Weird Wedding Traditions From The Past
By
Michael Avery in
Life Style
On 30th November 2016
Your wedding day is a special time in your life to celebrate the love between two people. There are different traditions that people partake in, some more mainstream than others.
Some weird wedding traditions from the olden days include:
The integrity of the cup
The touching dance
These interesting wedding traditions might seem strange to people in the modern world, but back in the day they were very common.
These traditions come from different countries, and it is interesting to see what people used to do on their big day. Check out these 8 weird wedding traditions from the olden days.
In Belarus, the best man follows the newlyweds to the bedroom and begins to cozy up to the bride.
Then the groom beats him away and takes over.
In Wales, the newlyweds would go back to the bride's home.
Friends of the bride would set traps, and the groomsmen would try to ride horses past them. Whichever groomsman successfully made it through would read poetry to the bride.
In 19th century Sweden, if the bride dropped something, the groom tried to pick it up before her.
If he did this, she had to stand on one foot for the rest of the evening.
In Abyssinia (a nation that was comprised of the northern half of Ethiopia), the groom would bring a cup to his new father-in-law.
If they got along, the marriage would be finalized. If not, the wedding would be called off.
Lilloeet Indians had a custom where unwed men and women would dance together.
Men would take the sash of a woman he liked, and if she liked him back, she would let him keep it. At the end of the ceremony, the chief would announce that everyone who had exchanged sashes was married.
In the 1800s, women friends of the groom would check the bride over for defects.
They would then report back to the groom with their findings.
A tradition in Russia called for the groom-to-be to work for the bride's parents.
If they were satisfied with his work, the girl would come out naked, and the village would cover her with a fishing net. The man could then take her home.
