Quaker etiquette: a rough guide
A (very) rough guide to Quaker etiquette for the Yearly Meeting newcomer
This last Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), held in London 28 to 31 May, (in case you’ve been out of touch for awhile) was my first. It was probably the most momentous Quaker occasion I have attended. Ireland Yearly Meeting, my old stomping ground, is a much smaller, albeit perfectly formed, affair. So, as I cycled down to Euston on Friday evening, I was buzzing with excitement – it would, I assumed, be like the start of Harry Potter where the boy wizard is finally surrounded by people of his own type and doesn’t feel so alone and bitter about his rubbish family. Not that my family is rubbish, I hasten to add.
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At last! Something in the Friend that has made me LOL
I laughed a lot at BYM but I always laugh at Quakers and all things Quakerly. It is lovely to see the Lightness and humanity in worship of Meeting big or small.
Thank you, the Friend, for publishing a rough guide to Quaker etiquette by Siobhan Haire. I haven’t chuckled so much at a Quaker text since reading Much Madder.