COFFEE ON WEDDING DAYS.
"There is a custom in the coffee raising countries, said a, resident o Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, "'which is un known in other parts of the world When a child is born in the coffei country a sack of the best grain i; set aside as part of the inheritance to be received on attaining its ma jority. "Usually the sack is the gift o some close friend or relative, and ii is guarded as sacredly as if it wer< a gift of gold and bends. No stresi would induce a Brazilian parent to use coffee which was made the birtl gift of a child. "As a rule it is sealed with tb private seal of the owner, and bears a card giving all particulars abouthe variety of grain, its age on be ing sacked, the birth of the child t( whom it is given, and other details which are very interesting when the seal is broken.
"Generally the coffee is opened foi the first time when the child mar ries. The coffee for the reception o 1 marriage feast is made from thi legacy, and, according to precedent, this must be the first timfe the sac! is opened. After the coffee is made for the wedding feast the sack it carefully closed and sent to the new home of the young couple, and should keep them in the staple for a yea; at least."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 488, 3 August 1912, Page 3
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239COFFEE ON WEDDING DAYS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 488, 3 August 1912, Page 3
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