MEASURING BRIDES.
! A STRANGE BEQUEST. I A quaint ceremony is observed at Hoyden, in Norfolk, (Eng.) About three hundred years, ago, says the Pal'l Mail Gazette, the lord of the manor bequeathed the sum of £IOOO the interest from which was to be voted annually to provide dowries for four brides. Under the terms of the bequest the money has to be divided between the youngest, the eldest, the shortest and the tallest brides married during the course of each year in the parish church. This entails the “measuring of the bride.” After the ceremony the bride and bridegroom proceed to the vestry to sign the register and the bride is then measured by the officiating minister. In order .that her correct stature may be ascertained, she is required to remove her shoes and let down her hair. 'At the end oi the year the marriage records are examined and the dowries awarded to those qualified to receive them.
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Thames Star, Volume LVII, 22 August 1923, Page 2
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159MEASURING BRIDES. Thames Star, Volume LVII, 22 August 1923, Page 2
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