LibriVox Project iFrame

Section	Title	Reader	Notes	Listen Url	Status
1	Marriage Instituted — Monogamy and Polygamy — Marriage among the Primitive Jews — Early Marriage — Days for Marriage — Parental Consent — Betrothal — Espousal Gifts — Hebrew Marriage, a Taking of the Woman — The Bride's Bath — The Dresses of the Bride and Bridegroom — The Wedding Festivities — Corn Symbol — Bridal Bower — Talmud Marriages — Divorce — A Brother's Widow — Shoe Symbol — Shoe Throwing — A Modern Jewish Marriage — The Wedding Girdle — The Nuptial Canopy — Egg Symbol — Wedding Dance — Evelyn at a Hebrew Marriage — The Taleth — Glasses Broken at Hebrew Weddings — Jewish Betrothal and Wedding Kings — The Wedding Ring of Joseph and Mary	Roselbex	31:23	Listen	PL OK
2	Cecrops and Marriage — Marriage among the Ancient Greeks — Celibacy Interdicted — Parental Authority — Professional Match-makers — Betrothal — Sacrifices to the Gods — Seasons for Marriage — The Moon and Marriage — Nuptial Bath — Ivy Symbol — Leading Home the Bride — The Arrival at the Bridegroom's House — The Wedding Feast and its Uses — The Epithalamium — Wedding Presents — Spartan Marriages — Capture of the Bride — Condition of Greek Wives — Marriage in Modern Greece — Nuptial Crown — Sieve Test of Virtue — Portion-money Worn on the Bride's Hair — Albanian Marriages — Rock of Fertility — Greek Church Marriages — Crowning Roman Marriages — Of three Kinds — Symbol of Capture — Divorce — Wife Tax — Betrothal — Ring Pledges — Marriage Days and Months — May Marriages Unlucky — Dress of the Bride — Confarreatio — Taking Home the Bride — Symbols — Threshold Omens — Etruscan Marriages — Syracusan Marriages	Roselbex	41:36	Listen	PL OK
3	Scythian Marriages — Lydian Marriages — Lycian Marriages — Rhodian Marriages — Parthian Marriages — Nestorian Marriages — Chaldean Marriages — Fire Custom — Assyrian Marriages — Babylonian Marriages — Women put up for Sale — Marriage at Nimroud — Coins stuck on the Bridegroom's Head — Egyptian Marriages — Copt Marriages — Moorish Marriages — Algerian Marriages — Morocco Marriages — Barbary Marriages — Arabian Marriages — Marriage for a Term — Wives in Common — Bedouin Marriages — Green Leaf Symbol — Marriages near Mount Sinai, — Wife-capturing — Wife-escaping — Marriages by the Medes — Persian Marriages — Marriage to the Dead — Marriage of a Persian Prince — Caubul Marriages — Wives lent — Sabean Marriages — Marriage in Georgia and Circassia — Sewing the Couple together — Sham Fights at Circassian Marriages — Armenian Marriages	jenno	43:34	Listen	PL OK
4	Chinese Marriages — Destiny — Match— makers — Fortune-tellers consulted — Omens — Betrothal Cards — Food Presents — Preparations for the Wedding — Cake Omens — Taking the Bride to the Bridegroom — Compulsory Marriage — Japanese Marriages — Bridal Torches — Marriages in India — Hindu Marriage Laws — Racshasa — Forms of Marriage — Brahmin Marriages — Omens — Sattis — Marriages at Goa — At Canara and Kunkan — Among the Konds — Wife— capture — Malabar Marriages — Marriages of the Nairs — Banian Marriages — Marriages at Bannaras — At the Maldive Islands and Cambay — At Ceylon — Siamese Marriages — Burmese Marriages — Bengal Marriages — Tonquin Marriages — Neilgherry Marriages — Wives lent — Mocha Marriages — Celebes Marriages — Amboina Marriages — Javanese Marriages — Symbols of Subjection — Maroon Marriages	Roselbex	60:52	Listen	PL OK
5	African Marriages — At Sierra Leone — Affiancing Custom — Moorish Marriages in Africa — Infant Betrothal — Cloth Symbol — Angola Marriages — Hottentot Marriages — Loango and Mpongme Marriages — Karague Marriages — Uganda Marriages — Congo Marriages — Experimental Marriages — Marriages in Canary Islands — Fattening for Marriages — Abyssinian Marriages — Guinea Marriages — Ethiopian Marriages — Mexican Marriages — Divination — Fire Symbols — Peruvian Marriages — Carib Marriages — Florida Marriages — Cuba Marriages — Brazilian Marriages — Child Wife — Stone— piercing — Guiana Marriages — Earning a Wife — South American Marriages — Wives on Trial — Patagonian Marriages — North American Marriages — Tarrying — Marriage en Chemise — Ring Signs — Australian Marriages — Wife-capture — The Trial of Spears	Roselbex	41:31	Listen	PL OK
6	Turkish Marriages — Russian Marriages — Hop and other Symbols — Peasants' Marriages on the Caspian and Black Seas — Marriage Fail — Tartar Marriages — Kalmuck Marriages — Wife-capture— Mongol Marriages — Marriage to the Dead — Ostiack Marriages — Toorkoman Marriages — Polish Marriages — Symbolical Bouquet — Hungarian Marriages — Marriages at Bosnia — In Wallachia and Moldavia — Scandinavian Marriages — Swedish and Danish Marriages — Superstitions and Charms — Norwegian Marriages — A Bryllup — Icelandic Marriages — Large Rings — Finland Marriages — Health — drinking — Knife Sign — The Week of the Breeches — Kamtchatkadale Marriages — Earning and Capturing a Wife — Lapland Marriages — Lovers' Wine — Esquimaux Marriages — Tibet Marriages — Brother's Wife — Marriages among the Dyaks of Borneo	Roselbex	49:52	Listen	PL OK
7	German Marriages — Wife— buying — The Morgengabe — Straw Symbols — Pay Weddings — Nuptial Medals — Silver and Golden Weddings — Morganatic Marriages — Marriages in Franconia — Prussian Marriages — Crockery thrown at Marriages — Marriage Trees — Swiss Marriages — Marriages in Holland — Friesland Marriages — The Bride— lifter — Marriages in France — Marriages at the Church Door — Money distributed at Marriages — Bride Favors — Knot— loosing — Infant Marriages — Nail— parings — Marriage by Proxy — Marriage under the Gallows — Marriage Portions in France — Marriage Brokers — Brittany Marriages — Belgium Marriages — A Flouncing in Guernsey — Italian Marriages — Roman Catholic Forms in Marriages — Blessing the Bed — Betrothal Pottery — Venetian Marriages — Genoese Marriages — Marriages at Elba — At Ragusa — In Dalmatia — Liburnian Marriages — Spanish Marriages — Wheat and Nut throwing	Roselbex	53:29	Listen	PL OK
8	Irish Marriages — Wife-seizing — The Agreement Bottle — Casting Darts — Horsing and Goaling — Changing Wives — Lending Wedding Rings — Scotch Marriages — Gretna Green — Banns Superstition — Unlucky Wedding Days — The Threshold — Money and Shoe throwing — Winning the Kail — Creeling the Bridegroom — The Deasuil — Highland Weddings — Bedding the Bride — Penny Weddings — Wedding Presents — Handfasting — Under the Apron String, — St Andrew and Marriages — Orcadian Marriages — Manx Marriages	Roselbex	33:05	Listen	PL OK
9	Welsh Marriages — Biddings — Bidding Letters — Purse and Girdle — Wedding Gifts — Bride Wains — Bride Ales — Bride Bushes — Bride Stakes — Racing at Welsh Weddings — Helen's Hunt — Riding for the Ribbon — Westmoreland Weddings — Bell Inscriptions — Quintain Sports at Weddings — Bundling — Chaining — Sanding — Marriage Tithes — Money given at Marriages in Wales — Wife-beating	Roselbex	27:07	Listen	PL OK
10	Marriage among the Early Christians — Marriage among the Ancient Britons — Marriage among the Anglo-Saxons — Marriage among the Anglo-Normans — The Power of Feudal Lords over their Wards — Infant Marriages — Betrothal Customs — The Nuptial Kiss — Breaking Money — Crooked Ninepence — Locks of Hair — Tokens of Engagement — Love Pledges	Roselbex	27:20	Listen	PL OK
11	Archeology of the Wedding Ring — First Use of Rings — Ring Finger — Betrothal Rings — Rings necessary in English Church Marriages — Objections to the Use of Wedding Rings — Substitutes for Rings — Gemmal Rings — Joint-ring Posies — Poetical Allusions to the Gemmal — Examples of Betrothal Rings — Examples of Wedding Rings — Royal Rings — Ring Posies — Rienzi's Wedding Ring — Rings given at Weddings — Rush Rings — Superstitions attaching to the Wedding Ring — The Ring and the Cake	Roselbex	36:31	Listen	PL OK
12	Prohibited Times for Marriage — Folk-lore on the Subject — Lucky and Unlucky Days — Hours for Marriage — Veils worn at Marriages — The Care Cloth — Crowning at Marriages — Ballad of “I'm to be Married o' Sunday” — Distribution of Money at Marriages — Money given to Priests — Nuptial Benediction — Mass and Communion at Marriages — Tapers at Marriages — The Nuptial Kiss — Wine and Sops at Marriages — Bridemaids and Bridemen — True-love Knots — Wedding Favors — Gloves at Weddings — The Brides's Garters and the Bridegroom's Points — Bride Laces — Wedding Shoes — Bride Knives — Bouquets at Weddings — Orange Blossom — Herb and Flower Strewing at Weddings — Rosemary and Bays at Weddings	Roselbex	52:51	Listen	PL OK
13	Music at Weddings — Musical Priest — Dancing at Weddings — Dancing the Bride to Bed — Money given to the Poor at Marriages — Bedding the Bride and Bridegroom — The Bride's Pins — Flinging the Stocking — Sack Posset Drinking — Benediction Posset — Sewing up the Bride in the Sheets — The Bride-cake — Divinations therewith — Riding for the Bride-cake — Foot-ball at Weddings — Presents by Masters to Servants at Marriage — Royal Gifts at Weddings — Meanness of Pepys	Roselbex	▼24/05/07 5 Link to text (printed p.261-277) 4672 words (32:04)	Listen	See PL notes
14	The Banns — Fleet Marriages — Marriage by Licence — Marriage during the Commonwealth — Marriage proclaimed by the Bellman — Marriage Tax — Second Marriages — Persecutions of Persons Twice Married — Batchers' Serenade, — Instances of frequent Marriages — Marriage Toll — Brides' Seat — Parish Clerk's Responses — Wedding Psalm — Wedding Pies — Marriage Settlements — Wife Selling and Leasing — Marriage of the Deaf and Dumb — Superstitions relating to Marriage — Hen Drinking — Shoe Throwing — The Petting Stone — Marriage Stone — Bell Custom — Wedding Cards	Lii21	▲24/04/19 Link to text (printed p.277-289) 3504 words. Please read the outro.		Assigned