The Wedding Day in All Ages and CountriesHarper & Bros., 1869 - 299 páginas |
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... England , Scotland , and elsewhere to throw an old shoe over or at a bride and bridegroom upon their leaving the church or the parental home after their wedding . Sometimes it is thrown when they start for the church , and occasionally ...
... England , Scotland , and elsewhere to throw an old shoe over or at a bride and bridegroom upon their leaving the church or the parental home after their wedding . Sometimes it is thrown when they start for the church , and occasionally ...
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... . It is noteworthy that this money dividing , which in Tonquin is a token of severance , was in England in olden times a solemn form of betrothal . Early in the present century the purchase of a peasant 94 THE WEDDING DAY.
... . It is noteworthy that this money dividing , which in Tonquin is a token of severance , was in England in olden times a solemn form of betrothal . Early in the present century the purchase of a peasant 94 THE WEDDING DAY.
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... England , called chaining . At supper the bride and bride- groom ate out of the same dish for the first time . The couple remained in their bedchamber for seven days after their marriage , and water was carried to them night and morning ...
... England , called chaining . At supper the bride and bride- groom ate out of the same dish for the first time . The couple remained in their bedchamber for seven days after their marriage , and water was carried to them night and morning ...
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... England with his wife , applied to pay reduced passage money for her , she being under twelve years of age . Divorce on either side was very easy in Brazil , the mere wish for it being sufficient . Among the Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro ...
... England with his wife , applied to pay reduced passage money for her , she being under twelve years of age . Divorce on either side was very easy in Brazil , the mere wish for it being sufficient . Among the Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro ...
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... England , from early times until the pres- ent , a notion prevailed that if a man married a woman in her shift only , he was not liable to any debts which she might have contracted . This was a vulgar error , founded probably on the ...
... England , from early times until the pres- ent , a notion prevailed that if a man married a woman in her shift only , he was not liable to any debts which she might have contracted . This was a vulgar error , founded probably on the ...
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ancient attended banns Ben Jonson benediction betrothal bridal bride and bridegroom bride's father bride's house bridegroom's house cake called carried celebrated cere church Circassians Cloth concubinage conducted confarreatio consent contract couple crown custom dancing daugh daughter ding door dowry dressed early England Engravings feast female finger flowers friends garters gave gifts girl give given gloves gold groom guests head Henry VIII Hesperides History husband Illustrations Jews JOHN S. C. ABBOTT kiss knot lady LL.D Lord lover marriage marriage ceremony married married couple matrimony monogamy Morgengabe newly-married night nuptial pair parents parties performed persons polygamy Portrait posset posy prayers present priest received relations riage Roman rosemary round says Scotland sent seventeenth century shoe silver sometimes thee throw token took usually veil virgin vols wedding day wedding ring widow wife wine wives woman women wore young
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