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Show Old V 'h Wedding Custom. In Cardiganshire, Wales, n wedding is const:! cd n tame affair unless tho groom captu-ps the brldo after a thrilling mock sklrmlBh. The relatives offer mock resistance, and much scuffling scuf-fling und horse play ensue. A dialogue dia-logue in verso belnc finished, the groom 1b admitted and seeks tho brlrto, who Is disguised as an old woman, with a male Infant In her arms, to symbolizo sons and heirs. At tho church tho brldo Is snr.tchod by Ihe relatives, wlillo the groom's party pursues on horseback. At Inst slio Is tossed buck, and tho onq receiving nor will bo married during tho year. |