Davis County Clipper | 1902-10-03 | Page 3 | Some Old Marriage Customs

SOME OLD MARRIAGE CUSTOMS peculiar ceremonies still exist in parts of europe in switzerland tho the bride on hei bet wedding day will permit no one not even her parents to kiss iler her upon the lips in many ot of the provinces the cook pours hot water over the threshold after the bridal couple have gone in order to keep it warm for another bride A favorite wedding day in scotland Is dec 31 21 so that the young couple can leave their old life with tho the old year and begin their married life with the new one surely a pretty idea ea the italians permit no weding gifts that are sharp or pointed from which practice emanates our superstition that the gift of a knife severs friendship one of the most beautiful of all marriage customs la is thit that of the bride immediately after tile the ceremony flinging her boquet among her maiden friends she who catches it Is supposed to be the next bride