Show the term terin honeymoon harold bl malcolm alcolm krebs supervising etymologist of the california state department part ment of agriculture traces the term honeymoon to ancient babylon it was the lie custom of babylonians to smear honey on the bricks over the door of the house of newlyweds he says for 28 days after the mar marriage lage the aroma of the honey clung chins to tha house and the newlyweds were supposed thereby to acquire a sweetness which tempered the remal remainder of their lives with the 28 days constituting the length of the four phases of the tha moon the period was called honeymoon |