THE DUNMOW FLITCH.
; HISTORIC PRIZE FOR WEDDED FELICITY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Sydney "Sun" Special.) London, August 5. At tho Dunmow flitch ceremony, two married couples underwent 'an amusing cross-examination for three hours. Both were awarded flitches of bacon,' and were carried from tho grounds in triumph. The Judgo said that it was a proud record for a couple to have lived together for twenty-fivo years without haviDg given or taken offence. The Dunmow flitch is given to any married couple who, at tho close of tho first year of their marriage, can tako their oath that they havo never onco wished themselves unmarried again, and that there had been no jar or quarrel. Tho custom was originated in Great Dunmow, Essex, by Robert Fitzwalter, in 1244.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1822, 7 August 1913, Page 7
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126THE DUNMOW FLITCH. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1822, 7 August 1913, Page 7
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