WHERE BRIDES MUST WEEP.
The wedding J;iy in most countries i> the bride's day. It is her part to louk radiantly end smilingly happy—how ••ver lom{ a fac the bride may juli. Only in Lithuania is it a day of ostentatious gloom f *r in r when, after being iea through the lighted church by two young men, followed by her bridesmaids, ;he tales her s'and in front of the altar, to be joined by the groom, a'si accompanied by set-era! yt-ung men. Behind the wedding {j arty come the two mother?. While the priest performs the ceremony, the bride mu>t weep incessantly. If she is unable to hide her real jubilation and cannot fejuecza out a tear, she is consid crcd guilty of a serinus breach of etiquette, and the ceremony is rendered more interesting by a vigorous scolding administered by the two mothers. Thus the maiden is expected t-> show the loot the is ejnfcrriuj; upon mere man by bceo'uing his wife.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1212, 17 December 1919, Page 6
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164WHERE BRIDES MUST WEEP. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1212, 17 December 1919, Page 6
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