The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

AT A ROMANIAN WEDDING RECEPTION YOU MUST PAY MONEY
TO DANCE WITH THE BRIDE. THE MONEY IS THEN
COLLECTED AND GIVEN TO THE YOUNG COUPLE TO BUY
FURNISHINGS.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID DESPITE A ROMANIAN BRIDE'S DOWRY
A YOUNG COUPLE SELDOM HAD VERY MUCH MONEY AND THIS
WAS A WAY TO GET SOME. SHE SAID, HOWEVER, THAT SHE
HAS SEEN THIS CUSTOM AT MANY AMERICAN-ROMANIAN
WEDDINGS, WHERE IT IS DONE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS A
TRADITION.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-07-1971