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The wedding with the flag

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The wedding with the flag

After the marriage banns at the town hall the whole village hung out the flag. Bride and groom spent a day going by horse and cart to all the family and friends.

The wedding itself was celebrated twice: first a day at the groom's, and on the wedding day at the bride's. Braad writes this among the customs from before 1900, on a small island where people depended on one another. Many of those customs have vanished. He gives nothing more about the wedding itself.

Translated from Dutch.

Source: Henk Braad: Zeden en gebruiken op het eiland Wieringen, deel IV

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