MARRIAGE BY CIGAR.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 27, 2 April 1907, Page 2

MARRIAGE BY CIGAR.

In Siam the lighting of a cigar Indicates a betrothal. In that country a person wishing to become engaged to a girl of his choice offers her a flower or takes a light from a cigar or cigarette if she happens to have one in hsr mouth; and thereupon, provided there is no impediment, steps are at once taken to arrange for the payment of the dowry. The families of the bride and bridegroom have each to provide a considerable sum. In Calabria, as in many parts of India, a lighted taper or a lighted pipe betokens the acceptance of the saitor for the hand of a lady in marriage. In Siberia it is the custom that when a suitor has accepted by a girl she presents him with a box of cigars and a pair of slippers as ,a sign that he is to be master in the house.