on my phone he liked it so much I nearly had him dancing x

    • @johnnyjumpup859
      @johnnyjumpup859 9 місяців тому

      That text made no sense...are you drunk... haha.

  • @debbieinglis143
    @debbieinglis143 9 місяців тому +1

    Loved that she has a fab voice

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 9 місяців тому +1

    Just wonderful.

  • @lyndapotter8591
    @lyndapotter8591 9 місяців тому +2

    Private functions can go on and on

  • @matthewmcnerlin231
    @matthewmcnerlin231 8 місяців тому +2

    Irish weddings are the best craic.Come to one of Ireland 32 counties and experience in a bar this. One night close to the British border in Ireland there was a bar. I was serving myself drinks in the bar, and then Garda and psni came in and started drinking with us too until 6/7am. Love bandit country

  • @Dilydaydream1
    @Dilydaydream1 6 місяців тому +3

    Yep irish weddings are parties. An endurance test for other nationalities. Watch jarleth regans video of drinking at irish weddings

  • @paulharvey9149
    @paulharvey9149 9 місяців тому +6

    Rattlin Bog is one of quite a few songs that 'build' with each verse, in Irish/British folklore, the best known possibly being the children's rhyme, "One man went to mow." In country districts there are often local versions too - and sometimes the songs have accompanying dances, either for children or more generally. Back in my Sunday School days for example (50+ years ago), we had a party song/game, "The farmer's in his den..." In the second verse, it was "The famer wants a wife.."; the third was, "The wife wants a child...", then "The child wants a dog..." followed by "The dog wants a bone - in each case, someone in the room being chosen to represent the latest 'want'. In the last verse however, it's "The bone won't break.." with everyone surrounding the poor 'bone' and hammering it from all directions! A further song might be the Old woman who swallowed a fly, then a spider, then a bird, then a cat, then a dog, then a cow, and finally a horse, rhyming with, "But now she's dead - of course." Others are distinctly more adult in their content, such as "The Ball of Kirriemuir," which is said to have been an actual event that took place in that Scottish town, in the 1880s. Here are a couple of the cleaner versions: ua-cam.com/video/RAC9aeEM-nU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/qSc1xfkdSYQ/v-deo.html
    I'm not sure that any drinking game has any particularly 'set' rules as, if they've been sat up drinking all night, most of them will be too drunk to stick to them anyway - but again, there may be local versions!

  • @marymary5494
    @marymary5494 4 місяці тому

    My parents wedding 60 odd years ago went on for 3 days in my grandparents farmhouse.

  • @carolineoates5964
    @carolineoates5964 8 місяців тому

    What a memory and she didn't stumble 😊

  • @0KiteEatingTree0
    @0KiteEatingTree0 9 місяців тому +4

    according to Wiki the word rattlin means splendid, it’s suggested the song dates back to the 1700’s or earlier

    • @gallowglass2630
      @gallowglass2630 9 місяців тому +2

      I allways thought it was the name of the bog because rathlin is a common placename ,but hearing the song again that makes more sense.

  • @elizabethsellors9046
    @elizabethsellors9046 9 місяців тому +4

    Rattlin' Bog
    Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Real Bog, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Well in the bog there was a hole,
    A rare hole and a rattlin' hole,
    And the hole in the bog,
    And the bog down in the valley-o.
    Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Real Bog, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Well in that hole there was a tree,
    A rare tree and a rattlin' tree,
    And the tree in the hole,
    And the hole in the bog,
    And the bog down in the valley-o.
    Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Real Bog, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    on that tree there was a branch,
    A rare branch and a rattlin' branch,
    And the branch on the tree,
    And the tree in the hole,
    And the hole in the bog,
    And the bog down in the valley-o.
    Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    on that branch there was a limb,
    A rare limb and a rattlin' limb,
    And the limb on the branch,
    And the branch on the tree,
    And the tree in the hole,
    And the hole in the bog,
    And the bog down in the valley-o.
    Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Real bog, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Well on that limb there was a nest,
    A rare nest and a rattlin' nest,
    And the nest on the limb,
    And the limb on the branch,
    And the branch on the tree,
    And the tree in the hole,
    And the hole in the bog,
    And the bog down in the valley-o.
    Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Real bog, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Now in that nest there was a bird,
    A rare bird and a rattlin' bird,
    And the bird in the nest,
    And the nest on the limb,
    And the limb on the branch,
    And the branch on the tree,
    And the tree in the hole,
    And the hole in the bog,
    down in the valley-o.
    Ho, ho, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Real bog, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    In that bird there was an egg,
    A rare egg and a rattlin' egg,
    And the egg on the bird,
    And the bird in the nest,
    And the nest on the limb,
    And the limb on the branch,
    And the branch on the tree,
    And the tree in the bog,
    And the hole in the bog,
    And the bog down in the valley-o.
    Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Real bog, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    In that egg there was a bird,
    A rare bird and a rattlin' bird,
    And the bird on the egg,
    And the egg on the bird,
    And the bird in the nest,
    And the nest on the limb,
    And the limb on the branch,
    And the branch on the tree,
    And the tree in the bog,
    And the hole in the bog,
    And the bog down in the valley-o.
    Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    Real bog, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.
    ...
    ...
    Real bog, the rattlin' bog,
    The bog down in the valley-o.

  • @glendakirby5579
    @glendakirby5579 9 місяців тому +2

    We've got a wrattlin' bog, specially when you pull the chain.

  • @petergibson2318
    @petergibson2318 3 місяці тому

    It's a fun "memory" song.
    The story gets longer and longer between choruses.
    The drunker you are the fewer of the words you can remember.
    She has a Tipperary accent......"It's a long way to Tipperary."

  • @stevelawrence7116
    @stevelawrence7116 6 місяців тому

    Fantastic❤

  • @deirdrelynch3978
    @deirdrelynch3978 9 місяців тому +2

    Steve, no drinking Game. Believe me. We just love singing and dancing in Ireland. The drinking just carries on alongside every one of these occasions.
    The Wedding itself if very formal, but after the speeches
    And the meal etc. the craic really begins.
    These things usually last two days. When my brother got
    Married 30 years ago, my late uncle lost his job for not
    Getting back to work for 5 days😂😂God help us!

    • @Whippy99
      @Whippy99 8 місяців тому

      I LOVE this!! 😂😂😂

  • @geoffpoole483
    @geoffpoole483 9 місяців тому +1

    Totally agree about weddings "having to be perfect". I was best man on one occasion and during the actual ceremony I discovered I'd lost the bride's ring.

  • @martinkelty
    @martinkelty 7 місяців тому +1

    5am is pretty standard stuff. We've probably been drinking since 11 am or so. Then, everyone with the wedding heads into the residents' bar in the hotel

  • @countykingdom
    @countykingdom 5 місяців тому

    I usually go to bed around 10pm, latest... I was born, bred and breathe Ireland...I was convinced on my wedding night I'd be in bed for 2am (weird for someone in Ireland on their wedding day)...it was 5am...and my extended family started arriving at my house 5 hours later, which ended up being 60 people drinking by 2pm...I was holding my larynx trying to talk. Great craic, sign me up again 🎉

  • @MarkLynskey
    @MarkLynskey 8 місяців тому +1

    ...just so you know you have to be able to recite this flawlessly after 12 pints of Guinness....for citizenship entry.

  • @Tomallen2
    @Tomallen2 Місяць тому

    I read somewhere that it’s not a drinking GAME. it’s more of a sobriety kinda test. If you can sing this then you’re fit to drive 😊

  • @fizzlestick84
    @fizzlestick84 8 місяців тому +1

    On my wedding night we went to bed at 7am and had the call at 9.30am for breakfast. We were checked out at 12.30pm...day two started then 🍻🍻🍻

  • @cogboy302
    @cogboy302 6 місяців тому

    I grew up in Ulster and we sang this song at Scout camps in the 1980s. When I was at University in Leicester, England, I tried to teach the song to a local Scout group and their parents at a Halloween bonfire.
    One smartarse shouted out, "Speak English. We can't understand you!"
    I replied to him with a joke;
    'Why were the Irish born stupid?'
    "Why?" He says.
    'So the English can understand us.'
    That shut him up.

  • @ikitclaw3299
    @ikitclaw3299 8 місяців тому

    weddings can go on for a few days

  • @EdwardCullen667
    @EdwardCullen667 9 місяців тому +2

    We welsh have a very similar song. Different tune and rhythm but a very similar song about a nest on a branch on a tree etc “Y Pren ar y Bryn” 😊

    • @JanBruunAndersen
      @JanBruunAndersen 9 місяців тому +5

      Same in Denmark 🇩🇰 The woods, the tree, the branch, the twig, the nest, the bird, the feather...

  • @orlalolo4585
    @orlalolo4585 7 місяців тому

    Its definitely a party and yeah they still 5am

  • @angelavara4097
    @angelavara4097 9 місяців тому +2

    We all want to hear you sing the song Steve.

    • @reactingtomyroots
      @reactingtomyroots  9 місяців тому +1

      LOL I think people might regret hearing my version. :)

    • @gallowglass2630
      @gallowglass2630 9 місяців тому

      @@reactingtomyroots Aparrently you have to keep adding words every time the verse is repeated.It starts with a bird then there is the flea on the bird and then amoeba on the flea and then bacteria and probably it finnishes with virus.

  • @adameverard2625
    @adameverard2625 8 місяців тому

    Irish weddings go for 2 days now 😂

  • @janer2703
    @janer2703 19 днів тому

    In America, we Irish Americans love a good party! Rattlin Bog is a rounder... a great way to remember...😊

  • @ruairioconchuir7635
    @ruairioconchuir7635 8 місяців тому +5

    Great video man! If you want to hear some more modern Irish music, there's a rap group called "Kneecap", who are based in Belfast, and they rap in the Irish language (Gaeilge) as well as in english, most of their songs have an interesting 50/50 mix of the english and Irish language, absolutely recommend! They have a song called "HOOD" that would be good to start with

  • @DerekTJ
    @DerekTJ 8 місяців тому +1

    In fairness, I'd say this is maybe 03:00am. Bars in hotels, (where weddings are hosted) close around this time. Some hotels will continue serving staying guests. Rural weddings get away with murder with residents bars though.

  • @mariekiely8180
    @mariekiely8180 8 місяців тому

    Irish weddings are the best party time could last for days but we have great time 😂

  • @kellydev
    @kellydev 9 місяців тому +1

    That's an Irish wedding for ya , the Irish know how to party 🎉 they play hard & work hard ,music & fun aka ceol Agus craic is a huge part of Irish life .

  • @shane6287
    @shane6287 9 місяців тому

    Haha Irish wedding just getting started at 5am. Usually starts on Saturday and you get home at some stage on monday

  • @monmorelord6368
    @monmorelord6368 22 дні тому

    I have never been to bed before 6am on an Irish wedding and I have been to loads

  • @SleepSoundsAndBabyLullabies
    @SleepSoundsAndBabyLullabies 7 місяців тому

    Yes absolutely! At least 5am if not dawn and then it starts again the next day when the pubs open! Residents Bar is the Hotels at weddings stay open til about 6am. The second day is often better because the pressure is off the bride. Second day starts at 11am with usually a band in the pub, trad band, drinking games, then DJ later and again the Hotel Residents bar!

  • @helenmckay8663
    @helenmckay8663 2 місяці тому

    It's not actually a drinking game, they just say that joking as trying to remember the words when pissed isn't easy 😂 listen to it 4 or 5 times and you'll have it word for word. Irish gal ere 😊

  • @dzzope
    @dzzope 9 місяців тому +3

    Arís, As Gealige.
    Irish weddings tend to be fairly stuffy and as you describe till after the meal
    But once the music starts and the fuddys that tell the band to turn it down go.. it goes all night.
    And then there is the 1 table that starts singing rebel songs all night or the uncles that get in a fight.. Family's great hey 😅

    • @bcent5758
      @bcent5758 9 місяців тому +1

      Never experienced that at any wedding. It must be in certain parts of Ireland.

  • @pattifawsitt8560
    @pattifawsitt8560 8 місяців тому +1

    weddings in Ireland are a Major piss-up( party) but they are dressy events usually because they are held in Fancy Hotels AND Irish people love to go out socially and rock great looks all the time (so weddings are where you step it up ) but it's def not stuffy it's the Reverse!

  • @claregale9011
    @claregale9011 9 місяців тому

    My mums best friends ( a couple from Ireland ) would invite her round for dinner a a few drinks never was a few lol they were the loveliest people unfortunately they've both passed on atnd mum too but I like to think of them all up there having a good chat and laugh . 😊

  • @henrybinks978
    @henrybinks978 3 місяці тому

    I learnt this song from Scocha a Scottish folk song. Love this song 😊

  • @Whippy99
    @Whippy99 8 місяців тому +1

    Irish weddings are awesome. As are the funerals!

  • @sharonm1990
    @sharonm1990 4 місяці тому

    It's not a drinking game. Its tend to be sung late at night. Love how your enjoying our music. Come to Ireland soon & let us know. Sure, there'll be a wedding on somewhere 🇮🇪🤣🇮🇪

  • @ericseventeen17
    @ericseventeen17 9 місяців тому

    The game is for every word you take a drink!

  • @daisymaisy4877
    @daisymaisy4877 9 місяців тому

    I love your vids👍🇬🇧

  • @ivorwelch8446
    @ivorwelch8446 9 місяців тому +1

    I don't know if anyone else can confirm this, when I first saw this video a few years ago I am sure someone said the girl singing is the brides sister, the bride is the girl in white sat on the guys lap, I think someone else said the guy she was sat on was their brother, anyone know is this is correct. I loved the song and she has an amazing voice

    • @marleinasmom
      @marleinasmom 6 місяців тому

      Indeed. The singer is Clodagh, the bride in white is sister Patrice, and Patrice is seated on their brother Ronan's lap. They've been singing this together since they were little.

  • @joannedwyer4755
    @joannedwyer4755 9 місяців тому +1

    I'm from England but my uncle was Irish and my Surname is Irish as is o,dwyer which my uncles last name was. He was a great craic as the Irish say 😂 but that was amazing,loved it ❤

    • @stephensmith4480
      @stephensmith4480 9 місяців тому +3

      Same here, I am also from England, Liverpool But my Maternal grandmother was born in Ireland, her maiden name was O`Brien . The Irish certainly know how to enjoy themselves 👍👍

  • @janer2703
    @janer2703 19 днів тому

    BTW, those gals are darling! And the boys sing along!!!!

  • @Haze_d
    @Haze_d 7 місяців тому +1

    0:58 "that's insane" is pretty much Irish culture

  • @eoinohara8543
    @eoinohara8543 9 місяців тому

    It's a drinking game because we drink while singing it 🤣

  • @user-ex9my1by7u
    @user-ex9my1by7u 9 місяців тому

    I believe this is called a Round Song... it can go on 4ever if ur willing 😂 I bet they had some sort of agreement/bet with management! U can hear staff clearing up in the background!🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jgg59
    @jgg59 7 місяців тому

    Family weddings when you go back to Ireland usually are two or three days.

  • @emeidocathail7808
    @emeidocathail7808 9 місяців тому

    They’re just getting ready for the after party .. and then day 2!

  • @mikeshamhart1850
    @mikeshamhart1850 Місяць тому

    She can sing

  • @DublinMark
    @DublinMark 9 місяців тому

    Weddings are now turning into 2 days sessions straight through some go to bed maybe 5 or 6am and back on it by 11am for the day and night . Some just do the 48hrs straight through..😂😂😂 so the game is to drink after the singer ads the new part to each verse so ( and on the branch there was a twig a rare twig a rattling twig) as she then starts to work her way back through the list everyone is suppose to chug or the smart ones just slowly continously sipping their beer and then everyone joins in for the chorus..

  • @sl_721
    @sl_721 7 місяців тому

    More Irish music!!

  • @beabumm1676
    @beabumm1676 3 місяці тому

    Sounds like a sobriety song. Lol she is awesome.

  • @catherinehead3697
    @catherinehead3697 8 місяців тому

    Well my daughters went on till 7 am so yes it is true they can go on for days trust me I’ve been to a few

  • @stuarthumphrey1787
    @stuarthumphrey1787 9 місяців тому

    😮😮😮 WOW

  • @joeduffy3309
    @joeduffy3309 8 місяців тому +1

    Irish culture is unrivalled by any other race on this planet contrary to english attempts to obliterate it for millennia.

  • @briankelleher2156
    @briankelleher2156 8 місяців тому

    I have yet to go to an Irish wedding of a close friend or family member that didn’t carry on till breakfast if you wanted to. You might go home at 2-3 for a less important wedding. The singing starts after midnight.😂and everyone is expected to sing talented or not.

  • @solalexander674
    @solalexander674 9 місяців тому +3

    I bet you were doing the riverdance from the waist down lol

  • @derekdonnelly8631
    @derekdonnelly8631 8 місяців тому

    Irish wedding can go right till the morning times even peopdont go to bed around 7 am 😅

  • @jamesdignanmusic2765
    @jamesdignanmusic2765 9 місяців тому

    No-one can sing like a Celt, whether they're Irish, Scots, or Welsh, Cornish, Breton, or from the English Celtic fringes. But for a roaring folk song, the Irish are the best! I'm sure my own singing comes from my Irish ancestry... And yup - mess up a line, take a drink :) And the Kentucky bluegrass music has its origins in English, Irish, and Scottish folk songs.

  • @MetalMonkey
    @MetalMonkey 7 місяців тому

    The Pheasant Plucker - Seamus Kennedy (pronounced Shay-mus). It's a tongue twister

  • @sueKay
    @sueKay 9 місяців тому

    I've sang this song many times, but I doubt we sounded as good as they do! I'd imagine you have to drink if you sing the song wrong!