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Show Tho Charivari. Tho "shlvaree" was Introduced Into America by the French of Louisiana nnd Canada. Ot course "shlvaree" is n corrupt, contracted form of charivari, the French word, but Its meaning Is tho same. Tho charivari began as a regular wedding serenade, but camo to bo reserved only for unpopular mnr-rlugcs. mnr-rlugcs. The council of Tours, nt the beginning of the seventeenth century, forbade this form of serenade, the penalty pen-alty being excommunication from the church, but this did not put an end to tho practice n |