The Wedding Day in All Ages and CountriesHarper & Bros., 1869 - 299 páginas |
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... live long " is engraved on one published by Caylus . " I bring good fortune to the wearer was another usual inscription . Sometimes a stone was inserted in the ring , upon which was engraved an intaglio representing a hand pulling the ...
... live long " is engraved on one published by Caylus . " I bring good fortune to the wearer was another usual inscription . Sometimes a stone was inserted in the ring , upon which was engraved an intaglio representing a hand pulling the ...
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... live in her husband's tent till she is far advanced in pregnancy ; if she does not become pregnant , she may not join her husband till after a full year from the wedding day . " The same custom is observed among the Mezeyne Arabs ...
... live in her husband's tent till she is far advanced in pregnancy ; if she does not become pregnant , she may not join her husband till after a full year from the wedding day . " The same custom is observed among the Mezeyne Arabs ...
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... he changed three times from the head of one to the head of the other , repeating each time , " I unite you , and bind you one to another . Live in peace . " CHAPTER IV . Chinese Marriages . - Destiny . - 70 THE WEDDING DAY .
... he changed three times from the head of one to the head of the other , repeating each time , " I unite you , and bind you one to another . Live in peace . " CHAPTER IV . Chinese Marriages . - Destiny . - 70 THE WEDDING DAY .
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... live chastely and austerely , sleeping on the ground . On the fourth day the bridegroom conducts the bride to his own house , reciting a text when he gets into the carriage , and when they come to cross - roads . While he is conduct ...
... live chastely and austerely , sleeping on the ground . On the fourth day the bridegroom conducts the bride to his own house , reciting a text when he gets into the carriage , and when they come to cross - roads . While he is conduct ...
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... live there for a short time . They then return home , and give a feast to the people of their own village . On the Malabar coast of India the higher castes marry when very young , and only to those of their own rank . In some of the ...
... live there for a short time . They then return home , and give a feast to the people of their own village . On the Malabar coast of India the higher castes marry when very young , and only to those of their own rank . In some of the ...
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