tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post6274732780356064993..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Wedding Lintels & Marriage Customs by Catherine HokinMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-10534261498057146662019-06-25T20:10:17.194+01:002019-06-25T20:10:17.194+01:00December for me!December for me!Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-76489561885980764412019-06-24T08:23:44.459+01:002019-06-24T08:23:44.459+01:00Interesting!
The scramble and throwing small chan...Interesting! <br />The scramble and throwing small change is a tradition here in Somerset, too - I had never heard of it before we moved here, and I'm not sure how common it is, but certainly in the village I lived in it was done by all the local couples. Also the lychgate would be tied closed and the groom lifts the bride over it, when they leave the church. Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234975039675044712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44819454332563205782019-06-23T16:40:46.063+01:002019-06-23T16:40:46.063+01:00Been away from Scotland a long, long time..., but ...Been away from Scotland a long, long time..., but I do remember Lees Macaroon Bars, Tunnocks Caramel Wafers.<br />And, as you mention, the tablet of stone. Andrew Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063661979113168003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-87685568277819669382019-06-22T12:05:55.530+01:002019-06-22T12:05:55.530+01:00Thanks for this, Catherine, I enjoyed it -- especi...Thanks for this, Catherine, I enjoyed it -- especially as my partner is Scots, from the Kingdom of Fife. He would probably scoff at most of the traditions here as 'tartanry' (just as he scoffs at the Scots words he neverthless uses to win at scrabble, while swearing they were invented by Walter Scott and never actually used by anyone.)<br /> But he's often told me how he and his schoolmates would tour all the local churches at weekends for what he calls 'the poor-out' (pour out) when the groom, best man and sometimes the brides' father would all throw loose change around. The boys would grab as much as they could and hurry on to the next church in hope of catching another wedding.<br /> One way of redistributing wealth, I suppose.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com