Wedding Bells and Chimney Sweeps

Among the treasures of fact, tradition, superstition and myth to be found in this delightful book on all things marriage are: marriage customs around the world, explanations of terms like ‘Bridezillas’ and ‘shotgun weddings’ - and not least the significance to a bride of seeing a chimney sweep on her wedding day! From the origins of the reading of banns to marriages conducted by ships’ captains and the significance to a bride of the wooden spoon to the tradition of tossing her garter, and little-known facts on Amish weddings, here is a book in which readers married, soon-to-be-married, or determinedly single, are bound to find something to interest, amuse, astonish or even appal them.