| Description |
xiii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Abduction, Marriage by -- Aborigines (Australian) -- Adultery -- Afghanistan -- Age at Marriage -- Almonds -- Anniversaries -- Anvil, Firing of -- Arabic Weddings -- Arranged Marriage -- Ball Games -- Bangladesh -- Banns -- Barring the Way -- Ba'siller -- Bathing -- Bed, Marriage -- Bells -- Besom Weddings -- Best Man -- Betrothal -- Bidding -- Bigamy -- Bonds, Marriage -- Bosseler -- Bottom Drawer -- Bouquet -- Breakfast, Wedding -- Bride-Ale -- Bride-Cake -- Bridegroom -- Bride-Price -- Bridesmaid -- Bridewain -- Broom, Marriage over the -- Bundling -- Cake, Wedding -- Cana, Wedding at -- Canopy, Bridal -- Capture (Kidnap), of Bride -- Capture, Marriage by -- Cards, Wedding -- Cars -- Cats -- Ceremony -- Chamber Pot -- Child Marriage -- Chimney Sweep -- China -- Christian Weddings -- Church Porch, Weddings in -- Civil Ceremonies -- Colors -- Common-Law Marriage -- Commonwealth Period -- Concubine -- Confetti -- Consanguinity -- Consummation -- Contracts -- Courtship -- Creeling -- Crowns -- Customs -- Dances -- Dancing in a Hog (Pig) Trough -- Days for Marriage -- Divinations -- Divorce -- Dowry -- Dress, Wedding -- Dunmow Flitch -- Egypt -- Elizabethan Wedding Party -- Elopement -- Endogamy/Exogamy -- Engagement -- Epithalamium -- Etiquette -- Evil Eye, Protection from -- Factory Customs -- Fantasy Weddings -- Favors -- Feet -- Fescennine Songs -- Fiancé(e) -- Fleet Weddings -- Flowers -- France -- Garter -- Germany -- Giving Away -- Gloves -- Greek Weddings -- Gretna Green -- Gypsy Weddings -- Handfasting -- Hen Night -- Henna -- Hindu Weddings -- Home, Setting Up -- Honeymoon -- Hot Pot -- Huppah (Chuppa) -- India -- Indonesia -- Irregular Marriage -- Islamic Marriage -- Israel -- Jamaica -- Japan -- Jewish Weddings -- Kuwait -- Leap Year -- Lord Hardwick's Marriage Act -- Love Spoons -- Maori Weddings -- Mass Weddings -- Matchmaking -- May, Marriage in -- Mexico -- Middle East -- Mormon Church -- Morocco -- Native American Marriage -- Netherlands -- Niger -- Nuer Weddings -- Open Marriage -- Palestinian Weddings -- Paper of Pins -- Penny Weddings -- Petting Stone -- Photographs -- Polterabend Party -- Polyandry -- Polygyny -- Posset -- Premarriage Customs -- Presents -- Proxy, Marriage by -- Purchase, Marriage by -- Quaker Weddings -- Quintain -- Racing -- Ribbon Girl -- Rice -- Rings, Wedding and Betrothal -- Rosemary -- Rough Music/Rough Band -- Russian Weddings -- Sameh People -- Same-Sex Marriage -- Scandinavia -- Shift, Marrying in a -- Shoes -- Shower -- Sikh Weddings -- Slave Weddings -- Soupe, la -- South America -- Spain -- Spousal -- Stafell -- Stag Night -- Stockings, Throwing of -- Strawboys -- Suttee -- Temporary Marriage -- Thailand-- Threshold, Carrying over -- Tibet -- Tokens -- Tree, Marriage to a -- Trousseau -- Turkey -- United Kingdom -- Unorthodox Marriages -- Valentine's Day -- Veil -- Wales -- Walking on Gold -- Wed -- Wedding House -- Wife-Selling -- Wife-Swapping -- Yemen -- Yoruban Weddings -- Yugoslavia -- Zoroastrian Weddings -- Zulu Weddings. |
| Subject |
Marriage customs and rites.
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Marriage customs and rites. |
| ISBN |
1576079872 hardback alkaline paper |
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1576079880 e-book |
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