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tin kettling
A ritual performed prior to Barossa Valley Lutheran weddings where friends/revellers gather outside the home of the bride to be, & bang tins, blow horns & maybe let off fireworks & so on, & then are either invited into the home for streuselkuchen (German cake) & beer or wine; or the couple come outside & bring cake & drink for the revellers. Occasionally still done - possibly being revived: We went to Peter and Anna's tin kettling before they were married.
Contributor's comments: "Tin kettling" used to be common in southern rural areas of W.A. as per previous comments regarding wedding nights.
Contributor's comments: My uncle and aunt had a tin kettling when they were just married and moved into their new farm house in the South West.
Contributor's comments: My Grandparents who were farmers in the Adelaide Hills were given a tin kettling on the night of their wedding. In the 1920's and 30's tin kettlings occurred after the wedding.
Contributor's comments: As a teenager going to school in Parkes, NSW I attended a tin kettle for a young couple married from the local Baptist church. They lived on a farm a few kilometres out of town. We all piled into cars after dark and headed out. So we would not be seen, car lights were turned off as we turned into the property. The crowd brought food supplies for the party and musical instruments to make a lot of noise (and to accompany the throwing of stones onto the tin roof of the farm house). To a young teenager, this was quite an evening and the aim was to catch the young couple in their pyjamas!
Contributor's comments: I was introduced to tin kettling in the Parkes area of NSW as a teenager around the mid to late 1960's. It was a popular church youth group activity when group members married.