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Marriage - stories from ancient folklore

Marriage - folklore of Weddings

Introduction to getting Married

it was said that to choose a wife, ascertain the day of the young woman's birth, and refer to the first chapter of Proverbs. Each verse from the 1st to the 31st is supposed to indicate, either directly or indirectly, the character, and to guide the searcher — the verse corresponding with her age indicating the woman's character.

In Scotland, the most auspicious time to invoke love charms many love-charms was Hallow's Eve, and fire burning on one side of a grate is the sign of a wedding.

A couple of very well known sayings that can be traced well back into antiquity are apparantly entirely contradictory ...

“Happy is the wooing That is not long in doing.”

and then ...

“Marry in haste and repent at leisure.”

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