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Over the weekend, I came across discussion of ‘castration magic’ in regards to marriage and a groom in Edward Muir’s Ritual in Early Modern Europe (New Approaches to European History). Referred to by the French as aiguillette, the particular form of magic involved the tying of a string, sometimes to an object to represent the [...] In searching for marriage customs and folklore I found that there was certainly no shortage, so much so that I was not really sure where to start. So I thought next I would start at the beginning, with the determining of a future husband. Oddly (perhaps not?), in all of the accounts of this practice, I [...] Inspired by my brother’s upcoming wedding, I’ve started looking at wedding/marriage customs and superstitions this morning. There’s enough information out there that one could easily blog about the topic alone seemingly without end so I’ll post more about this over the next few days (and hopefully develop better posts than the one kicking it off!) To [...] |
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