| Wedding Traditions - Excerpts From "Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things" by Charles Panati I have enjoyed Charles Panati's work seemingly forever. A former physicist and science editor of Newsweek, he is considered the country's leading authority on the origins of just about everything. His books span that middle ground between History, Science, Religion, Philosophy and everything that makes us humans.... well, "human". I highly recommend a look at his website. Marriage Customs: A.D. 200 Northern Europe (Best Man - Carrying the Bride over the threshold) Wedding Rings: 2800 B.C. Egypt Diamond Engagement Ring: 15th Century Venice Ring Finger: 3rd Century B.C. Greece Marriage Banns: 8th Century, Europe Wedding Cake: 1st Century B.C. Rome Throwing Shoes at the Bride: Antiquity Asia and Europe Wedding March: 19th Century England White Wedding Dress and Veil: 16th Century England and France Honeymoon |
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