shallaln.
/ˈʃalˈlal/ dialect.
‘A serenade of kettles and pans given to a notorious wedding couple’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.); ‘rough music’.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > beating pots and pans
shallal1864
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > rough music
shallal1864
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > music, song, or bells > [noun] > serenade
shivaree1805
shallal1864
1864 Western Morning News 17 June 4 It has been the custom in this town (S. Ives, Cornwall) for some years, on the occasion of a marriage, for a number of young men in disguise to go to the house of the newly-married pair on the night of the wedding and make a ‘shallall’, that is [etc.].
1892 ‘Q’ I saw Three Ships vii. 120 'Twill be time enough to talk of shal-lals when the weddin'-day's fixed.
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