Womens History Month: Bedding Rituals In Scotland
Table of Content Jewish Marriage Ceremony Ceremony Order Ultimate Blessings References Nondenominational Wedding Ceremony Ceremony Order The groomsmen and the bridesmaids, positioned along the sides of the mattress, tossed the couple’s stockings at them (according to superstition, anybody fortunate sufficient to attain a “direct hit” would soon marry). "It's a practice. Without the bedding ceremony there's no real proof the lord and woman consummated their marriage." Another Tudor, ‘Bloody’ Mary, was in 1554 so intent upon marrying Philip II of Spain that she rode roughshod over her subjects’ objections to a foreign king. It had been love at first sight for Mary, although it was only his portrait that she had seen. She was no less besotted when she met the man himself, and married him two days later, on 25 July 1554 at Winchester Cathedral. But the wedding was deeply unpopular with her xenophobic subjects, who didn't desire a foreigner as their king and thought ...