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... walked three times 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 ...
... walked three times 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 ...
Page 37
... walked before her , and a female on each side of her . She was covered with a long and transparent veil , through which she could see , while it concealed her features entirely . She was accompanied by a Papas , and a great crowd of ...
... walked before her , and a female on each side of her . She was covered with a long and transparent veil , through which she could see , while it concealed her features entirely . She was accompanied by a Papas , and a great crowd of ...
Page 46
... walked by her side , sup- porting her by the arms ; and she carried a distaff of flax , and a spindle of wool . A boy , called Camillus , carried in a cov- ered vase the so - called utensils of the bride and playthings for children ...
... walked by her side , sup- porting her by the arms ; and she carried a distaff of flax , and a spindle of wool . A boy , called Camillus , carried in a cov- ered vase the so - called utensils of the bride and playthings for children ...
Page 69
... walked on each side of her horse , holding the reins . Sometimes the bride was conducted to church on foot between two matrons , and the bridegroom also walked , accompanied by a friend , who carried his sabre . Their relations attended ...
... walked on each side of her horse , holding the reins . Sometimes the bride was conducted to church on foot between two matrons , and the bridegroom also walked , accompanied by a friend , who carried his sabre . Their relations attended ...
Page 91
... walked round the cow , and a few other forms completed the union . The inhabitants of the Maldive Islands and Cambay mar- ry by proxy , the men when they please , and the females by their parents at ten or twelve years of age , to the ...
... walked round the cow , and a few other forms completed the union . The inhabitants of the Maldive Islands and Cambay mar- ry by proxy , the men when they please , and the females by their parents at ten or twelve years of age , to 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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