The Wedding Day in All Ages and CountriesHarper & Bros., 1869 - 299 páginas |
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... young ; probably be- cause they arrived at the age of puberty at an early period of life . The Talmudists forbade marriage by a male under thirteen years and a day , and by a female under twelve years and a day . The usual age was ...
... young ; probably be- cause they arrived at the age of puberty at an early period of life . The Talmudists forbade marriage by a male under thirteen years and a day , and by a female under twelve years and a day . The usual age was ...
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... marriage . When the pair were to re- ceive the benediction publicly , four young men carried a canopy into some frequented place , such as a garden , where the bride and bridegroom and their respective friends met , 22 THE WEDDING DAY.
... marriage . When the pair were to re- ceive the benediction publicly , four young men carried a canopy into some frequented place , such as a garden , where the bride and bridegroom and their respective friends met , 22 THE WEDDING DAY.
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... young female friends in procession to a bath . On the following morning , at an early hour , the bridegroom proceeded to the house of her parents , attended by a crowd of young men , who sang , and danced , and shouted out the ...
... young female friends in procession to a bath . On the following morning , at an early hour , the bridegroom proceeded to the house of her parents , attended by a crowd of young men , who sang , and danced , and shouted out the ...
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... young girls while yet children . Augustus therefore limited the time during which a man was allowed to continue betrothed to a girl to two years , and forbade men to be so engaged before the girl had com- pleted her tenth year . The ...
... young girls while yet children . Augustus therefore limited the time during which a man was allowed to continue betrothed to a girl to two years , and forbade men to be so engaged before the girl had com- pleted her tenth year . The ...
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... young , was to be pre- ferred . These pagan superstitions against the month of May are retained in Sicily , and in our own country , to the present day . Ovid's line referring to the custom : — " Mense malas Maio nubere vulgus ait ...
... young , was to be pre- ferred . These pagan superstitions against the month of May are retained in Sicily , and in our own country , to the present day . Ovid's line referring to the custom : — " Mense malas Maio nubere vulgus ait ...
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