Honeymoons – various definitions
It was an accepted practice in Anglo- Saxon times that after the wedding the bride’s father would supply his daughter and son-in-law with all the mead they could drink for a month (it was supposed to make the wife fertile and the husband virile). Mead is a honeyed wine and because the calendar was lunar based this period was called the honey month or what we call today the honeymoon.
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The word honeymoon has its roots in the Norse word “hjunottsmanathr” Northern European history describes the abduction of a bride, from a neighbouring village by the husband to be and kept in hiding for a period of time. After the brides family had given up the search they would both return to their respective homes This hiding period lasted for about a month and upon returning the bride would often find that she was pregnant - then followed the
wedding.
The ancient practice of kidnapping and drinking honeyed wine dates back to the history of Attilla who was the King of the Huns AD 433 – AD 453 where it is reputed this was how he died.
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Another version claims that the meaning of the word comes from the charmed period when married love is first as sweet as honey but then wanes like the moon in the same period of time.
Silver Sixpences
Something old something new something borrowed something blue and a silver sixpence for her
shoe.
The tradition dates back to olden times when a silver sixpence was placed in the bride’s shoe by her father as a sign of good fortune. Everyone can remember the first part of the rhyme but the second part disappeared over the years, however, today’s
brides are keen to resurrect the old traditions.
When purchasing a sixpence make sure that it is dated before 1920 to ensure a high silver content. The silver contect was reduced to 50% around this time and from 1947 the metal used was cupro-nickel and the coins conatin no silver at all.
Wedding flowers
Again lots of stories but we like this one. In days when personal hygiene wasn’t what it is today many people took their annual bath in the spring however, most couples got married in the summer and the carrying of flowers by the bride helped to keep the body odour down.
The tying of shoes on the back of the wedding car
Realates back to times when the bride gave her shoe to her husband who promptly hit her on the head to show who was the master.
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