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IT IS A CUSTOM TO DRINK CHAMPAGNE ON ONE'S
WEDDING NIGHT WITH HIS (OR HER) NEW PARTNER
IN PRIVATE SECLUSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage First night, honeymoon, and day after wedding |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
VIKING WEDDING CUSTOM
ON THE WEDDING NIGHT, THE WAR LORD OR REIGNING
CHIEFTAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ANY OF HIS
CLANSMAN'S WIVES ON THE WEDDING NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage First night, honeymoon, and day after wedding |
Date learned: 02-01-1968
BIBLICAL CUSTOM: NO SEX FOR THREE DAYS AFTER
MARRIAGE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECALLED THIS CUSTOM AND ALSO NOTED
THAT IT WAS OBSERVED BY TINY TIM.
Data entry tech comment:
TINY TIM=AN ECCENTRIC ENTERTAINER POPULAR DURING
KC[ THE 1970S, APPROXIMATELY.
CN[ SCHIMMEL, SUE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage First night, honeymoon, and day after wedding |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN