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... round the bridegroom , and by the women round the bride . The festivities were protracted for several , sometimes as many as fourteen , days ; seven days being the usual number at the wedding of a virgin , and three at a widow's . The ...
... round the bridegroom , and by the women round the bride . The festivities were protracted for several , sometimes as many as fourteen , days ; seven days being the usual number at the wedding of a virgin , and three at a widow's . The ...
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... round the bride , and took her by the right hand ; and the company threw corn upon them , and said , " Increase and multiply . " In some places the visitors threw money as well as corn , the poorer Jews being allowed to pick up the ...
... round the bride , and took her by the right hand ; and the company threw corn upon them , and said , " Increase and multiply . " In some places the visitors threw money as well as corn , the poorer Jews being allowed to pick up the ...
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... round the broad margin in raised letters of cloisonné enamel ; on one side is affixed a turret or louvre , with triangular gables and movable vanes ; the length of the ring is one inch and three - quarters , and the width one inch ...
... round the broad margin in raised letters of cloisonné enamel ; on one side is affixed a turret or louvre , with triangular gables and movable vanes ; the length of the ring is one inch and three - quarters , and the width one inch ...
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... round the cap , each overlapping the other like scales . In the front was sometimes a row of Venetian sequins ; and if the lady was very rich , some larger pieces of gold coin attracted the eyes of her admirers . The Montenegrin dam ...
... round the cap , each overlapping the other like scales . In the front was sometimes a row of Venetian sequins ; and if the lady was very rich , some larger pieces of gold coin attracted the eyes of her admirers . The Montenegrin dam ...
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... round a table , and the women on raised benches , to witness the ceremony . The bride was then placed on a seat in her apartment , with a gilt crown on her head , and there she received the presents of her guests . These cere- monies ...
... round a table , and the women on raised benches , to witness the ceremony . The bride was then placed on a seat in her apartment , with a gilt crown on her head , and there she received the presents of her guests . These cere- monies ...
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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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