Talk:Meat raffle

"Minesotan tradition" ?!? Meat raffles have been going on in all sorts of countries for decades. I'm going to change this. Any objections? [[user:jimjamjak]] 09:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure you're not thinking of something else, like Chook raffle? Ewlyahoocom 16:21, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you have other citations from other countries, please include! I've been all around the U.S. and haven't seen this anywhere else -- especially to the extent you'll find meat raffles in bars across Minnesota. Gswan12 01:27, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A minosoten tradition it may be but Meat raffles have gone on around the world long before the US was even discovered no doubt.

I do not agree to merging with Chook Raffles, jeez! Next thing some one will want to merge Seafood Raffle in there as well.

202.83.95.68 (talk) 03:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)Andrew[reply]

No merge. Nonsense - chook raffles are distinct and culturally important compared to meat raffles. AprilHare (talk) 12:06, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Meat raffle isn't common in the UK. Never seen one in 28 years, and little supporting evidence they are! They are very common in AU/NZ, but not UK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.159.131.34 (talk) 00:06, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted your edit, which deleted all reference to meat raffles and meat draws in the UK. Meat raffles are extremely common in many UK regions - most Oxfordshire pubs have weekly meat raffles, for example. If you wish to remove substantial amounts of any Wikipedia article, please propose the changes on the talk page first so that other editors can comment beforehand. --Ef80 (talk) 21:28, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stub[edit]

I've removed the stub templates. Although the article is still pretty basic, it's been expanded beyond WP:Stub. --Ef80 (talk) 18:57, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

Can somebody competent write something about the history of what seems -- to me -- an exceptionally-strange tradition? In the same way that strangely-spelt words in English often 'make sense' once the etymology is revealed, perhaps meat raffles will seem 'less weird' to those of us for whom they're not a familiar experience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:9:1D00:327:C411:A7BB:996F:6572 (talk) 15:24, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Meat raffles seem to have originated in English pubs serving poor communities before the twentieth century. Ordinary people couldn't afford meat on a daily basis, but they would buy a lottery ticket in the hope of winning a meat prize. The pub landlord would arrange the raffle to attract customers. Migrants took this tradition to North America and Australasia. I don't have a good ref for this so won't add it to the article. --Ef80 (talk) 21:11, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merge[edit]

Could someone merge this with Chook raffle ? It's pretty much the same thing but done with chicken. 121.222.1.50 (talk) 07:21, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]