Photo by Retiring Guy
According to Hartsough, the tradition of tying cans to a getaway car’s bumper is said to have come from the French word charivari, or shivaree, meaning to perform a noisy mock and celebrate a newly married couple. “It was used as a way to noisily serenade the couple as they drove away,” she says. But at first, tin cans weren’t the way of making noise. According to Elizabeth Lutz, owner of Glass Event Planning, wedding guests would serenade the newlyweds with a mash of sounds from pots, pans, and other noisemakers. “It evolved over the years, and these cacophonous serenades included guests following the newlyweds to their home and standing outside while they performed the shivaree,” says Lutz. Luckily, that’s not a practice we’re seeing anymore today. When the cans came into tradition, it was also at the same time as writing ‘Just Married’ on the back of the getaway car’s window came into practice, furthering the grandeur of the announcement for the newlyweds.
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What a concept! Dual-purpose dumpster. (11/4)
Jim's BP reboots as Jim;s Auto Service. (10/18)
August 2020
Sugars Court. (8/31)
December 2019
Roman Candle survives the cut, even without the availability of convenient parking. (12/12)
The Monona side of town. (12/6)
November 2019
Bike rack at Sauk Trail Elementary School. (11/8)
Not everybody's on board in the Meadows neighborhood. (11/4)
October 2019
Matching car and garage door. (10/11)
September 2019
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August 2019
60-year-old resident arrested for armed robbery. (8/21)
Staff and visitors may now park in the MCPASD Services Center lot . (8/2)
June 2019
"ROAD WORK AHEAD" trumps "DRIVE LIKE YOUR KIDS LIVE HERE" on Park Street. (6/27)
Free lunch Friday. (6/24/2019)
CBD, just like everywhere else in Wisconsin. (6/24)
February 2019
According to chapter 8.07 of the city ordinances.... (2/4)
January 2019
More than a snow fort, but not a standing-room igloo. (1/2)
December 2018
This section of sidewalk was replaced in 1980. (12/18)
The post office's new and improved self-service kiosk. (12/18)
November 2018
Spell checker. (11/19)
August 2018
Must be on a tight schedule. (8/6/)
July 2018
What type of seeds? (7/6)
June 2018
If it's not one thing, it's another. (6/23)
Bloom Bake Shop to reopen as Bloom Bindery, a bakery/bookstore. (6/15)
May 2018
The Tiedeman Pond frog chorus. (5/15)
March 2018
Tiedeman Pond winter fish kill. (3/30)
Hear that lonesome whistle blow. (3/22)
Explosion on Elmwood Avenue. (3/20)
Googling 'Henry Hubbard'. (3/18)
A not-so-faded Flo strikes a new pose. (3/12)
This corner house is now a rental. (1/16)
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December 2017
A sure sign that this request went unheeded, if not unseen. (12/24)
Turnstile Christmas Eve services at St. Luke's. (12/13)
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