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Show SOME OLD MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. Peculiar Ceremonies Still Exist In Parts of Europe. In Switzerland the brldo, on her wedding day, will pormlt no one, not ovun hor parents, to kiss hor upon the lips. In many of tho provinces tho cook pours hot wnter over tho threshold thresh-old aftor the bridal couple havo gono In ordor to keep It warm for another brldo. A favorite wedding dny In Scotlnnd Is Dec. 31, so thnt tho young couple can leavo their old life with tho old year and begin their married llfo with tho now ono. Surely a pretty idea. Tho Italians permit no wd-Ing wd-Ing gifts that aro sharp or pointed, from which practlco emanates our superstition su-perstition thnt tho gift of a knlfo severs sev-ers friendship. Ono of tho most boau-tlful boau-tlful of all mnrrlago customs Is tht of tho bride, Immediately aftor tho ceremony, Hinging her boquct among hor maldon friends Sho who catches it Is supposed to bo tho next bride. |