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Scottish Wedding Traditions and Toasts
An Overview of How Scottish Celebrate Their Weddings A dig on Scottish and Celtic wedding traditions uncovers a continuum of customs and practical ceremonies dating as far back as the 13th century, and maybe earlier. Connecting medieval practices to present day celebrations is almost like putting together pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, or following a Scotland Yard detective story where revelation after revelation comes to picture. So, alert your eyes and ears, and let's pry centuries old wedding m ...
UK Wedding Traditions
Marriage in the UK is a tradition integrally rooted in Christianity and its growth within the country. It is a practice littered with wedding customs and traditions, and much like the rest of the world, there are both many endearing and bizarre facets of UK wedding traditions. Some have been long lost in the annals of British history, but many still remain, previously practiced to ward of evil spirits, ensure fertility or happiness in the marriage, now more out of cultural custom. Here are the ...
Irish Wedding Traditions and toasts
An Overview of How Irish Celebrate Their Weddings
Irish weddings are full of heritage some of which have become modern-day practices taken for granted. Some other are so distinctly Irish you can't mistake them for other traditions. Filled with superstitious beliefs, an Irish wedding will invoke high spirits among the participants. So let's get high...
Pre-wedding
In the old days, after marriage proposal had been accepted, the bride's family would invite the groom to their house sho ...
Breakdown of bridesmaid responsibilities from bachelorette party to rehearsal dinner
The history of the bridesmaid varies across cultures, religions and time periods. In early Roman times, bridesmaids formed a kind of bridal infantry as they accompanied the bride to the groom's village. This protective shield of similarly outfitted bridesmaids was supposed to intervene if any wayward thugs or vengeful suitors tried to hurt the bride or steal her dowry.
However, the Western bridesmaid tradition seems to have originated from later Roman law, which required ten witnesses at a ...
Diamond Wedding Rings
The wedding ring brings with it a notion of romance. But where did this tradition come from? How did the ring become a symbol of marriage? Ever since the time of the Egyptians the circle, a simple shape with no end and no beginning, has been used as a symbol for eternity. Wearing the ring as a public symbol of marriage however became a custom much later. The earliest rings were made of iron in Roman times, but the god ring set with gems became fashionable by medieval times. The most pop ...