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As you have seen thus far, many of our wedding traditions go back centuries, so too with the term “tying the knot”.  This term pre-dates Christianity and can be traced to the Ancient Celts. At those times, when couple chose to get married, they pronounced their engagement before a Druid Priest who bound their hands together. This was the original engagement ring.  After going through “Handfasting” the couple was then married after a year and a day.  What is interesting is tha

Castle Along the Rhine River   Here again, we are transported by to ancient times.  Brides were considered to have much good luck.  As such, during and after the wedding, those in attendance, tried to get a piece of the bride’s clothes, bouquet, veil, whatever they could grab. The tradition of “tossing the bouquet” came about because of trying to protect the bride from all the well-wishers who wanted to get a piece of her ensemble as a talisman of good luck.   Instead, the de